On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 09:21 -0400, Ed lawson wrote: > On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:06:55 -0400 > Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Ben. I was willing to help shoulder some of the load for > > NEARfest should there have been any interest (I still may go and visit > > the Flashlight Guy and see if there are bargains to be had) but I'm > > interested in hearing some ideas on what to do. > > > > > Although basically MIA for too long and too late to comment on > NEARfest, I have given some thought to it. While there is a huge > number of what some call "appliance" operator hams, it seems two areas > are of growing interest among hams: SDRs which are software defined > radios in which much of the signal processing takes place in software > and the radio is a simple "black box" and digital modes of operation. > these are the high tech/cutting edges of the hobby it seems to me. In > fact there is a kit for a SDR radio that only costs around $30 so any > hobbyist can play around and develop software. There is a fair amount of > open source and some Linux specific software used in both areas. These > might be good topics for a demo or presentation. Could be combined with > demos of other ham specific applications. I would, if other hams in > GNHLUG helped, work on putting something of this nature together for > future use. I agree the usefulness of a table where old hardware and > distributions are given away is very limited now and serves essentially > no useful purpose. > > I suspect as OSS and Linux are becoming > well known and used, the traditional outreach activities of LUGs may > need to be rethought to stay relevant. I think that is the case with > the GNHLUG booth at NEARfest.
And I agree that some talks/demos of the types of things you discussed in this email SDR, etc. would be interesting and useful to HAMs. If you (or anyone else) would like to put forth a proposal for that type of talk or demo, I am sure the NEARFest people would at least listen to it. md > > -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
