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LHS Episode #256: Live Q&A
6 November 2018 | by 
Welcome to Episode 256 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we take a slight departure from our normal topics and episode style to try out the features of our Discord server. We invited listeners to log in and participate in the program, bring up topics of discussion and ask questions of the hosts and other guests. We feel this experiment went rather well, generated a lot of good information, and was entertaining to boot. That said, we hope to try more of these in the future. Thank you to everyone who participated and many thanks to everyone who listens.
73 de The LHS Crew
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].
LHS Episode #256: Live Q&A
Welcome to Episode 256 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we take a slight departure from our normal topics and episode style to try out the features of our Discord server. We invited listeners to log in and participate in the program, bring up topics of discussion and ask questions of the hosts and other guests. We feel this experiment went rather well, generated a lot of good information, and was entertaining to boot. That said, we hope to try more of these in the future. Thank you to everyone who participated and many thanks to everyone who listens.
73 de The LHS Crew
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].
CLE237 Results
Last weekend's CLE237 was truly a workout. Not only was the format challenging, hunting for different grid square fields, but propagation was superb ... a vast departure from the normal CLE propagation-curse!
All told, 118 NDBs in 41 different grid fields were logged. Of these 118 stations, 12 were 'new catches'. After DXing NDBs since 1985, new catches are getting harder and harder to find but last week's great conditions were the best heard here in several years.
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| Today's quiet Sun! |
With a very quiet Sun for a couple of weeks now, these great MF conditions are what many have been waiting for since the last solar low many years ago ... propagation below the broadcast band can be truly remarkable when these quiet conditions continue for many weeks at a time.
Here are a few interesting CLE catches as recorded on the Perseus SDR.
NDBs QY (Sydney, Nova Scotia), YBB (Pelly Bay, Nunavut)and 3Z (Russell, Manitoba) all sharing 263kHz within a few Hz of each other.
My full CLE237 log is shown below. As usual, a Perseus SDR and an 'inverted-L' (resonated to 300kHz) was used for the activity.
AH
28 13:30 403 TUT Pago Pago, SMA
AL
28 13:30 400 MDY Midway, MDW
AO
27 12:30 283 DUT Dutch Harbor, ALS
27 12:30 341 ELF Cold Bay, ALS
27 12:30 385 EHM Cape Newenham, ALS
27 12:30 390 HBT Borland, ALS
AP
27 06:00 263 OAY Norton Bay, ALS
27 13:30 275 CZF Cape Romanzof, ALS
27 13:00 325 BVK Buckland, ALS
27 13:30 347 TNC Tin City, ALS
27 13:00 356 HHM Kotzebue, ALS
BG
27 13:30 352 RG Rarotonga, CKS
BK
27 13:30 332 POA Pahoa, HWA
BL
27 14:00 353 LLD Lanai, HWA
BO
27 12:00 277 ACE Kachemak, ALS
27 12:00 355 AUB King Salmon, ALS
27 12:00 394 RWO Kodiak, ALS
27 12:00 411 ILI Iliamna, ALS
27 12:00 429 BTS Dillingham, ALS
BP
27 12:00 212 CGL Juneau, ALS
27 13:00 257 CUN Fairbanks, ALS
27 12:00 346 OLT Soldotna, ALS
27 12:30 347 DJN Delta Junction, ALS
27 12:00 350 VTR McGrath, ALS
BQ
27 13:00 376 PVQ Deadhorse, ALS
CN
27 06:00 378 AP Mayne Island, BC, CAN (MY NEAREST)
27 12:00 266 SLE Salem, OR, USA
27 07:00 356 PND Portland, OR, USA
27 06:00 356 MEF Medford, OR, USA
27 06:00 404 MOG Montegue, CA, USA
CM
27 07:00 203 TCY Tracy, CA, USA
29 04:00 385 MR Pacific Grove, CA, USA
CO
27 12:00 266 ICK Annette Island, ALS
27 12:00 414 IME Sitka, ALS
27 12:00 529 SQM Sumner Strait, ALS
CP
27 13:30 222 WY Wrigley, NT, CAN
27 08:00 380 YUB Tuktoyaktuk, NT, CAN
27 12:00 392 ZFN Tulita, NT, CAN
CQ
29 06:00 321 YSY Sachs Harbour, NT, CAN
DM
27 08:30 242 EL El Paso, TX, USA
27 10:00 278 CEP Ruidoso, NM, USA
27 13:00 341 OIN Oberlin, KS, USA
DN
27 09:00 233 BR Brandon, MB, CAN
27 09:00 275 HIN Chadron, NE, USA
27 09:00 383 CNP Chappell, NE, USA
27 09:00 400 FN Fort Collins, CO, USA
27 09:00 414 GRN Gordon, NE, USA
DP
27 08:00 207 PY Fort Chipewyan, AB, CAN
27 08:00 212 BY Beechy, SK, CAN
27 08:00 219 ZRS Regina, SK, CAN
27 08:00 221 QU Grande Prairie, AB, CAN
27 08:00 230 VG Vermilion, AB, CAN
DQ
27 08:30 361 HI Holman, NT, CAN
EL
27 06:00 260 MTH Marathon, FL, USA
27 10:00 269 AR New Iberia, LA, USA
27 10:00 329 HMA Hondo, TX, USA
27 06:00 332 FIS Key West, FL, USA
27 07:00 332 IC Wichita, KS, USA
27 07:00 335 BV Batesville, AR, USA
27 07:00 338 UMP Indianapolis, IN, USA
