515: Ham Sandwich

Is Ham Radio a natural hobby for Linux users? An old friend joins us to explain where the two overlap.

Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.

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Links:

• Ask Noah Show Episode 200: Ham Radio Linux Superstation — We celebrate episode 200 by sharing our plans to serve the community better! Ham Radio has come a long way from tubes and dials. Alex Archer KC0REL joins us to discuss building the ideal ham shack on Linux!
• HAM - Official Documentary (2022) - YouTube — HAM is a short documentary that follows a group of Montanan amateur radio enthusiasts that show the loyal community of amateur radio, explore what it means to be a ham, and how they are trying to keep the hobby alive.
• FT8—What Is It and How Can I Get Started? — FT8 is one of the many digital modes often referred to as sound card modes (SCM) because they utilize a computer’s sound card to bring in audio from your radio to be processed by software to decode the information embedded in the signal.
• Amateur Radio Software For Linux | KC7NYR
• Closed Source Ham Radio Software on GNU/Linux
• awesome-hamradio — Awesome hamradio repositories.
• Ham Radio Operators Tune In to Giant Waves in the Earth’s Ionosphere | Science Mission Directorate — This new technique vividly demonstrates the effect of these waves on radio communications.
• Amateur Radio: An Integral Tool for Atmospheric, Ionospheric, and Space Physics Research and Operations
• hamnix — A collection of Amateur Radio software packaged for Nix
• Remote Ham Radio — On the air from anywhere. Big stacks. Kilowatts of power. DX has never been closer.
• ARRL - American Radio Relay League
• Studying for a Technician License
• Linux’s Slice of HAM | Linux Action Show 356
• Zeroretries substack — If you’re not yet licensed as an Amateur Radio Operator, and would like to join the fun by literally having a license to experiment with radio technology, here are some pointers:
• Chromeo: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert - YouTube
• Sam and Dave - Hold on I’m coming - YouTube
• The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (Official Audio) - YouTube
• Pink Floyd - We Don’t Need No Education - YouTube
• bluetuith — A TUI bluetooth manager for Linux.
• NixOS Search - bluetuith
• Framework Cooler Master Mainboard Case — Cooler Master and Framework team up to produce a transparent case for the Framework Laptop 13 Mainboard.
• TrustedQSL — This is the TrustedQSL project, which provides tools for digitally signing Amateur Radio QSO records.