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Foundations of Amateur Radio Every single radio amateur has come to this hobby with an itch to scratch. Time and again I've seen amateurs around me pursue that particular purpose, only to come out the other end with a look of bewilderment writ large across their face. For some amateurs it means the end of their involvement in the hobby, for others it starts a new journey into the unknown. One of the ways we explore our community is by travelling out of our shack into the big outdoors in whatever form that takes. Popular activities include setting up a radio in a location and talking to others, known colloquially as an "activation". We do this all over the planet. Perhaps the most recognisable of these is IOTA, or Islands On The Air, where a station is erected on an island and contacts are made. As amateurs we cannot help ourselves and seem to have an insatiable need to measure our prowess. We do this by counting how many contacts, callsigns, countries, grid-squares, or in this case, islands, we've managed to put in the log. If an island represents a new callsign, a new country, and a new grid-square, the contact making will turn into a feeding frenzy that can last for days, especially if the station offers multiple bands and modes, making the effort all the more tempting. We don't stop with islands. Summits, with Summits On The Air or SOTA are popular, as are Parks, POTA, and even over a weekend, the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, or ILLW. Some of these activations follow rules set out by amateurs like you and I, who thought it would be fun to track such activations and encourage others to participate. For example IOTA World publishes a four page document outlining what's required for those on the island, activators, and those trying to make contact, or chasers. This raises an important point. Rules require documentation, which leads to discussion and disagreement, and versions. I can show you two versions of the IOTA World rules, neither is dated, of course both are different, so if you're going to publish rules, make sure you add a date or version, preferably both, to the rules document. Disagreements aside, sometimes there are multiple programs with the same name or aims. Two groups came up with the same idea and didn't know about each other, or, a group in a different country wanted to run the show in a different way and a new group was formed. I'm mentioning this because sometimes these groups are antagonistic towards each other and have forgotten that the whole point of this is to have fun. So, what else can we activate? Well, there's Castles and Stately Homes, Bunkers, Beaches, Museums, Walmart Parking Lots and even Toilets On The Air, mind you, Slow Scan Television, or SSTV is discouraged as a mode. The other day the power was off for maintenance in my street and I planned on escaping to the local library, which caused me to search for libraries across Perth. It seems there's pretty much one in every suburb and I considered the notion of activating a library or three, comes with easy access to public transport, a car park, and even toilet facilities, what's not to like? I wondered what might be a suitable exchange so it could incorporate the library itself, promoting amateur radio and libraries, two birds and all. I made a comment on mastodon.radio and it turns out that Frank K4FMH beat me to it, several years ago. Libraries On The Air, or LiOTA. I've been hunting for a dataset of libraries in Australia to give to Frank, but it's been slim pickings, despite there being over 10,000 of them, apparently around 10% of those public. It raises another question, is there a directory of activation types anywhere? I couldn't find one, so I started a list on my GitHub repository. Feel free to add any I missed. Toilet jokes aside, consider that TOTA is being held during the annual Hackers On Planet Earth conference and it will introduce new people to our amateur community, which ultimately might be the best reason to have fun, get on-air and make noise. I'm Onno VK6FLAB
Thank you 2600 for an amazing HOPE #hopeconf and to St Johns ! Photos and more ahead, here are some fun ones to get started ... including a 3D scan of the 2600 van! will make a physical one soon... maybe add to driving games too :)
