Promo: Ohio Linux Fest (http://www.ohiolinux.org)

Theme music

Intro: This is the unedited audio version of our first live video episode The video appears to be lost to history but the audio remains

Live show: This is our first live show and it’s a little rough, primarily an equipment test.

Feedback:

Topic: Everyone assumes everyone else has the same equipment or can afford such equipment. There are lots of ways to get equipment, and it takes time to accumulate a station. Building wire antennas is a great way to learn and is inexpensive.

Amazon: Please make your Amazon purchases through the Amazon link on http//:rfpodcast.info as we get a small portion of that transaction. It doesn’t cost you anything extra and is another way to support the podcasts. Thanks.

Station ID: This is KB5JBV…

Topic: Elmering… but Richard seems to have lost his train of thought.

Topic: Twitter and other social networks.

Topic: Bill, KA9WKA, distracts Richard with comments in the chat room. (Sorry – Ed.)

Topic: The rude amateur radio operator. Is Elmering a lost art?Anyone else see this sort of thing?

Topic: Field Day.

Topic: Richard is intending to attend more hamfests in the east Texas, south Oklahoma, west Louisiana area and looks forward to talking with the podcast listeners and maybe recording a few of those conversations for the podcasts.

Topic: Hurricane season.

Other folks joining in the chat room. Check out Chris’ (N7ICE) website http://73s.org,

Keyboard balls. 🙂

A tour of Richard’s studio. Hope you’re not prone to motion sickness.

Check out Hacker Public Radio at http://hackerpublicradio.org/

Rambling a bit.

Star Trek memorabilia.

Back to hamfests. Richard has yet to attend Dayton. But there is HamCom (Recently Closed Permanently)

W1AW bulletins: AMTOR and ASCII to be replaced by PSK31 and MFSK16. RTTY to remain.fldigi is a great program for digital modes. It’s available for Linux AND Windows. Download at http://www.w1hkj.com/

Also check out the NUE-PSK standalone modem: http://www.nue-psk.com/Thanks, Craig, KB3SBI.

Richard reminisces about the Commodore 64 computer that he used as a portable packet terminal.

Wrap up. Thanks to KA9WKA, N7ICE, KB3SBI, and all the anonymous ustreamers for showing up in the chat room.

Conclusion: