Linux is a great platform for packet, particularly since it is fully integrated with the rest of the networking subsystem. The internets most comprehensive list of amateur ham radio software packaged with xubuntu. An overview of ham amateur radio software available under the gnu linux ubuntu operating system. Id like to find easy2use software for windows, mac, linux, and potentially even on mobile androidiphone. To download the latest installation program, click on the download now link to download it to your pc from the website. This video is going to show you how to find and get amateur ham radio software for linux mint andor ubuntu. The ham radio applications include programs for morse code training, aprs and packet programs, rig control, cw and digital mode terminal applications, satellite tracking, smith charts, logging, dx clusters and more. Works in all windows versions or linux using emul software. How to find ham radio software in linux mint and ubuntu.
Dxzone amateur radio software an exhaustive directory of amateur radio software. Gold mine of ham software one from qrz simply too much to list a must see gold mine of ham software two from k7hg. Despite its age, amateur radio operators continue to use and develop packet radio today. Development is a collaborative effort of programmers and amateur radio enthusiasts from. Hrd is designed for windows 2000 or higher xp, vista, also internet explorer 6. Software for packet radio use the dxzone amateur radio. It also includes an installer so you can install it to your system if you like what you find. If you use a cm108 dongle on a linux computer, you can use one of the cm108 gpio pins to key the transmitter if you can attach a wire to one. Compatible with dxbase logic 7 rylogit trxmanager yplog. This led me to consider joining or starting a packet radio bbs bulletin board system, unless of course there is something better by now. Linux radio transmission decoder the multimon software can decode a variety of digital transmission modes commonly found on uhf radio. Most of the software for gnulinux is available through package repositories.
The debian hamradio pure blend is a project of the debian hamradio maintainers team who collaborate on maintenance of amateur radio related packages for debian. Amateur radio software distributed with xubuntu lts. You can now get better results at lower cost by connecting your radio to the soundcard interface of a computer and using software to decode the signals. As well as being fun, packet radio under linux taught me a lot about networking, much of which is also applicable to ethernet, x. I have been using windows xp pro for my software which is xpware for windows. After 2 years of running ubuntu on two of my home pcs, i find that the more i use it the more i like it, so give it a try. Winpack popular ham radio packet windows application. The aprs amateur radio software of choice on linux is called xastir. I will just not buy ham radio applications that use that scheme. Software for packet radio use category is a curation of 32 web resources on, packetcluster dx statistics, winafsk, linpac packet radio terminal.
This blend aims to support the needs of radio amateurs. Interflex systems kagold for kantronics, pkgold for aea tncs. It has been tested on windows xp, vista, 7, 8, 10 and has proved stable in operation. Packet radio is an amateur radio technology from the early 1980s that sends data between computers. This is the best packet program out there if you are running windows 95 and above. Outpost is a windowsbased packet message client that lets you send and receive packet messages with almost any amateur radio bulletin board system bbs or tnc personal mail box. Here are a few ham radio logging applications that linux offers. Fbb packet radio bbs fbb is a bulletin board software for amateur packet radio. There is even a separate category for amateur radio. An overview of ham amateur radio software available under the gnulinux ubuntu operating system. Use one of your serial ports to key the transmitter or build a simple vox circuit that will respond fast enough for packet. Aprs is an automatic position reporting system whereby. Come chat with us about everything linux and amateur radio related in our ham forum or see forum topics below listen to our podcast to hear editors shawn powers and kyle rankin discuss our amateur radio special issue little known fact. If youre new to debian, you can try out a live image which will allow you to experience the debian hamradio blend without making changes to your system.
It can be used standalone to observe aprs traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, aprstt gateway, or internet gateway igate in the early days of amateur packet radio, it was necessary to use an expensive terminal node controller tnc. Debian software packages in jessie, subsection hamradio. Linux packet stations can be used for mail, chat, and even sending messages long distances via the international space station. First get an updated package list by entering the following command in to terminal if this has not been done today sudo apt update then install your chosen package with the command sudo apt install package name find out more with the guide to installing software with the apt command. A linux packet station can be used for mail, chat, and tcpip. Im a complete newbie here, and on the southeast coast of the usa. Network configuration manager ncm is designed to deliver powerful network configuration and compliance management. These are amateur radio applications that are not packaged in debian. X text system home page xts is a teletext server for packet radio under linux with many functions. With this operating system, a person may tune shortwave broadcasts, amateur radio, aeronautical, maritime, or other signals received at remote servers around the world. Linux has natively supported the packet radio protocol, more formally known as ax. Hamscope is a freeware windows multimode communications package for amateur radio that supports.
