Category: Linux in the Ham Shack

LHS Episode #159: Digital Mode Interfaces

Hello, dear listeners! Thank you for tuning into another episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this week’s episode, your hosts discuss a variety of topics from 600-meter operation to Linux in cars to Star Wars. Our featured segment tonight is a look at PC-to-radio interfaces for digital mode communication. Thanks for tuning into, […]

LHS Episode #158: Tipping the SCaLE

Today we have a special episode of Linux in the Ham Shack in which your hosts interview two of the volunteer coordinators for the Southern California Linux Expo, Hriday “Bala” Balachandran and Stewart Sheldon. Both of them are amateur radio operators and play key roles in making SCaLE one of the largest and most successful […]

LHS Episode #157: Canada Goes Dark

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the latest installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. Today your hosts discuss a new, incredibly inexpensive single-board computer, an ARRL contest slated to last all of 2016, politics vs. emcomm, a re-written DOS-based contest logger and much, much more. Thanks as always for tuning in and we hope you have […]

LHS Episode #156: Beer and Balloons

Hello, podcast listeners! In this episode of Linux in the Ham Shack, your intrepid hosts discuss APRS software, Bluetooth TNC hardware, FCC regulations on WiFi hardware, UK ham radio licensing issues, the crazy idea that Microsoft might buy Canonical and much more. Thank you for tuning in, donating and subscribing and just being a friend […]

LHS Episode #155: Interview with Frank Howell

Today we have a change of pace for you. Thanks to a blog post from Frank Howell, K4FMH, we managed to land an interview. He’s a former professor who now works on myriad projects in science, technology, computers and amateur radio. He’s also very involved in his community and philanthropic endeavors. Frank discusses Broadband HamNet, […]

LHS Episode #154: Sorry, I Kant Today

Welcome to the latest installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode we present some topics of the day related to ham radio and Linux, as well as veer a little off course and put forth a thought experiment, comparing Linux, Windows and MacOS in a purely subjective way. We also look at […]

LHS Episode #153: Pack a Ladder

Once again, time has gotten away from us. We’re so busy with traveling, projects and so forth that we’re finding it hard to get the episodes out. We’re still recording them on schedule, just the releases are a bit erratic. We still do our live streaming so if you want to catch up quickly, come […]

LHS Episode #152: Man Smart (Woman Smarter)

Hello, ladies and gentlemen! It’s time for another action filled episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. Topics for this episode include, women in technology, the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015, photo editors (of all things), databases for Linux hardware compatibility, ham radio-specific Linux distributions and much more. Thanks for spending an hour of […]

LHS Episode #151: Astronaughty

Greetings! We have a super episode for you this time around. It’s 151 Proof and packed with information on the Dayton Hamvention, NASA launches, lightweight Linux distributions that might be great in your ham shack, Android apps for amateur radio use and a whole lot more. Thanks for tuning in, and we hope you enjoy […]

LHS Episode #150: The Sesquicentennial

Well, folks, it’s hard to put a description on this episode. We talk about our usual range of topics, but there is so much more thrown in that we can’t even begin to enumerate it all. One thing that can be said, however, is that this episode was FUN. We hope you enjoy it all […]