[gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Markos Chandras]

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Good evening,

It is my pleasure to announce a new member to our joyful family.
Christoper is joining us from the States and he will be working on the
accessibility packages which do need some love I must say. This is how
he describes himself:

" My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a licensed
amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ.
I don't have a job, but I do have a Master of Science degree in computer
science.  I really enjoy listening to classical music.
My interests can be broadly grouped under two categories:
self-improvement and improvement of the human condition.  
I'm equally fascinated by both the lessons of the past 
and the possibilities of the future"

Please give him a warm welcome :)

Regards,
-- 
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2

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[gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Stuart Longland]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:55:00PM +0000, Markos Chandras wrote:
> " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a licensed
> amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ.

CQ Gentoo, CQ Gentoo, CQ Gentoo de VK4MSL/P.  Seems we're getting a few
amateurs in amongst the Gentoo ranks these days.  Makes me wonder
whether it's worth setting up some EchoLink conference for Gentoo...
-- 
Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)      .'''.
Gentoo Linux/MIPS Cobalt and Docs Developer  '.'` :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .'.'
http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter             :.'

I haven't lost my mind...
  ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.

Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Chris Brannon]

Stuart Longland writes:
> CQ Gentoo, CQ Gentoo, CQ Gentoo de VK4MSL/P.  Seems we're getting a few
> amateurs in amongst the Gentoo ranks these days.  Makes me wonder
> whether it's worth setting up some EchoLink conference for Gentoo...

Yes, there seems to be a fair bit of cross-over between amateur radio and
Linux in general.

Unfortunately, isn't EchoLink a Windows-only thing, more or less?
I never used that.  If I remember my history, it was getting popular in
2000 or so, around the same time that I was switching to Linux.

-- Chris

[gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Thomas Kahle]

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On 22:55 Mon 21 Mar     , Markos Chandras wrote:
> Good evening,
> 
> It is my pleasure to announce a new member to our joyful family.
> Christoper is joining us from the States and he will be working on the
> accessibility packages which do need some love I must say. This is how
> he describes himself:
> 
> " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a licensed
> amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ.
> I don't have a job, but I do have a Master of Science degree in computer
> science.  I really enjoy listening to classical music.
> My interests can be broadly grouped under two categories:
> self-improvement and improvement of the human condition.  
> I'm equally fascinated by both the lessons of the past 
> and the possibilities of the future"
> 
> Please give him a warm welcome :)

Welcome to the team!


> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2



-- 
Thomas Kahle
http://dev.gentoo.org/~tomka/

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Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Thomas Beierlein]

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:55:00 +0000
Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> wrote:

> Good evening,
> 
> It is my pleasure to announce a new member to our joyful family.
...
> " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a licensed
> amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ.

Welcome on board Christopher. 

As redhatter told you there are some hams out there :-). If not
echolink than a irc channel may be ok to stay in contact.

And you are right. Ham radio is about experimenting and so is linux
sometimes. Besides it gives us a fine playground for experiments.


73, de Tom DL1JBE.  






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Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Mike Frysinger]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
> " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a licensed
> amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ.

i guess it's supposed to sound like a radio station name then
-mike

Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Stuart Longland]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:08:33PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
> > " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a licensed
> > amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ.
> 
> i guess it's supposed to sound like a radio station name then

The callsign is a name issued by a relevant authority (in my case, the
ACMA, in Chris' case, the FCC) to operators of radio transmitters so
that they can identify those stations for administrative purposes.

Commercial broadcast stations have callsigns too, e.g. 4QG operates from
Bald Hills on 792kHz AM, most locally would know it as "ABC Radio
National".  (And it's got a sister station at the same locality, 4QR at
612kHz, locally known as "ABC Local Radio".)

Often commercial stations are known by another name.  e.g. 4MMM
(104.5MHz) here in Brisbane just refer to themselves as "Triple M".

Amateur stations however must identify using the callsign they're issued
when on-air.  ACMA laws require me (and others with amateur licenses in
Australia) to identify when initiating contact, and every 10 minutes
afterwards until we go off-air.  Not much different to the other paying
customers of the air space.
-- 
Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)      .'''.
Gentoo Linux/MIPS Cobalt and Docs Developer  '.'` :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .'.'
http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter             :.'

I haven't lost my mind...
  ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.

Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Rich Freeman]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Stuart Longland <redhatter@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:08:33PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
>> > " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a licensed
>> > amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ.
>>
>> i guess it's supposed to sound like a radio station name then
>
> The callsign is a name issued by a relevant authority (in my case, the
> ACMA, in Chris' case, the FCC) to operators of radio transmitters so
> that they can identify those stations for administrative purposes.

Hmm, and from the little I know not unlike Slashdot there is a certain
level of notoriety from having a shorter call sign (within a
particular jurisdiction).  Looks like they're up to 6 in the US now -
my father actually has one with 4.

I believe the first letter(s) are assigned per international treaty so
within a jurisdiction (like the US) you'll find that they all start
with only one or two letters.  That's why all your US TV and radio
station callsigns start with K and W I believe (if nothing has changed
in the last 20 years since I studied this stuff).

Rich

Amateur callsigns [was Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon]

[Stuart Longland]

On 03/23/11 22:27, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Hmm, and from the little I know not unlike Slashdot there is a certain
> level of notoriety from having a shorter call sign (within a
> particular jurisdiction).  Looks like they're up to 6 in the US now -
> my father actually has one with 4.

Yep, depends on the juristiction.  Often the shorter callsigns are more
expensive or otherwise harder to come by.  i.e. once upon a time to have
a "two letter call" (e.g. VK4BA, my club's callsign) you had to be able
to copy CW (morse code) at over 15 words per minute or so.

