Hello and welcome back everyone! You're joining us for episode 634, our 144th Weekender, of Linux in the Ham Shack, the most terrific amateur radio podcast on the internet! This week we're sharing news about what has been going on in our lives, as well talking about a topic that is randomly generated for us - and some hedonistic exploits!

Glimpsing back into previous radio times

Amateurfunk - Ham Radio

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Hello and welcome back everyone! You're joining us for episode 633 of Linux in the Ham Shack, the most terrific amateur radio podcast on the internet! This week we're sharing news about what has been going on in our lives, as well as celebrating our 18th birthday with a special guest!

Discussing your favorite kitchen appliance plus caribbean radio scatter

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Hello and welcome back everyone! You're joining us for episode 632 of Linux in the Ham Shack, the most terrific amateur radio podcast on the internet! This week we're sharing news about what has been going on in our lives, as well as chatting with our special guest, John Burwell, KI5QKX who will be talking to us about 44Net

In this episode, George KJ6VU, talks about his project to design a Radio Over IP device that can be used to link repeater systems over the internett. All of the HRWB crew talk about their personal ham radio projects in more detail.

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Hello and welcome back everyone! You're joining us for episode 631 of Linux in the Ham Shack, the most terrific amateur radio podcast on the internet! This week we're sharing news about what has been going on in our lives, as well as chatting with our special guest, Mooneer Salem, K6AQ, who is giving us all the updates on FreeDV and RADE.

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In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is What makes an Antenna Fail? We would like to thank Daryll McCaffery (VK6DMC) and our and monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit -

Received this notice and did the updates – the Morserino project is very active: [Special] [morserino] #Version 9.0 released This is really a major release – we never had that many chan…

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In this episode we meet up with Sebastian Delmont, KI2D, the author of the very popular logging application Ham2K, also known as PoLo for Portable Logger. Sebastian has been working on the next generation of Ham2K that will support desktop OS platforms as well as phones and tablets. The goal is to run on Windows, Mac, Linux, IOS and Android. Sebastian gives us an update on the development process and the future direction.

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In this episode, we meet the guys from CSN Technologies, the makers of the S.A.T., the Satellite Antenna Tracker. This amazing device connects to your radio and alt/az antenna rotor and will automatically track the satellite as it zips across the sky without the need for a computer. Mike, Keith and Frank are not only smart and knowledgable hams but also a blast to hang out with. This is a good introduction to the topic of satellite tracking and how their product works. We also dip into some other cool products they make including the iGateMini, a self-contained APRS device.

European Union's new packaging rules threaten to kill the world of makers and micro-entrepreneurs, putting jobs, livelihoods and an entire ecosystem of innovation at risk.

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The low-frequency capability of Hans G0UPL's QDX-M proved its worth in Alberta last week. Rescuers attempting to retrieve a cave explorer m...

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In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is The Science of Making Distant Contacts. We would like to thank our and monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit -

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I recently had the opportunity to talk with Jessica Crotty of C. Crane about my experience with radio during the aftermath of Hurricane Helene here in western North Carolina. We talked about how ou…

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Seems that internet CW while traveling is a challenge. While I could get the vBand Adapter to work with an iPad on a small ship, the latency was both profound and erratic. Not useful at all. I thre…

In this episode we meet Jason McCormick, N8EI, one of the main developers of the AllStarLink system. AllStar is a radio-over-IP system that allows repeaters and individuals to connect over the internet. Jason is one of the core team of 10 develoers who volunteer their time and expertise to craft a fantastic technology that we all can use and enjoy. AllStar software and the AllStarLink network of linked repeaters allow users to connect all over the world. Built on the open source Asterisk PBX platform, AllStar has grown into a very capable software tool.