Author: Tom Salzer
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Random Wire 158: ASL node connection to SIP phone broke, using wired radio, starting a primer on hotspots, sneak peak at mini server rack
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November 21, 2025: This is the pre-Thanksgiving edition. The big issue I faced this week was resolving the…
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Random Wire 157: Part 1 on the M1KE WLAN IP transceiver, plus another MMDVM hotspot.
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November 14, 2025: I begin a series on the m1ke WLAN IP transceiver in this issue, with future…
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Random Wire 156: AmateurWire on SIP phone, using the AnyTone AT-D878UVII+, M17 notes, DroidStar and DMR, D-STAR quick start guide, iMac arrived, new eyeball card
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November 7, 2025: A lot of content this week in the digital voice radio realm, plus a dive…
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Random Wire 155: New antennas, new radio, new eyeball card. Apple computers arrived and working on my home server. Getting the AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus up and running.
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October 31, 2025: This Halloween edition of the Random Wire finds me playing with new antennas, working with…
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Random Wire 154: New AllScan device coming, the Holy Cluster, a Debian Blend for ham radio, and an AnyTone DMR radio.
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October 24, 2025: I’m spending a lot of time in the hospital, so much of Random Wire #154…
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Random Wire 153: Recovering my home server from a failed boot drive, a Meshtastic device, and Linux on an old MacBook Air laptop.
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October 17, 2025: This issue is heavy on computing topics. I document the steps I took to recover…
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Random Wire 152: WPSD-M17 Community Fork works with Raspberry Pi 5! Also, step-by-step instructions for building a Raspberry Pi 4 hotspot for digital voice.
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October 10, 2025: The WPSD-M17 fork works on the Raspberry Pi 5 platform! I assembled another hotspot with…
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Random Wire 151: Hamspot 5 for the win, DVMEGA Cast observations, ASL3 is a no go with MX Linux, and my corduroy landscape.
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October 3, 2025: Lots of short stack content, the Hamspot 5 is featured, additional DVMEGA Cast observations, ASL3…
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Random Wire 150: Running MX Linux on a Mac Mini 2014
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September 26, 2025: Featured is my new “Mac Stack” consisting of two old Mac Mini 2014 computers, one…
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Random Wire 149: The DVMEGA Cast digital voice appliance
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September 19, 2025: Featured this week is the DVMEGA Cast all-in-one radio appliance for D-STAR, DMR, and Yaesu…