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Random Wire 162: Ramblings, Lenovo ThinkCentre M625q, easy HamClock on your ASL node, and the Short Stack of links
December 26, 2025 — It's the day after Christmas! What a year! Here is hoping that 2026 treats everyone better.
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 161: HamClock, AllScan on HRWB, how AllStarLink works, and another tiny PC for the mini server rack
December 19, 2025
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 160: Announcing EtherHam and a change in how the Random Wire is structured
December 12, 2025: The new EtherHam site will house most content and the Random Wire will continue as a newsletter that summarizes individual articles…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 159: AllStar nodes gets a web page, new home network, Proxmox in the mini server rack
December 5, 2025: This issue is computer heavy and radio light. Still, you'll find some tidbits about AllStar and Meshtastic, and even the M1KE…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 158: ASL node connection to SIP phone broke, using wired radio, starting a primer on hotspots, sneak peak at mini server rack
November 21, 2025: This is the pre-Thanksgiving edition. The big issue I faced this week was resolving the problems with my AllStarLink node, my SIP…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 157: Part 1 on the m1ke WLAN IP transceiver, plus another MMDVM hotspot.
November 14, 2025: I begin a series on the m1ke WLAN IP transceiver in this issue, with future installments planned as I get more comfortable using the…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 156: AmateurWire on SIP phone, using the AnyTone AT-D878UVII+, M17 notes, DroidStar and DMR, D-STAR quick start guide, iMac…
November 7, 2025: A lot of content this week in the digital voice radio realm, plus a dive into a 2020 iMac with 27" Retina display, and my new eyeball…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 155: New antennas, new radio, new eyeball card. Apple computers arrived and working on my home server. Getting the AnyTone…
October 31, 2025: This Halloween edition of the Random Wire finds me playing with new antennas, working with two new radios, and adapting to some…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 154: New AllScan device coming, the Holy Cluster, a Debian Blend for ham radio, and an AnyTone DMR radio.
October 24, 2025: I'm spending a lot of time in the hospital, so much of Random Wire #154 is not hands-on radio content, but that is not to say it isn't…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
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