LHS Episode #526: All the World’s a Grid

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Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

• FCC Symbol Rate Limitations Expire January 8th 2024

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/EB (HamWeekly)

• Report and Order: https://lhs.fyi/DW (Federal Register)

• New Amateur Extra-Class Question Pool Released Effective July 1, 2024

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/D- (ARRL)

• Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/DZ (PDF)

Segment 3 (Open Source)

• FFmpeg 6.1 drops a Heaviside dose of codec magic

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/E0 (The Register)

• Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/E1 (Release Notes)

• Open source forkers stick an OpenBao in the oven

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/E2 (The Register)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

• GridTracker Update with Tag, N0TTL

Segment 5 (Announcements & Feedback)

• Episode 527: Year-End Round Table

• Join us on Discord to participate in your year-end roundtable. This will be an episode where we dive into hedonism–it is a Weekender after all–and where we also discuss 2023 and the upcoming worlds of amateur radio and open source in 2024. Everyone with a mic is welcome to participate. We hope to hear you there.

• Mastodon Message from @k6gte

• Hi. Noticed the Mastodon badge on your site is missing.

Segment 6 (New Subscribers, New Supporters & Live Participants)

• Facebook

• Gerardo Rincon

• Enrique Alexis

• Carrasco Bernales

• Doug Comer

• Nick Horton

• 10 others…

• Twitter/X

• @waydenie

• Mastodon

• @tacostrange

• @Peter_KC3UEP

• @malachi

• @m0jdr

• @ON8QRP

• @DC2ZP

• Discord

• TA2IOZ - Ozgur

• N0TTL - Tag

• harleyman

• Live Chat

• AlleyKitten (K1TTZ)

• Tony, K4XSS

• Ted, WA0EIR

• Steve, KA7HVT