Does this group still exist?

[Thomas]

Hello Missoula Linux Users Group,

I was just reminded that we have a group!  Nobody's posted or updated in two years.  Should we all leave, or is there still interest? 

Thomas Fleming

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[Seth McClain]

Howdy!

I'm not aware of any current group activity, but there is a small handful of folks who have expressed interest in rekindling the group.

I'd like to be more involved in a local linux community as well.

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[Heather Morris]

Count me in! 

~Heather

[Richard Werst]

I no longer live in Msla, but have used Linux, almost exclusively for about 15 years...and have a few converts to my credit out here in Alberton...in-person meetings would be difficult, but I do thing a local user group could be useful...I recently got my Ham Radio license, and intend to use Linux to explore software defined radio (SDR), and electronics...supposed to be retired, but a fella needs to have something to do...

Richard

AG7MQ (hoping to put a radio together soon)

[Darrick Bova]

Count me in too! Let's get this group going again. I vote Heather to be the MLUG leader!

- Darrick

[bowman]

I certainly forgot about it. Time goes by but it must have been 10 years
or so since I went to a meeting. I'm typing this on an OpenSUSE box though.

[bowman]

On 02/08/2019 02:25 PM, Richard Werst wrote:
> I no longer live in Msla, but have used Linux, almost exclusively for
> about 15 years...and have a few converts to my credit out here in
> Alberton...in-person meetings would be difficult, but I do thing a
> local user group could be useful...I recently got my Ham Radio
> license, and intend to use Linux to explore software defined radio
> (SDR), and electronics...supposed to be retired, but a fella needs to
> have something to do...

Yeah, I've got an RTL-SDR dongle sitting here I have to get back to. I
got interested in the ADS-B system but then work intruded.

KJ7XU

[Seth McClain]

Sounds like a great topic for an MLUG meeting.

I have a ton of questions for you both about packet radio :)

It would be amazing to be a part of that network.

[Sam]

Count me in too.

[James Hofmann]

Count me in.  Renewed interest in amateur radio (N5CY) and continued
interest in Linux.  Haven't used anything else since 2000.  Live in
Missoula.  Attended some meetings a few years ago. Remember Heather.

--Jim

On 2/9/19 10:37 AM, Sam wrote:
> Count me in too.
>

[Thomas Fleming]

Hello Msla-lug,

Does anyone want to propose a time and location for a meeting?  I'm usually available after 5:30 p.m. and also live in Missoula.  I was living in Polson when I joined the group.  :)

I use Linux daily and test software on medical devices that run Linux.

Thomas Fleming 

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[Heather Morris]

Aefter 5:30 weekdays and generally anytime weekends, works for me!   The Missoula Public Library has a couple meeting rooms.  I'll stop by this weekend, check their availability, and throw out a few dates/times.  If anyone has alternate location options or scheduling preferences, please share them!

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[Magoo]

I live in Thompson Falls. I'm interested in seeing the group continue.

George

[Magoo]

I'm super interested in Packet Radio although I haven't done much research or experimentation. I've had HAM on my list for a while. I have messed around with scanners.

[James Hofmann]

I have no interest in Facebook and do not have an account.  Please post here anything you also post on Facebook.  Google is bad enough without also exposing myself to Facebook. --Jim N5CY

[Bernard Parker]

Although Missoula is a good drive from my home in Thompson Falls, I'm interested to getting in touch with individuals using Linux. I've been thinking seriously of converting to Linux, but have not yet made the plunge.

Bernard Parker

[Seth McClain]

Hopefully we can schedule a meeting here in the next few weeks.

I'd love to learn what others have to share and share what I've learned.

What is appealing about Linux to you?

Seth

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[George Milliken]

Bernard,

I live in Thompson Falls as well. I'm a DBA, programmer and Project Manager.

George Milliken

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[Seth]

Merry Holidays / etc.

Is there a date in January that might work for folks to meet and chat about Linux / FOSS / MLUG?

Seth McClain

[Darrick Bova]

Ok, nearly 2 years later... anybody still interested in meeting up?  We have a new library in Missoula now, sure we can meet there.  Heather, would you like to organize a meeting?

[George Milliken]

I’m in Thompson Falls. 

Anybody out there?

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[Seth McClain]

I'm in Missoula.  Yeah, I'd be up for meeting at the new library and chatting about linux things :)

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[Thomas Fleming]

Hey George,

I don't think anyone has been interested in meeting because of the Global Pandemic!  If you guys are really itchin' to talk about LInux, maybe we should have an online meetup.  Thomas

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[Gail Pryatel]

I'm down for a virtual meeting can't do Wednesday or Thursday 

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[Michael Loftis]

I’m happy to setup a zoom meeting for the group anytime. Even if I can’t make it I can delegate host to whomever.

