Author: Tom Salzer
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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…
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Random Wire 148: Antennas, some HF radio time, MX Linux, and the DVMEGA Cast radio.
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September 12, 2025: It was a busy week with little time for radio, but I found time to…
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Random Wire 147: Hodgepodge from the hospital room
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September 5, 2025: Topics in RW 147 include: a digital interface; trying to install Debian on a Chromebook;…