Keep Calm and Log On is the first book from Dr. Gillian Andrews, known to most as Gus. Dr. Andrews's unusual background as a hacker, scholar, and educator makes her uniquely suited to offer advice on managing the media in your life. A graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University, she put her passion for media literacy to work in creating The Media Show, an award-winning YouTube series for a young adult audience. Currently, she works as a digital security trainer, running trainings and producing curriculum materials for tech companies, the NGO Tactical Tech, and the forthcoming Cyber Nation film project. Dr. Andrews hasn't been surprised in the slightest by news that foreign intelligence agencies, advertisers, and social media sites are exploiting everyday people's data. As a former panelist on the digital rights radio show “Off The Hook” and an organizer for the Hackers On Planet Earth conference, she has been tracking warnings about digital privacy and security issues for over a decade. In her user experience work for ThoughtWorks, Second Life, Simply Secure, and the Open Internet Tools project, she has helped developers make digital systems easier for everyday people to use safely. Dr. Andrews is a dynamic writer and speaker who is keen to help her fellow citizens protect themselves in a year which promises escalated cybersecurity and disinformation attacks. Learn more about workshops she's ready to run in your area! Host: Jamie Neale @jamienealejn Discussing rituals and habitual patterns in personal and work life. We ask questions about how to become more aware of one self and the world around us, how do we become 360 with ourselves? Host Instagram: @jamienealejn Podcast Instagram: @360_yourself Music from Electric Fruit Produced by Tom Dalby Composed by Toby Wright
We discuss various conference tips and tricks. Strange Loop AWS re:Invent 2017 Google I/O 2017 Philly Emerging Tech 2017 HashiConf Welcome to Hackers On Planet Earth! Overcast Jobs - HashiCorp Terraform
Hackers On Planet Earth XI
Le rôle des médias sociaux dans les coups d'état, des noeuds espions sur Tor et AirBNBreach
In dieser Ausgabe des Hackerfunks wollen wir euch auf die Reise schicken. Camps, Conventions, Ausstellungen. Wir reden über verschiedene Veranstaltungen rund um Linux, Hacking, Freie Software und die Demoszene. Sowohl für Wandernieren, als auch für Sofasurfer. Trackliste daXX – Chuck Rock RMX Little Bitchard – Four Themes and a Masterplan Press Play on Tape – Monkey Island Live @The Gathering 2003 Nächste Sendung am Samstag, 03. Oktober 2009, 19:00 Uhr Linuxday :: Linuxday in Dornbirn Linuxwochen :: Ãsterreichische Linuxwochen CLT :: Chemnitzer Linux-Tage Brandenburger Linux Infotag :: BLIT in Potsdam FrosCon :: FrosCon in Sankt Augustin bei Bonn Fosdem :: Fosdem in Brüssel CoSin :: Chaos Singularity in Bremgarten OpenExpo :: OpenExpo in Bern und in Winterthur Bünzli :: Bünzli Demoparty in Winterthur EuroBSDCon :: EuroBSDCon mit wechselndem Veranstaltungsort Breakpoint :: Breakpoint Demoparty in Bingen Evoke :: Evoke Demoparty in Köln GeekCamp :: Geekcamp in Altdorf LUG-Camp 2010 :: LUG-Camp 2010 in Schwabach LUG-Camp 2011 :: LUG-Camp 2011 irgendwo in der Schweiz XzentriX :: XzentriX in Seeshaupt LWE :: Linux World Expo CCC Congress :: Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin CCC Camp :: Chaos Communication Camp in Berlin Finowfurt HOPE :: Hackers On Planet Earth in New York Turrican Days :: Turrican Days der LUGBE in Cudrefin Mathias "Turrican" Gygax :: Nachruf auf Mathias "Turrican" Gygax bei der LUGBE OpenRheinRuhr :: OpenRheinRuhr in Bottrop Spezialradmesse :: Spezi in Germersheim ESC :: End Summer Camp in Venedig GPN :: Gulaschprogrammiernacht in Karlsruhe MRMCD :: MetaRheinMainChaosDays in Darmstadt HAR 2009 :: Hacking At Random 2009 in Vierhouten Wanderniere :: Ren Mobilis File Download (59:30 min / 61 MB)
In dieser Ausgabe des Hackerfunks wollen wir euch auf die Reise schicken. Camps, Conventions, Ausstellungen. Wir reden über verschiedene Veranstaltungen rund um Linux, Hacking, Freie Software und die Demoszene. Sowohl für Wandernieren, als auch für Sofasurfer. Trackliste daXX – Chuck Rock RMX Little Bitchard – Four Themes and a Masterplan Press Play on Tape – Monkey Island Live @The Gathering 2003 Nächste Sendung am Samstag, 03. Oktober 2009, 19:00 Uhr Linuxday :: Linuxday in Dornbirn Linuxwochen :: Ãsterreichische Linuxwochen CLT :: Chemnitzer Linux-Tage Brandenburger Linux Infotag :: BLIT in Potsdam FrosCon :: FrosCon in Sankt Augustin bei Bonn Fosdem :: Fosdem in Brüssel CoSin :: Chaos Singularity in Bremgarten OpenExpo :: OpenExpo in Bern und in Winterthur Bünzli :: Bünzli Demoparty in Winterthur EuroBSDCon :: EuroBSDCon mit wechselndem Veranstaltungsort Breakpoint :: Breakpoint Demoparty in Bingen Evoke :: Evoke Demoparty in Köln GeekCamp :: Geekcamp in Altdorf LUG-Camp 2010 :: LUG-Camp 2010 in Schwabach LUG-Camp 2011 :: LUG-Camp 2011 irgendwo in der Schweiz XzentriX :: XzentriX in Seeshaupt LWE :: Linux World Expo CCC Congress :: Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin CCC Camp :: Chaos Communication Camp in Berlin Finowfurt HOPE :: Hackers On Planet Earth in New York Turrican Days :: Turrican Days der LUGBE in Cudrefin Mathias "Turrican" Gygax :: Nachruf auf Mathias "Turrican" Gygax bei der LUGBE OpenRheinRuhr :: OpenRheinRuhr in Bottrop Spezialradmesse :: Spezi in Germersheim ESC :: End Summer Camp in Venedig GPN :: Gulaschprogrammiernacht in Karlsruhe MRMCD :: MetaRheinMainChaosDays in Darmstadt HAR 2009 :: Hacking At Random 2009 in Vierhouten Wanderniere :: Ren Mobilis File Download (59:30 min / 61 MB)