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[James Hofmann]

I'm still interested. Still run Linux. Still write scripts. Still play at networking.

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[George Milliken]

I'm up for a Zoom if I'm available at the time you select!  I still write shell scripts, tune SQL, write PL/SQL and prefer Linux or OSX (my current fav). I mess with Raspberry Pi's. 

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[Richard Werst]

At 71, and retired, I doubt I'd have much to contribute anymore...still use Linux (Ubuntu), maintain our home network, and a small system for my wife's medical/counseling office...do plan to do a little audio/video/music, recording/archiving...ham radio was on my bucket list for at least 40 years, and I finally got my license...from that perspective I'm hoping use Linux, as a part of emergency communication, Software Defined Radio (SDR), and electronics...not sure if anyone else has interests along those lines...we have a small farm in Alberton, so time is somewhat limited...

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[Michael Loftis]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 12:32 PM Richard Werst <rbw...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> At 71, and retired, I doubt I'd have much to contribute anymore...still use Linux (Ubuntu), maintain our home network, and a small system for my wife's medical/counseling office...do plan to do a little audio/video/music, recording/archiving...ham radio was on my bucket list for at least 40 years, and I finally got my license...from that perspective I'm hoping use Linux, as a part of emergency communication, Software Defined Radio (SDR), and electronics...not sure if anyone else has interests along those lines...we have a small farm in Alberton, so time is somewhat limited...

Don't sell yourself short. :) Whole point of this group was to give
as can get as can. No matter if you're just sitting and soaking it
in, or, even if it's too advanced - ask questions get answers :)

[Seth McClain]

I'd love to hear Richard talk about SDR, as well as any folks talk about any sorts of Linux things.

I miss it.  I hope to attend the zoom meeting as well as in-person meetings.

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[George Milliken]

I've had HAM and packet radio on my list for a while. I'd like to hear or see anything about that. I don;t know what SDR is but I can imagine. I have had a project in mind for years to capture and analyze radio transmissions off scanners. 

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[Darrick Bova]

Recently I've been into Home Assistant https://www.home-assistant.io/ for home automation.  Currently running on a VM but will be dedicating an RPi 4 for it soon.

[bowman]

I've got a RTL-SDR dongle but so far I've been using it on a Windows
laptop for ADS-B. I should try to move it to Linux but the distro on my
desktop is openSUSE 13.2 which was EOL in 2017. I don't know if I can
build gqrx from source.

One of these days I'll upgrade but I'm lazy and 13.2 works for what I
do. If it ain't broke...

[bowman]

RTL-SDR repurposes a digital TV tuner chip. There are some limitations
towards the HF end of the spectrum but it has a wide range. I've mostly
pulled in ADS-B position reports from the airport to see who is coming
and going but you can pickup broadcast FM etc.

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/

will give you some ideas. I've been using Windows which is pretty smooth
while getting it up on Linux can be tricky. DragonOS sounds
interesting. I may try if from a live USB.

[Michael Loftis]

I actually have a LimeSDR PCIe card but since moving back to MT it hasn’t been set back up yet due to space constraints (my hole office is also the only place I can store my lab gear and such so it’s… a mess). I had most of the software bits for a wideband multi-channel scanner before I packed it up and moved back from Seattle. The cool part about the limesdr is it has onboard FPGA abs processing for doing all the stuff like looking at a big chunk of spectrum, ID potential signals, and try to tune  them.

Basically you can automate looking at a waterfall and picking out signals from it. 

I don’t have any of that code handy because I didn’t really have infrastructure off my own setup then to host git repository. If I ever get space built and get back into it though I’m planning on reimplementing it. I’m not sure how many simultaneous frequencies I can make it tune (and outside the FM band there’s not much opportunity to test here lol).

My wishlist is making it work with FM, AM, and digital  - P25, NXDN, DMR, dPMR, POCSAG. Since the RF chip can provide up to 80MHz chunks unlike a normal scanner which tubes a single RF with 6.25khz or ~12khz around it that part is all software/fpga. I had it sort of working with two FM channels in a static 40MHz.

P25 is probably pie in the sky. It’s license encumbered. And for all the digital modes I’m not sure how much of the decode is reasonable to do on-board vs sending the bitstream onto the host for decode. The host would probably have to be responsible for all the voice codecs but the board would do all the bit recovery (ie getting the bits from the NXDN 4-FSK but leaving it up to the host to figure out what those bits contain) — POCSAG is a lot simpler and could probably be entirely some in the board and just a stream of decoded pages sent on.

All just thoughts though lol - I had a hard time getting FM to work!

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