LHS Episode #353: The Weekender LI

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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

• Contests

• ARRL Field Day

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/arrlfd

• State QSO Party Challenge(s)

• None

• Contests Next Weekend

• Marconi Memorial HF Contest

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/eI

• DL-DX RTTY Contest

• Source:  https://lhs.fyi/eJ

• State QSO Party Challenge(s)

• None

• Special Events

• The Brickyard 400

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/mU

• Mount Rushmore Independence Day Celebration

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/mV

• Colonial Williamsburg Special Event

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/mW

• Announcements

• Recording for Episode #354 will likely be taking place on Thursday, 6/25, at 12:30pm CDT. The episode will be aired pre-recorded on Monday, 6/29, during the usual live recording time slot. Make a note if you want to catch the actual live show.

• LHS Ham Radio Challenge

• Gear up for Field Day! Rules changes allow for home-to-home station contacts and also to aggregate your contacts with your own call sign with a club’s contacts for additional scoring. Should be an interesting year for the biggest contest of ’em all.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

• Distros to Try

• Calculate Linux 20.6

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/mS

• Additional Information: https://lhs.fyi/mT

• Events

• Linux Security Summit

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/mY

• Xen Developer Summit

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/mZ

• DrupalCon 2020

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/mX

• LHS Open Source Challenge

• Explore the Xen Project and virtualization platform and learn about its uses for productivity, cloud infrastructure and IaaS.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

• Cheryl’s Recipe Corner!

• Easy Baked Churros

• Description

• I’m a huge fan of anything that involves cinnamon and sugar.  And these are a state fair (they’re coming up soon!) staple for me!  Russ is not a fan, though… so he’ll not offer any input on these, but they are quick and easy

• Ingredients

• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 (12-ounce) can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

• Directions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. In a small bowl, combine sugar and ground cinnamon; set aside. With your hands, roll each biscuit into a 9-inch rope.  Dip in melted butter, and coat with sugar mixture.Twist several times, and place on baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden.

• Russ’s Drink Corner

• Yellow Spot 12YO Irish Whiskey

• Description

• Rather than being simply a finished whiskey, Yellow Spot is special in that it contains whiskey that has been matured for a full 12 year period in three oak cask types: American bourbon barrels, Spanish sherry butts, and uniquely, Spanish Malaga casks. The Malaga cask brings an exotic sweet note to the whiskey making it a truly delightful taste experience. Only extremely limited quantities of Yellow Spot have been bottled making it a whiskey to seek out and savour as a true rarity.

• Details

• Mashbill: 100% Barley (Malted & Unmalted)

• Proof: 46% (92 Proof)

• Region: County Cork, Ireland

• Color: Golden honey, light caramel

• Nose: Mown hay, black pepper, butterscotch, caramel, nutmeg, clove, sweet honey, peach

• Taste: Honey, fresh coffee, creamy milk chocolate, red apples, toasted oak, bananas, citrus zest, toffee

• Finish: The finish is long and sweet with notes of bread dough, meringue, dried apricot, red grapes, honey, barley

• Price: $90-$110 (750ml)

• Rating: 91