Re: FOSDEM booth requested (and rtl-sdr and last t-dose)

On 30/11/17 05:39, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:40:25PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:50:23AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>> On 19/10/17 09:56, Joost van Baal-Ili?? wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 09:09:35AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>>>>> Did anyone ask for a FOSDEM stand already?
> 
>> The "booth request acknowlegde" just forwarded
>> as https://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2017/10/msg00008.html
>>
>>> Would anybody be interested in operating the RTL SDR demo at the booth?
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/rtl-sdr : Realtek RTL2832U Software Defined Radio:
> nice.
> 
> O, and help is welcome here -> https://danielpocock.com/fosdem-2018-rtc-cfp <-
> too.
> 


Yes, it would be great to have a Debian presence in the RTC lounge (K
building)

You can't have free RTC without a free OS (which OS am I thinking of?)
so if anybody from the Debian community wants to give a talk in the RTC
dev-room, please apply.


>>> It has been popular at other events and attracts a lot of attention.
>>
>> Yes, that is nice. I would allready like to have it
>> during  http://t-dose.org  saturday 18 and sunday 19 november.
> 
> BTW: The Debian booth over there was nice.  We had quite a few volunteers!
> 
>>> I can't personally spend too much time at the booth but I'd be happy to
>>> help other people get it going and loan some equipment for it.
>>
>> Where is it documented?
>> I have seen something it like at Planet Debian?
> 
> Searched for it, couldn't find it in Daniel's blog.
> 
> I'm interested in some documentation too...  Is there any?  If not, could
> somebody with clue offer some time to explain how to operate the thing?
> 
> CU in Brussels,
> 


https://danielpocock.com/quickstart-sdr-ham-radio-gqrx-gnu-radio

and the sequel, with a video at the bottom:

https://danielpocock.com/building-loop-antenna-sdr-shortwave-ham-oscal17

There is also a GNU Radio / SDR booth in the AW building and if anybody
from the Debian community wanted to help in a linkup between the booths
using ham radio then we can make contact with them.

Regards,

Daniel