Morse Code - the original digital mode

Good stuff on the code:

• Learn CW Online - This website features include High score rankings, Discussion forum, Text to CW and a KOCH based CW learning course.
• FISTS - the International Morse Preservation Society
  
• Straight Key Century Club - Straight Key Corse Code Operators
• CW Blasphemy - doing CW without knowing CW.... A group dedicated to the infamously unpopular use of software to decode and transmit Morse code (CW) on amateur radio.
• Morse Runner download the free application! A contest simulator
• CW Skimmer - Multi-channel CW decoder and analyzer
• MRP40 - MRP40 Morse Code Decoder & Sender (Looks very nice but a bit pricey at 49e)
• Pocket Digi
• fldigi
• gMFSK
• N1MM transmits CW but has no decoding
• Writelog has a CW decoder
• CWget and CWtype - the visual display of the incoming on CWget and the macros for CWtype look like nifty features to be checked out. Windows programs!
• WinWarbler of the DXLab suite has CW functionality.. Of special interest to me is its ability to send using external modems such as the KAM
• Hundreds of hours of W1AW code practice in MP3 format are available from www.pcpractice.com/CW
  

XLPC with Ubuntu

The One Laptop is of minimal use with it's SUGAR OS. Ubuntu will make it a real tool... Maybe Sunday I'll get Ubuntu installed on my new 4 GB SDHC card ($30 + tax from Costco today) hopefully the SDHC will work with the XO...

References

• Ubuntu Mobile
• Ubuntu On OLPC XO by laptop.org
• Ian's story of installing Ubuntu on XO
• Ubuntu Netbook Remix - made for the little PC's
• Free Like GNU did it
• Another experience doing it...
• Installing using a disk image...

Now to check on the SDHC SD issue. (SD at 4 GB or larger are now SDHC...)

• Good SD Card issues and discussion
• http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=176.0

Amateur Radio Licensing

I read about this no nonsense General class license study guide at the AJ4IJ Hame Radio Internets blog.


I have to get the Wiki back online - this would make more sense there then on a blog posting. At least the wiki should have the overall summary.

Remote Radio Operation

Another blog page being used as a scratch pad for a project being worked on.

http://mmhamsoft.amateur-radio.ca/extras/using_waveLink.htm

ham radio deluxe.

VHF is High Fun

Start of some VHF and UHF notes...

• http://www.on4kst.info/chat/index.php

Favorite Antenna Sites

Here's a (start of) a list of my favorite antenna sites:

• www.astromag.co.uk/j-pole - a 6 meter J-Pole made from 450 ohm twinlead
• www.wb8erj.com/bike-ant - a 2 meter J-Pole made from RG-58 coax instead of the convential design using 300 ohm twinlead. This is essentially what I use taped to my bicycle safety flag.