<div dir="ltr">Me too. A crazy TCP/IP over Ax.25 guy, that is. I discovered Linux around '93, and then when I found out that there was going to be a "Linux for Hams" distro based on Debian, started down the road to fanaticism. Back in the day, I had a tnc a dual band ht, and my 486 Linux box serving web pages over Ax.25 at something like 2400 baud I think. When I bought a dedicated data radio I got it up to 9600 baud. Whoo hoo!<br>
<br>Some serious kernel and hardware hacking. <br><br>I sold all my ham gear a couple years ago, except for the Heathkit stuff I built way back before there was such a thing as Linux. I always tell myself I'll get back into it again when the kids are a bit older and I have a bit more time. <br>
<br>Maybe I'll build up another huge HF station up on a mountain top in Alaska and control it remotely via some ridiculous satellite link setup down here in America. <br><br>73 de NL7FU<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Dave Maddox <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:softwareanddesign@gmail.com">softwareanddesign@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I'm replying to this on-list so folks will know there's another ham here! It's true, though, even though Linux has had ham applications and even kernel features for a long time, a lot of the cool stuff is still Windows and probably Mac. But yes, it depends a lot on what a ham wants to do. If it's not hardcore ham-specific especially, there are lots of Linux options.<br>
<br>
I was one of those crazy AMPR folks, hooking TCP/IP into packet radio and forwarding email over VHF, UHF and even HF! <a href="http://wa1yml.ampr.org" target="_blank">wa1yml.ampr.org</a> at the time. I think some of the Linux kernel code is still available, I should look. :-)<br>
<br>
Dave, wa1yml (but in Denver, not 1-land)<br>
<br>
Nate Duehr a écrit :<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
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Jed S. Baer wrote:<br>
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I know there's at least one HAM on the list.<br>
<br>
I'm not a HAM operator. There's a blogger I frequent who is setting up an<br>
old machine, and wants to use it for HAM operations. I of course<br>
commented that he should use Linux. Anyone who knows about using Linux<br>
for HAM, either reply here, and I'll point him to the archives, or<br>
comment over at this place.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2008/08/kind-of-good-deal.html" target="_blank">http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2008/08/kind-of-good-deal.html</a><br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
jed<br>
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<br>
Jed,<br>
<br>
I'm a ham operator, but I don't really use Linux for hamming... too much software available for Win/Mac platforms that performs better than the Linux/open-source equivalents. But I've played with some of it.<br>
<br>
Ask him what he wants to do (some things are good, some things aren't on Linux).<br>
<br>
Debian and derivatives (by far) have the best ham stuff and the most updated from upstream... the debian-hams list is also quiet but active enough that there's life there...<br>
<br>
There was also a Live CD "ham radio distro" at one point, but I can't recall what its name was. It was debian-based, but was targeted at booting from CD, doing some radio stuff, and then taking the CD out... didn't seem too useful to me, since I would have to mess around with mounting storage for things like logging contacts, etc.<br>
<br>
What's your friend's callsign? Since I'm a club president, I pretty much have to say this, but... he can give me a call if he wants! :-)<br>
<br>
Have him send me an e-mail off-list and I'll give him other contact info. Or if he's not e-mail centric, have him leave a voice message for me on the club's voice mail. 303-840-4272. (Colorado Repeater Association -- our yucky website I haven't updated in a long time is at <a href="http://www.w0cra.org" target="_blank">http://www.w0cra.org</a> )<br>
<br>
Nate (Amateur Radio callsign: WY0X)<br>
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