[TriLUG] Volunteers Needed

[Mark Turner]

There is built-in kernel support for soundcard modems, which can be used
for packet radio. I've used it by plugging a scanner into my soundcard
and decoding APRS packets, a position-reporting protocol. If Linux had
any decent mapping software, this data could be used to populate a nice
real-time map of hams as they drive around.

Alan Cox, GW4PTS, did a lot of this work.

Cheers,
Mark
N4JMT 

On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 09:35, gregbrown at mindspring.com wrote:
> Does anyone know what the HAM stuff in the kernel actually does?  That would be a point of interest to the HAM folks I'm sure.
> 
> Greg
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Chris Hedemark <chrish at trilug.org>
> Sent: 03/28/03 08:21 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Volunteers Needed
> 
> > 
> > I seem to have heard somewhere about a Debian knockoff that catered 
> specifically to amateur radio enthusiasts.  Given the venue, anyone 
> burning CD's might find it worthwhile to check into that.
> 
> On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 07:11 AM, Merle Watts wrote:
> 
> > I can burn some Knoppix, RH.8 and Mandrake 9.0  disks and drop them in 
> > the
> > mail.  I just need an asdress to send them to and how many do you 
> > want.?
> >
> > I have 4 burners in the house that i can put to work this weekend.
> >
> > I can print some labels for them also. I'll put the Trilug web address 
> > on
> > the labels with anything else anyone an think of.
> > ----- OriginalI Message -----
> > From: "Tanner Lovelace" <lovelace at wayfarer.org>
> > To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:25 PM
> > Subject: [TriLUG] Volunteers Needed
> >
> >
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> TriLUG has decided to put together a booth at the Raleigh Amateur
> >> Radio Society Hamfest coming up on Sunday, April 13th, 2003
> >> (http://www.rars.org/hamfest/).  The  plan is to do things similar
> >> to what we did at the Lulu Tech Circus (have a table where we tell
> >> people about linux and burn linux CDs for people at a small cost to
> >> cover media).  To do this, however, we need volunteers to man the
> >> table.  The LUG can pay for up to 4 volunteers to man the table,
> >> two in the morning and two in the afternoon.  Note that this offer
> >> is on a first come/first served basis (by e-mailing me at
> >> lovelace at trilug.org).
> >>
> >> I think this is a good opportunity to let more people know about
> >> TriLUG.  Hamfests like these normally attract people with a wide
> >> range of technical skills.  Many of them have heard of Linux but
> >> may not know that much about it.  This is our target audience.
> >>
> >> Also, it goes well with the April meeting. :-)
> >>
> >> So, if you'd like to volunteer to man a TriLUG table at the Raleigh
> >> Hamfest, please e-mail me (lovelace at trilug.org).
> >>
> >> We also need people to help put together CD sets beforehand.  We'd
> >> like to offer both new Redhat and Mandrake releases along with the
> >> latest Knoppix.  We'll probably offer RH and Mdk for a suggested
> >> donation of $5 and Knoppix for a suggested donation of $1 (since
> >> it fits on 1 CD).  Anyone who is willing to donate a) blank CDs
> >> or b) time on their CD burner would be very appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks very much,
> >> Tanner Lovelace
> >> TriLUG Steering Committee
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