LHS Episode #278: The Weekender XXVI

This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

• Contests

• CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB: 0000Z, Mar 30 to 2359Z, Mar 31

• Additional Info:https://lhs.fyi/5Q

• Feld Hell Sprint: 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 30

• Additional Info:  https://lhs.fyi/dd

• Contests Next Weekend

• Florida State Parks on the Air

• Rules:  https://lhs.fyi/de

• SP DX Contest

• Additional Info:  https://lhs.fyi/df

• Special Events

• 40th Anniversary of W6RO Aboard the Queen Mary

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/da (ARALB.org)

• Petal-Southern Miss Pow-Wow

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/d6 (Hattiesburg ARC)

• Announcements

• Deep Dive Episode Suggestions

• Hamvention 2019 Campaign

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/hvc2019

• YouTube Channel

• 1,000 Twitter Followers Contest

• LHS Ham Radio Challenge

• Try using JTAlarm or AlarmeJT with your WSJT-X installation next time you’re out trying to work DXCC on FT-8.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

• Distros to Try

• Slackware

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/d3 (Slackware)

• Events

• DevOpsDays Vancouver

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/dg

• Cloud Foundry North America

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/dh

• Open Networking Summit North America

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/di

• Events Next Week

• DrupalCon Seattle 2019

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/d4 (DrupalCon)

• Open West

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/d5 (OpenWest)

• IDXC DX Convention

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/cW (IDXC)

• LHS Open Source Challenge

• Contact any of the LHS hosts via JS8Call in the next fortnight. That’d be swell!

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

• Cheryl’s Recipe Corner!

• Peanut Chicken Stir Fry

• Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water

• 1/4 cup peanut butter

• 3 tablespoons soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• 2 to 3 garlic cloves, minced

• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed

• 3 cups fresh broccoli florets

• 1 cup shredded carrots

• 1 cup bean sprouts

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

• 1 tablespoon water

• Hot cooked rice or noodles

• Optional: Tofu, sriracha

• Directions

• In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup water, peanut butter, soy sauce and brown sugar until smooth; set aside. In a skillet or wok, stir-fry garlic in sesame and vegetable oils for 30 seconds. Add the chicken; stir-fry for 5 minutes or until no longer pink. Add the broccoli, carrots and bean sprouts; stir-fry for 5 minutes. Stir in the peanut butter mixture; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until sauce is smooth and broccoli is crisp-tender. Combine cornstarch and remaining water until smooth; gradually add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with rice or noodles, and garnish with peanuts if desired.

• Russ’s Drink Corner

• Smooth Ambler Old Scout American Whiskey

• Description

• Old Scout American Whiskey is a union of two whiskies distilled from classic bourbon mash bills. One is aged in new oak barrels and the other matures in rejuvenated, re-charred bourbon casks. While this unique aging excuses the marriage from being called bourbon, it shares all of the character and drinkability you would expect from a whiskey on the brink of being one. Like the other Old Scout whiskeys, it is blended in limited, hand selected batches and without chill filtration.

• Details

• Mashbill: 36% Rye (Others undisclosed)

• ABV: 49.5% (99 Proof)

• Region: West Virginia (grains from Tennessee and elsewhere)

• Color: Light amber

• Nose: Green apple, butter cake, hint of dark roast coffee, graham crackers, hint of rye spice

• Taste: Baking spices, Swedish gingerbread (pepparkakor), oak, sweet corn, a hint of mint, rye dryness on the tongue

• Finish: Long fade of pepparkakor and a touch of oak bitterness fading into vanilla, mint and dry spice

• Price: $35 (750ml)

• Rating: 85