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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

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…

Nov 21 •

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…

Nov 14 •

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…

Nov 7 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

October 2025

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…

Oct 31 •

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…

Oct 24 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

Random Wire 153: Recovering my home server from a failed boot drive, a Meshtastic device, and Linux on an old MacBook Air laptop.

October 17, 2025: This issue is heavy on computing topics. I document the steps I took to recover my home server. A new Meshtastic device and an old…

Oct 17 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

Random Wire 152: WPSD-M17 Community Fork works with Raspberry Pi 5! Also, step-by-step instructions for building a Raspberry Pi 4 hotspot…

October 10, 2025: The WPSD-M17 fork works on the Raspberry Pi 5 platform! I assembled another hotspot with a Raspberry Pi 4 and documented this each…

Oct 10 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

Random Wire 151: Hamspot 5 for the win, DVMEGA Cast observations, ASL3 is a no go with MX Linux, and my corduroy landscape.

October 3, 2025: Lots of short stack content, the Hamspot 5 is featured, additional DVMEGA Cast observations, ASL3 won't work with MX Linux, and I talk…

Oct 3 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

September 2025

Random Wire 150: Running MX Linux on a Mac Mini 2014

September 26, 2025: Featured is my new "Mac Stack" consisting of two old Mac Mini 2014 computers, one running macOS Monterey and one running MX Linux…

Sep 26 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

Random Wire 149: The DVMEGA Cast digital voice appliance

September 19, 2025: Featured this week is the DVMEGA Cast all-in-one radio appliance for D-STAR, DMR, and Yaesu System Fusion.

Sep 19 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

Random Wire 148: Antennas, some HF radio time, MX Linux, and the DVMEGA Cast radio.

September 12, 2025: It was a busy week with little time for radio, but I found time to play with antennas, HF radios, and MX Linux. The DVMEGA Cast…

Sep 12 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

Random Wire 147: Hodgepodge from the hospital room

September 5, 2025: Topics in RW 147 include: a digital interface; trying to install Debian on a Chromebook; thoughts on MX Linux; M17 ideas; the M17 Net…

Sep 5 •

Tom Salzer KJ7T

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