The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting:

Monday December 21, 2015 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Presentation: Amateur Radio (ham radio) with Linux - Roundtable presented by Brian Lavender, Tony Cratz, Eric Engelhard, and Tim Thatcher

Amateur radio (also called ham radio) describes the use of radio frequency spectra for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation and emergency communication. The term "amateur" is used to specify "a duly authorised person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;" (either direct monetary or other similar reward) and to differentiate it from commercial broadcasting, public safety (such as police and fire), or professional two-way radio services (such as maritime, aviation, taxis, etc.). (Source: Wikipedia.)

This roundtable presentation will cover various aspects of ham radio, including licensing, ham related groups (e.g., Mt. Vaca Radio Club - Yolo Amateur Radio Society) and activities, and of course, how to use Linux with radio gear. Numerous open source tools and applications, as well as dedicated Linux distros, exist for such purposes as logging, browsing programming schedules, receiving and plotting Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) position packets, spectral analysis, repeater control, satellite tracking, and of course controlling a ham radio. There are even apps for practicing and preparing for a license exam.

It will also touch on other Linux-based software-defined-radio hardware and software solutions, atmospheric radio propagation, and solar/geomagnetic weather, and will include a introduction to fldigi, wsjt-x and what it does and the JT modes it supports, and predict/gpredict orbital tracking software and a little about working satellites.

This meeting will be held at:

Yolo County Public Library, Mary L Stephens Davis Branch Blanchard community meeting room 315 E. 14th Street Davis, CA 95616

For more details on this meeting, visit:

http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/#next

For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit:

http://www.lugod.org/meeting/library/

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Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region. Events are always free and open to the public.

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