Monthly Archives: March 2008

March 31, 2008
15:23
by: Dan

D-RATS gets map support

Last week, I released D-RATS 0.1.11 with preliminary GPS support.  This meant parsing the NMEA GPS strings that are broadcasted by ICOM radios, calculating the distance and direction from current, as well as a temporary way to plot known stations … Continue reading →

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March 5, 2008
16:37
by: Dan

Making a KVM-bootable image

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to re-learn how to create a bootable image from a filesystem tree (such as a tarball of a root filesystem, or a Xen partition image).  If for no other reason than … Continue reading →

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March 3, 2008
08:14
by: Dan

2008 ARRL International DX Contest

This past weekend was the 2008 ARRL International DX Contest.  I participated with the help of some borrowed equipment graciously loaned to me by John, KX7YT.  This weekend marked several “firsts” for me.  I made my first contact on HF, … Continue reading →

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