[Leaplist] Fwd: Port Saint Lucie Amateur Radio Association

[patrick]

I volunteer, as I have my truck, and have been there to Port St. Lucie, 
as my Brother and Sister-in-law live in their Port St. Lucie home, which 
I have visited a few times.

Though I have only been a licensed Technician ( KJ4JTK ), since February 
24th, I have been an avid radio buff since 1960, a Communications 
Systems Technician in the Air Force for 20+ years, and a Linux 
user/advocate since 1996.

 I enjoy any opportunity to share information with eager audiences of 
folks who have a technical background, and are motivated to advance to 
the superior Unix platform.

I would be able to bring a couple computer systems, in the 300 MHz to 
1900MHz range that can demonstrate loading times for Linux LiveCDs, and  
the FOSS most advantageous to HAMs, with some help from any other HAM in 
LEAP-CF who knows more about HAM programs in Linux.

I have Harv's HamShack; and the Puppy 4.12 Linux distro, that Phil built 
for Hamcation.

Hopefully, fldigi could be demonstrated, although perhaps most of the 
Port St. Lucie folks saw it running at Orlando Hamcation 2009, so other 
ideas and demos might be best.

I can drive down in my Ford F-150 pick-up, or, ride with someone else, 
splitting expenses...

A neat thing might be to demo Open Source apps. for:

 -  Antenna design for Long wire, Yagi, Cubical Quad, and Vertical  
monopole  designs.
 -  Ham Logging and print out of blank or completed forms (Open Office 
templates?)
 -  QSL card design in Open Office, GIMP... (Any templates?)
 -  Circuit design software
 -  Balun and Unun design for impedance matching


I am compiling a listing, towards an objective of making a CDrom, of 
Open Source design applications and programs for HAMs, and, in my 
search, may find an Open Source compilation, and anyone can chime in here!



Aaron Morrison wrote:
> I'm throwing this out to the mailing list for volunteers.  
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>> *From: *"Steve Lowman" <steve.lowman at earthlink.net 
>> <mailto:steve.lowman at earthlink.net>>
>> *Date: *February 18, 2009 22:49:31 EST
>> *To: *<ae4ko at amsat.org <mailto:ae4ko at amsat.org>>
>> *Subject: **Port Saint Lucie Amateur Radio Association*
>>
>> Hi Aaron,
>>  
>> It was a pleasure to meet you last weekend at the Orlando 
>> Hamcation.   I was pleased to see your group’s presence there, and I 
>> am looking forward to learning more about Linux.
>>  
>> Unfortunately, there is not a group like yours in our area, so I am 
>> hoping that someone from your group would be willing to make a trip 
>> to Port Saint Lucie to speak at one of our monthly meetings about ham 
>> radio and Linux.  Of special interest would be how Linux can operate 
>> on an older computer.
>>  
>> We meet the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. near the I-95 
>> exit.  To get to us, one would hop onto the Florida Turnpike to Exit 
>> 152 (Fort Pierce) where you would jump onto I-95 south for 7 miles.  
>> If one or two of your members come south for work, that would be 
>> ideal.  However, we are most willing to buy them dinner.
>>  
>> I realize this would take a full evening but you guys are the closest 
>> Linux evangelists I know, and you have members who are also hams.  
>> That would be  a winning combination for our group.  If you have one 
>> or two people who are willing, please have them or you give me a call 
>> so we can work out a schedule.  My cell is [xxx-xxx-xxxx], and you 
>> have my email.
>>  
>> Thanks again for discussing this request with me last Saturday.   If 
>> you have any questions, please let me know.
>>  
>> 73,
>>  
>> Steve Lowman, N4SGL
>> President, Port Saint Lucie Amateur Radio Association
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