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Ubuntu Linux for Hams
Wow do you think? The ARRL finally has an article about Ubuntu on their website. Check it out This free operating system provides your PC with all of the usual features, including lots of ham radio applications. Read More
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Thank You my Friends
I would like to thanks all of my followers from Resonant Frequency and Linux in the Ham Shack for being so patient over the last couple of months.
In the month of January I came down with the flu. I was only actually sick for about a week but I lost my voice for nearly a month. I was able to record LHS thanks to the editing skills of Russ.
Since the start of this month we have had an emergency surgery concerning my sons girlfriend and a yet to be named grandchild. I lost my mother right after that. Then I had to move my son out of his apartment in a hurry and my other son injured himself due to an altercation with an inmate at work. Add to that the largest snow storm I ever remember in this part of Texas and a power outage of more than 48 hours here. I have been a little busy.
Email to Discovery News about Amateur Radio
Here is another of those self indulgent things. I listen to the Friday news feedbag as a podcast and every week it seems that one of the host makes a negative remark about amateur radio. This week I had enough so I found the email address, loaded my musket and
Get a grip radio operators
I 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 Oklahoma City, We made a difference in and around New Orleans, and let us not
Some Thoughts on DXing
I was listening to a conversation on the local 2 meter repeater the other day. I heard an old timer telling another HAM that he needed a beam antenna and an amplifier if he really wanted to chase DX. The flow of the conversation lead me to believe that the old timer was letting the other HAM know that if he didn't have a beam and an amplifier he might as well not even try.
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New Episode Archives
Hey everybody. I just thought I would let everybody know that I have split the into groups of 10 and separeted them by OGG and MP3 under the Archive Tab. I hope that this will make it eaiser for you to locate the older shows you need.
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