27 07:00 349 GW Greenwood, MS, USA
EN
27 12:00 257 JYR York, NE, USA
27 06:00 329 PMV Plattsmouth, NE, USA
27 06:00 360 SW Warroad, MN, USA
27 08:00 368 VIQ Neillsville, WI, USA
27 09:00 368 PNM Princeton, MN, USA
EO
27 07:00 212 YGX Gillam, MB, CAN
27 08:00 216 YFA Fort Albany, ON, CAN
27 08:00 218 RL Red Lake, ON, CAN
27 08:00 224 MO Moosonee, ON, CAN
27 08:00 258 ZSJ Sandy Lake, ON, CAN
EP
27 06:00 224 BK Baker Lake, NU, CAN
27 09:00 241 YGT Igloolik, NU, CAN
27 08:00 263 YBB Kugaaruk, NU, CAN
27 10:00 329 YEK Arviat, NU, CAN
27 10:00 335 YUT Repulse Bay, NU, CAN
EQ
27 04:00 365 YGZ Grise Fiord, NU, CAN
FI
27 05:00 365 PAL Palma, EQA
FK
28 05:00 369 ZDX Saint Johns, ATG
27 06:00 391 DDP Vega Baja, PTR
27 05:00 415 CBC Cayman Brac, CYM
FM
29 05:00 198 DIW Dixon, NC, USA
FN
27 08:00 289 YLQ La Tuque, QC, CAN
27 05:00 407 ZHU Montreal, QC, CAN
27 07:00 516 YWA Petawawa, ON, CAN
FO
27 10:00 208 YSK Sanikiluaq, NU, CAN
27 18:37 323 KR Schefferville, QC, CAN
27 10:00 351 YKQ Waskaganish, QC, CAN
27 10:00 390 VP Kuujjuaq, QC, CAN
27 08:00 396 YPH Inukjuak, QC, CAN
FP
27 09:00 277 YLC Kimmirut, NU, CAN
27 10:00 338 YPX Puvirnituq, QC, CAN
28 10:00 358 YKG Kangiqsujuaq, QC, CAN
FQ
29 07:00 256 YCY Clyde River, NU, CAN
GN
27 10:00 263 QY Sydney, NS, CAN
27 08:00 280 QX Gander, NL, CAN
27 08:00 350 DF Deer Lake, NL, CAN
GO
28 08:00 220 BX Lourdes de Blanc, QC, CAN
28 08:30 281 CA Cartwright, NL, CAN
28 10:00 396 JC Rigolet, NL, CAN
GQ
28 06:00 399 UP Upernavik, GRL
QJ
27 12:00 366 PNI Pohnpei Island, FSM
QL
27 13:00 343 ML Minami Tori Shima, MTS
27 12:00 360 OX Iwo Jima, VOI
QO
28 13:30 437 OG Okha, RSE
RG
27 12:30 260 NF Norfolk Island, NFK
RJ
27 12:00 316 MAJ Majuro Atoll, MHL
27 12:00 393 UKS Kosrae, FSM
As always, complete CLE results (worldwide) can be viewed in detail here.
All-in-all, an exhausting but delightful weekend of listening and great propagation ... so many signals to hear ... welcome to solar-low!
Steve McDonald, VE7SL, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from British Columbia, Canada. Contact him at [email protected].
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LHS Episode #255: The Weekender XVIII
This is Episode 255 of Linux in the Ham Shack. It's our 18th edition of The Weekender. In this episode, we talk about upcoming amateur radio contests, special event stations, Open Source conferences, new and interesting Linux distributions, liquor, food, movies, music and more. Thank you for listening and hope you have a great couple of weeks.
73 de The LHS Crew
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].
LHS Episode #254: Fright Night
Hello! Thank you for tuning into the latest episode of Linux in the Ham Shack, Episode 254. In this episode, we discuss several topics including 6-meter operation, NASA's Deep Space Gateway, LEDs and RF interference, IBM, Red Hat, System76 and so much more. Thank you for being a listener of our show. We appreciate you!
73 de The LHS Crew
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].
Evaluating 9 of the Best Single Board Computers for Modern SDR Systems
This past August I had the privilege of attending and video-recording the TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Albuquerque, NM. For several years past, this conference was recorded by Gary Pearce from HamRadioNow, but Gary has since retired from making Ham Radio videos (the series was handed off to David Goldenberg, W0DHG, who is doing a great job with new episodes). In lieu of this fact, I spoke with Gary and with Steven Bible, the administrator of the DCC, and was permitted to take up the mantle of recording all of the forums and putting them on YouTube.
With this first forum, Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI, presents his findings for 9 of the best Single Board computers for modern SDR systems. Among these boards are, of course, the Raspberry Pi, but several others are also discussed. I thought this information was valuable and useful to those of us who want to do Amateur Radio projects. This applies not only to SDR Receivers and Transceivers, but also for dozens of other projects in our hobby.
As Scotty states in the video, lots of time and research was put into this presentation because the information he gathered isn’t readily available in one place. He spent quite a bit of time digging for the information about SBCs to present in this forum.
I hope that you enjoy watching this forum as much as I did.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mMtzyydLPA[/embedyt]
Jason Johnston, KC5HWB, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from Texas, USA. Contact him at [email protected].
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