Now that they've abolished the CW requirement, here in Australia the
two-letter calls are on a first-come-first-served basis.  You still need
the top-level license class (Advanced) to qualify however.  In some
states of Australia, no two-letter callsigns are available as they're
all allocated.

http://www.wia.org.au/licenses/licensing/publiclist/  In most states,
most of the callsigns are taken.  (In fact, all the nice callsigns are
taken, a bit like the women really.)

Mine is a standard call, denoted by the M in the callsign suffix (any
call matching the regex VK[0-9][HLMNPV][A-Z]{2} is standard)... meaning
I'm allowed 100W PEP, 30W average, and all modes on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m,
10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm and 23cm.  I'm a regular on 80m and 2m, particularly
the latter bicycle-mobile, although I have tried 80m and 40m on a bike
too (and succeeded).

Foundation calls (lowest class) have a 4-letter suffix starting with F
(regex: VK[0-9]F[A-Z]{3}).  They're allowed 10W FM/SSB/CW (no digital
modes) on 80m, 40m, 15m, 10m, 2m and 70cm, and must use commercial
equipment (no homebrew transceivers).  Advanced calls here are allowed
400W PEP, 100W average, on pretty much all amateur bands, the callsigns
are basically any two letter suffix, or three letter suffix not matching
that of a standard call.

I used to hold the call VK4FSJL... (Which a mouthful when in phonetics:
victor kilo four foxtrot sierra juliet lima — versus victor kilo four
mike sierra lima.)

I was initially looking for VK4HAT when I upgraded to standard, the one
I have now was my second choice.  VK4RH is taken too.  If I upgrade and
decide to go for a two-letter call, I have the choice of VK4CT, VK4QX or
VK4UE.  I was thinking of VK4DTM (Deadly Treadly Mobile), but I think
that's taken too.

In the US, as far as I know you pay for the privilege.

> I believe the first letter(s) are assigned per international treaty so
> within a jurisdiction (like the US) you'll find that they all start
> with only one or two letters.  That's why all your US TV and radio
> station callsigns start with K and W I believe (if nothing has changed
> in the last 20 years since I studied this stuff).

Yep.  VK is Australia:

http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2011-03-20.txt has some details
(beware, whoever typed this up fails at line feeds and carriage returns).

> According to "History of Australian Radio Callsigns"
> by K3HZ, Dave, it came from a block of prefixes beginning with the letter V,
> assigned to British Commonwealth countries in 1912 to commemorate the death of
> Queen Victoria.

Canada have VA though to VE I think.  India has VU.

US is either W, K or N, with all the "free" ones (random assignment, you
pay to choose your callsign in the US) coming with a K prefix.

UK is either a G or M prefix (e.g. G5RV, who invented the antenna
bearing that name), G being for the "advanced" calls, M being the lesser
grade AFAIK.  Japan have JA onwards, not sure how many prefixes.  China
has BA, BT and probably numerous others (I know I've heard them on with
BT calls).  New Zealand is ZL.
-- 
Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)      .'''.
Gentoo Linux/MIPS Cobalt and Docs Developer  '.'` :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .'.'
http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter             :.'

I haven't lost my mind...
  ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.

Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Matt Turner]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Good evening,
>
> It is my pleasure to announce a new member to our joyful family.
> Christoper is joining us from the States and he will be working on the
> accessibility packages which do need some love I must say. This is how
> he describes himself:
>
> " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a licensed
> amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ.
> I don't have a job, but I do have a Master of Science degree in computer
> science.  I really enjoy listening to classical music.
> My interests can be broadly grouped under two categories:
> self-improvement and improvement of the human condition.
> I'm equally fascinated by both the lessons of the past
> and the possibilities of the future"
>
> Please give him a warm welcome :)
>
> Regards,
> --
> Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2

I just saw that he has now been retired, after 13 commits over less
than 4 months. Is there anything we can learn here? I hope this case
is just an outlier.

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353756

Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Markos Chandras]

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On 10/21/2011 05:21 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Markos Chandras
> <hwoarang@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> Good evening,
>> 
>> It is my pleasure to announce a new member to our joyful family. 
>> Christoper is joining us from the States and he will be working
>> on the accessibility packages which do need some love I must say.
>> This is how he describes himself:
>> 
>> " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual.  I'm a
>> licensed amateur radio operator.  My call sign is KB5KZZ. I don't
>> have a job, but I do have a Master of Science degree in computer 
>> science.  I really enjoy listening to classical music. My
>> interests can be broadly grouped under two categories: 
>> self-improvement and improvement of the human condition. I'm
>> equally fascinated by both the lessons of the past and the
>> possibilities of the future"
>> 
>> Please give him a warm welcome :)
>> 
>> Regards, -- Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID:
>> B4AFF2C2
> 
> I just saw that he has now been retired, after 13 commits over
> less than 4 months. Is there anything we can learn here? I hope
> this case is just an outlier.
> 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353756
> 

Learn what? No one can tell how life will be in the near/far future :)

- -- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Matt Turner]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Learn what? No one can tell how life will be in the near/far future :)

That's what I'm asking. Was there anything that might have told us
he's not going to be around more than a couple of months that we can
learn from, or was it unexpected?

Re: [gentoo-project] New Developer: Christopher "cbrannon" Brannon

[Markos Chandras]

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On 10/21/2011 04:01 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Markos Chandras
> <hwoarang@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> Learn what? No one can tell how life will be in the near/far
>> future :)
> 
> That's what I'm asking. Was there anything that might have told us 
> he's not going to be around more than a couple of months that we
> can learn from, or was it unexpected?
> 
Yeah, I don't think there is anything to learn from this. I think it
was unexpected. I don't think anyone would have wanted to experience
this lengthy recruitment process and retire after a while.

- -- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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