[IoMLUG] Meetup soon? Any subjects to discuss?

Dylan Smith dyls at alioth.net
Thu Aug 24 16:16:04 UTC 2017


Well, need to build a magloop to be able to do a demo as my 20m
dipole won't fit in the building :-)

Cheers.

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 01:16:34PM +0100, Dan Wood via IoM wrote:
> That'd be an interesting topic for me, and probably a few other people too.
> 
> How soon could you be ready? :)
> 
> 
> On 23 Aug 2017 10:31 am, "Dylan Smith" <dyls at alioth.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Do you reckon a linux-oriented talk on digital amateur radio
> would be a good one, too (aimed at newcomers) - I would be happy
> to prepare a talk on it, I've been getting a lot out of doing
> the digital modes on HF and all the software I use is open source
> (fldigi, wsjt-x) and it can be done with a very modest radio.
> 
> Might be an impetus for more people to get licensed :-)
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:39:29PM +0100, Dan Wood via IoM wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Thanks for asking about the next meeting.
> > The July 1st meeting was smaller than previous meetings for some
> > reason. I know that you and a some other folks were away that weekend,
> > so it might just be bad timing.
> >
> > We didn't make any plans about a next meeting, but one thing I did
> > notice is that most of the people who turned up are also fairly
> > regular attendees at the Wednesday evening "Tech Nights" held at STEAM
> > Lab. It probably makes sense for the next face to face IoMLUG meeting
> > to coincide with one of those. That would allow the Linux folks some
> > exposure to what goes on at Tech Nights, and it might also give some
> > of the non IoMLUG Tech Nights attendees a flavour of what the Linux
> > people are up to too.
> >
> > For those who don't know, the Tech Nights (not sure if there's a more
> > official name!) are held on Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm at STEAM Lab in
> > Douglas and are a fairly informal affair where someone usually does a
> > presentation or live demo of something, followed by questions/chat. It
> > often gives way to a visit to a pub or two as the evening
> > progresses...
> >
> > Recent topics have included: First steps with Django, Machine vision,
> > lock picking, build-your-own U2F token, pen-testing with WiFi
> > Pineapple and USB Rubber Ducky. so quite a varied programme really!
> >
> > I'm sure there'd be interest in some cryptocurrency stuff if you
> > wanted to run a quick chat/demo/Q&A session on one of these nights.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dan.
> >
> >
> > On 18 August 2017 at 10:10, Tom Zander via IoM <iom at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I did not hear anything from the July 1st meetup, I hope it was a
> success.
> > > As I was off island I am waiting for the next one.
> > >
> > > So, will you guys do a next meetup? Somewhere in the first 2 weeks of
> > > September might be nice (I'm on holiday the last two).
> > >
> > > As I'm quite knowledgeable about Bitcoin, I would propose to host an
> > > introduction or a QA session for those that are curious about anything
> > > crypto-currency related.
> > > Let me know if this is something people are interested in.
> > >
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