On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 12:48:11PM -0400, Bloom, Jon, KE3Z wrote:
> It would be nice to continue to have a ham radio presence within the LDP
> (other than the AX25-HOWTO). Terry, can you briefly synopsize the
> requirements that a HOWTO must conform to? Is the problem with the current
> HAM-HOWTO the lack of "how to" information?
Yes, that's precisely the problem. You sound like you understand what I'm
talking about, so I'll continue.
> Would HOWTOs (actual "how to" documents) on more specific topics (e.g.,
> Satellite-Tracking-HOWTO, Morse-Code-HOWTO) be acceptable? Such documents
> would be useful in their own right and would provide a means of promoting
> ham radio within the LDP structure.
I don't know how feasible this would be. What would you describe? How to
install and use the software? HOWTO documents aren't meant to be replacements
for proper software user manuals.
> Are ham radio applications a significant enough subset of Linux operation
> that a book within the LDP (a companion to the LUG, you might say) is
> reasonable?
It really doesn't matter the significance. I've already registered the
"Radio Amateurs Guide" (RAG) as a project with the LDP coordinator. I've done
nothing with it for a couple of years because really, it wasn't clear to me
that there was a significant enough audience to make the effort worthwhile.
I've spoken to some publishers and found no interest in publishing such
a book, so in the absence of an audience I haven't bothered.
I'd be interested to know if the ARRL would be interested in publishing
something of this nature?
> The software catalog is a useful thing, be it in the HAM-HOWTO, in other
> forms in the distribution (.rpm/.deb) or on the Web. But it would also be
> good to have a more step-by-step document for the ham new to Linux.
I agree completely. I'm pleased you haven't made the mistake of confusing
the HAM-HOWTO with a generally useful document for introducing Linux users
to Amateur Radio.
Certainly I'd like to generate another document which did qualify as a
HOWTO document, and did serve to achieve this goal, but not until the
existing HAM-HOWTO has been dealt with in an appropriate manner.
Terry
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