Category: Richard’s Podcasts

RRA Episode 3: No Radio club? build your own.

No HAM radio in your area? well ask a few questions and build your own.
 
Intro music by Magic Slim and the Teardrops.
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Richard’s Radio Adventures 002 Show Notes

Introduction: Richard, KB5JBV, recording mobile. Topics: Richard reminisces about Whit, N5SU, who recently became a silent key. The moral of the story? If you have an amateur radio license, you can be an Elmer. Help one of your fellow hams out. Everybody knows something that can be of use to someone else. Contact Info: Contact…

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RRA Episode 2: Farewell to Whit N5SU

Ok everybody here it is episode 2. Sorry about the quality of the audio but it was the only to get the road noise out of it.
Intro is Magic Slim and the teardrops – Let me love you
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Tales of the Texas Hamfest in Oklahoma

    Well let me see if I can come up with enough words to get all the pictures on this post. Well October is here and along with the State Fair of Texas in Dallas it is also time for the Texhoma Hamarama in Ardmore Oklahoma. For many years a friend of mine and…

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Richard’s Radio Adventures 001 Show Notes

Introduction: Richard, KB5JBV, is back with a new podcast, tentatively titled “Richard’s Radio Adventures”. It will likely be a sporadic release, but hopefully you’ll find it interesting. Topics: Richard is working on setting up a WinLink 2000 gateway on Linux. Listen to Linux in the Ham Shack, which is still going strong. Charles, K4GBB, has…

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Richard’s Radio Adventures Episode 1: Here we go again?

Ok folks due to popular demand we are back. These will be a show that is a little different than the past show but I think you guys deserve it. I do not have the time to do a full blows podcast so this podcast will be a little more like the mobile episodes of…

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Installing Xastir in Mint by Bill KA9WKA

Installing Xastir in Mint Ben, VK5JFK, left a comment on my review of Linux Mint at the Linux in the Ham Shack web site, asking if I had installed Xastir under Mint.  I had not, but since Richard talked about Xastir in Episode 23, and Linux Mint is the “official” distribution for Linux in the…

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SignaLink USB Interface by Tim KD5YPC

Everyone knows that I am fascinated with computers, and radios. So what better way to enjoy the hobby than to work modes involving both computers and Amateur Radio at the same time? That’s right; I’m talking about computer generated modes using a soundcard-to-rig interface. Have you ever heard of PSK-31? Slow Scan TV? Digital Slow…

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How to build fldigi on Ubuntu 9.10 X64

This was submitted by a user at Linux in the Ham Shack. I have not tested this myself but it appears to be correct. How to build fldigi on Ubuntu 9.10 X64 regards k6*** 1: get source tar balls # cd /usr/local/src # sudo bash # [sudo] password for hamradio: # root@hamworkstation:/usr/local/src# Browse to http://www.w1hkj.com/Downloads.html…

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Get a grip radio operators

I have to ask myself sometimes “What is wrong with people.” A few days ago a fellow showed up on Twitter asking the question ” does the average HAM make a difference anymore?” Well since then some others on Twitter have ask the same question. I say yes we do. We made a difference in…

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