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Linux in the HAM Shack #015 is here! I still believe that I can get these out on a regular basis but lately I find that life is very, very busy. However, I think Episode #015 is worth the little extra wait. We’ve got lots of feedback from listeners, our first donation (!) and two informative segments.

In the first of our informational segments, Richard describes his installation of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and gives his thoughts and general appreciation for the system. In the second segment, I ramble on about SSH (secure shell) and all of its various uses, from logging into remote systems to copying files to forwarding X applications to a local machine. I’d say it even turned out pretty coherent thanks to some extensive editing. Just kidding. Maybe.

Enjoy the episode, and don’t forget to flood us with that feedback.

Russ Woodman, K5TUX, co-hosts the Linux in the Ham Shack podcast which is available for download in both MP3 and OGG audio format. Contact him at [email protected].

Series Two Episode Twelve of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast.

News Stories include

• Egyptian Lighthouse DXpedition
• No problems with Smart Metering - RSGB
• Holy Island to be active
• New version of MULTIPSK released
• Wind up radio inventor honoured
• Thames Estuary interference on 433.500 MHz
• Amateur Radio Exam Secrets
• Seeking Hams / Groups near Worcester, NY, USA
• Regional AMSAT Nets via Echolink
• Nick Power’s £10,000 RNLI Challenge
• 2009 Museum Ship Weekend Event
• Licence Exempt Short-Range Devices consultation
• AO-51 ready's for Field Day
• 80m Counties Contest

Martin reviews a new batch of Amateur Radio Software, upcoming events and your feedback.

Colin Butler, M6BOY, is the host of the ICQ Podcast, a weekly radio show about Amateur Radio. Contact him at [email protected].

Series Two Episode Ten of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast.

News Stories include

• International Year of Astronomy Special Event Station
• 2-metre DX contact video
• Charity Cycle Ride M0NOD
• Dundalk ARS Contest Station
• Extra Foundation course - Bath
• Monitoring Monthly Magazine
• RSGB President appointed to CEPT
• European Amateur to command ISS
• Mobile Spectrum Usage Monitoring
• 1940s Family Festival
• LF band access in Australia
• Growth in Australian Amateurs
• Lifetime licensing - notice from ComReg
• Brede Scouts on the airwaves

Martin, M1MRB talks to David Harris, G2BOF about the Worked all Britain award. and your feedback.

Colin Butler, M6BOY, is the host of the ICQ Podcast, a weekly radio show about Amateur Radio. Contact him at [email protected].

Greetings to all of our listeners! Episode #014 is here. Thanks to our fans, the feedback segment has turned into a couple of questions we spend the rest of the episode answering. It’s so nice when the topics present themselves with no help from us. Richard and I discuss why a ham radio operator, or anyone for that matter, might want to choose Linux as their preferred operating system. Then we discuss WINE and how it can be used to install and run Windows appliactions under Linux. And then we close with Slow-Scan TV using qsstv, a Linux client, and mmsstv, a Windows client under WINE. Finally we get the word out about our fellow great podcasters and their podcasts.

Thanks as always to everyone for downloading the podcast. Please tell everyone you know about us, and if you have a couple of bucks burning a hole in your pocket, feel free to donate to LHS so we can improve the program. In the next couple of episodes we’ll have our first formal interview segment so stay tuned for that.

Russ Woodman, K5TUX, co-hosts the Linux in the Ham Shack podcast which is available for download in both MP3 and OGG audio format. Contact him at [email protected].

Series Two Episode Ten of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast.

News Stories include

• Moonwalking ham radio operators
• SA licence forgeries
• Sri Lanka drops Morse requirement
• IC-E80D & ID-E880 Dualband D-STAR Transceivers
• Icom Relaunch UK Website
• Icom Release IC-7600 HF+50MHz transceiver
• European Radio Amateurs' Organization is born
• 'Mills on the Air' Weekend
• Young Brit wins Radio Arcala award
• New 6m Norfolk net
• Leicester Show at Donington one last time
• Three Amateur Radio CubeSats launched
• Space Day - National Air and Space Museum

Martin, M1MRB discusses purchasing power supplies, upcoming events and your feedback.

Colin Butler, M6BOY, is the host of the ICQ Podcast, a weekly radio show about Amateur Radio. Contact him at [email protected].

We come to Episode #013 of Linux in the HAM Shack. This one is not for the faint of heart or the triskadecaphobic. Our last couple of episodes have generated a lot of feedback so we spend the first and last segments of the show talking about everyone who sent us comments and answering questions wherever possible. In the middle, we manage to squeeze in some information ham radio and Linux information about getting your radios connecting to your computer for rig control, testing with grig and integrating logging and rig access with fldigi.

We’d like to thank the multitudes we had in the chat room for the live broadcast of Episode #013. It was our best turnout yet with more than 25 participants from all over the world. We’d like to encourage everyone to jump in on the next broadcast, which will be on May 13th at 0100Z. The LHS release schedule is being pushed back a week because I will be out of town at a conference during the first week of May. Thanks again to all our downloaders and everyone who takes the time to send us feedback and questions. There would be no podcast without you.

Note: We had several audio problems attempting to record this episode due to erratic network connectivity. Everything is cleaned up and organized nicely except for one brief audio dropout that could not be recovered. You’ll know it when you hear it.

73 de Russ (K5TUX)

Russ Woodman, K5TUX, co-hosts the Linux in the Ham Shack podcast which is available for download in both MP3 and OGG audio format. Contact him at [email protected].

Series Two Episode Nine of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News stories include:-

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  • RSGB appeal provides repeater funds
  • 20M Frequency move conflicts with G-QRP
  • National Dead Parrot Day
  • 70cm Threat eases in VK
  • KiwiSat taking shape
  • Austrian 70 MHz Beacon OE5QL
  • Improved, ultra-small, linear transponder
  • Leominster antenna rejected
  • CQ World Wide DX Contest breaks 10k barrier
  • Hi-tech system failure - Hams Help
  • Tree Antennas
  • The Great Brazilian Sat-Hack Crackdown

Martin, M1MRB is joined by Ray, G4NSJ discussing repairing vintage amateur radios, upcoming events and your feedback.

Colin Butler, M6BOY, is the host of the ICQ Podcast, a weekly radio show about Amateur Radio. Contact him at [email protected].