Tag Archives: amateur radio

Rescheduled: Ubuntu and Amateur (Ham) Radio for Ubuntu Open Week

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

Note that this was rescheduled due to me being busy with disaster recovery. We can talk about that, too if anyone is interested. — Please join us on Friday, May 6th at 14:00 UTC for: Ubuntu and Amateur (Ham) Radio … Continue reading →

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April 27th 2011 tornadoes, and the week following

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

I’m transitioning from the last week of disaster recovery back to my ‘normal’ working days, and wanted to dump a sort of record of events here before I forget. I have other posts planned, about how to prepare if you … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu and Amateur Radio for Ubuntu Open Week

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Please join us on Tuesday, May 3rd at 16:00 UTC for: Ubuntu and Amateur (Ham) Radio for Ubuntu Open Week Steve Conklin AI4QR, and Kamal Mostafa KA6MAL Curious about what you can do with Amateur Radio and Ubuntu? Curious about … Continue reading →

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Transatlantic balloon attempt coming up!

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

White Star plans to launch a transatlantic balloon flight attempt at 0000 UTC (Thursday evening for most of the US). If you’re a ham operator set up for digital modes, you can monitor the telemetry transmissions on the 40m band … Continue reading →

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QRZ.com running Ubuntu Server

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Here’s an interesting interview with some history and behind-the-scenes information about the site qrz.com. QRZ.com is one of the largest sites in the world serving amateur radio. A quote from that interview: “The new QRZ runs the Ubuntu 64-bit server.  … Continue reading →

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Frankentuner

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

I’ve been thinking for a while about how I might get my antenna to load up on 160m. It’s a 104′ dipole fed with ladder line. I decided to try connecting both sides of the ladder line together and driving … Continue reading →

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Calibrating the softrock RX/TX Ensemble on Ubuntu

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

Continuing my exploration of SDR and the Softrock RX/TX Ensemble … You can catch the beginning of those posts here. The programmable oscillator on the softrock runs (in my case) at four times the desired mixer frequency. My unit is … Continue reading →

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