Wednesday brings a satisfying mix of software victories and open-air operating, with a Linux logging breakthrough bookending stories about taking your station on foot. We've also got POTA rovering, repurposed marine hardware, and a couple of dispatches from the wider radio world to keep the dial lively.

In today’s roundup

• Not1MM now working on my Linux box! — KB6NU
  After a year of frustration, KB6NU finally gets the not1mm contest logger running on Linux, closing the last gap in his penguin-powered shack.
• SHS POTA Rove: A Bug-Out Morning at Fort Dobbs State Historic Site (US-6839) — QRPer
  K4SWL turns a Raleigh road trip into a historic-site POTA activation, proving a presentation drive doubles nicely as an excuse to get on the air.
• Pedestrian Mobile Ham Radio: You Can Take It With You — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  DX Engineering makes the case for pedestrian mobile, where radio, battery, and antenna go wherever your feet do—no vehicle required.
• Radio Waves: Wartime Radio Hub Linked to Scharnhorst Up For Sale, Thousands protest in Prague, and CAB Joins Radio Ready Auto Coalition — The SWLing Post
  The SWLing Post's roundup spans a wartime radio hub tied to the Scharnhorst going up for sale and the push to keep broadcast radio in cars.
• Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Rádio 10 (October 28, 2026) — The SWLing Post
  Carlos Latuff pairs his cartoonist's eye with a listening report and recording of Argentina's Rádio 10, a nice reminder that SWL logs can be art.
• Hacking a Marine Radio Dish — Hackaday · Radio
  Melan repurposes an Intellian i4 marine dish for satellite work, a tempting homebrew project for anyone eyeing surplus hardware for the birds.

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