Software is an integral part of the amateur satellite experience, and provides services from predicting satellite pass, steering antennas and tuning radios. I would like to know the forums opinion on what is the best linux suite of ham radio software tools, packages, os, etc. You dont want to use the vox on a radio for packet, its too slow. Some software looks like an email client for packet radio. Ham radio deluxe software radio amateurs best asset. The software tnc uses the agw packet engine api and emulates the agw packet engine tcp interface in operation. It is not a place to ask questions or have general discussions. Ham radio digital modes software list and descriptions. Packet radio software freeware free download packet. Packet radio operation on linux unconnected mode youtube.
You then send that code to the software author, who then send a key based on the machine dependent code. Advanced repeater system software with echolink support for linux including a gui, qtel the qt echolink client cplusplus communication hamradio voip updated apr 21, 2020. Wintfs tnc virtual phone modem driver for windows 95, known also as tfslip95. Support radio control interface for several icom, tentec, kenwood, and yaesu transceivers.
Gold mine of ham software threefrom iw8pg and 1kr102. Newer versions of packet software are getting hard to come by for the newer operating system due to the decline in popularity of packet radio in general. Ham radio deluxe software the radio amateurs best asset. The soundmodem has two tcpip interfaces to link with client application.
Xastir is program for receiving and plotting aprs position packets. Many of them have been supplanted by newer, better applications or have very limited use if you are interested having a particular application packaged, please add your name to. To get help in using amateur radio software in debian, you can use one of our support channels. Aprs is an automatic position reporting system whereby objects report their position usually obtained from gps on the air. A demonstration of the axlisten and beacon commands to monitor and transmit single ax. The ham radio applications include programs for morse code training, aprs and packet programs, rig control, cw and digital mode terminal applications. The github issues section is for reporting software defects and enhancement requests. Psk31, cw, dominoex, mfsk, mt63, olivia, rtty and throb. Packet radio lives on through open source software. Apr 16, 2020 outpost is a windowsbased packet message client that lets you send and receive packet messages with almost any amateur radio bulletin board system bbs or tnc personal mail box.
This version contains a lot of amateur radio software including fldigi, nbems, gpredict, earthtrack, xcwcp and qrq, xlog and cqrlog. Some preppers and i got to talking about a dystopian time of internet collapse where shortwave radio might be an important factor of survival. Some software is available from amsat, other software is available from the vendor site. Take the audio output of one piece of software and send it to another. Apr 24, 2020 kb1oiq andys ham radio linux web site. In either case we have done our best to make sure the following links point to the most recent version. Digital master 780 is the digital operations part of. The debian hamradio pure blend is a project of the debian hamradio maintainers team who collaborate on maintenance of amateurradio related packages for debian. Easyterm for windows a communications program for aea and kantronics tncs sound card packet by kc2rlm. A software tnc that uses a soundcard as a modem and supports ax. It is a linux x window amateur station tracking and information reporting application. I am developing a software dualport packet radio tnc that uses a soundcard as a modem and supports ax.
Packet goldmine software by the hundreds from hams net. Ezp140 easy packet radio program for taprstyle tncs. This software is created for the sole purpose of creating an easy packet radio experience. This software collection uses the xfce desktop environemt with menus customized for amateur radio use. Software ac6vs amateur radio and dx reference guide. A standard pc soundcard is used to acquire the signal from a transceiver. Aprs software from cave aprspoint extensive program baycom. Best of all, since the ubuntu system is open source software, this is all available for free, which makes ubuntu linux and ham radio a hard combination to beat. In central ca we have a ham radio sunday night packet radio net on 2m 145. I have the ubuntu distribution of linux running on a laptop in the shack. Jul 12, 2015 drivers for the hb9jnx packet radio epp modem. Ardop amateur radio digital open protocol software ardop 0.
This release includes several changes made up of new features, enhancements, and the usual collection of bug fixes. To retrieve your new key, visit the following website to check for your replacement key. Debian software packages in buster, subsection hamradio. Fbb packetradio bbs fbb is a bulletin board software for amateur packetradio. Every pure blend is a subset of debian that is configured to support a particular target group outofthebox. Gold mine of ham software four many downloads from g3vfp.
Linux is great for amateur radio applications, as you dont need the latest and greatest pc to run your application, old junked pcs make great hardware platforms for running linux on, even an old 386 pc can be used to tasks like a packet radio node with older versions of linux. Grig is a freeware simple ham radio control cat program based on the ham radio control libraries hamlib. Integrated software for logging, rig control, digital modes, satellite. In the early days of amateur packet radio, it was necessary to use an expensive terminal node controller tnc with specialized hardware. The linux ham radio logging software is featurerich and free.
Ham radio deluxe hrd is a suite of windows programs providing cat control for commonly used transceivers and receivers. I am developing a software dualport packetradio tnc that uses a soundcard as a modem and supports ax. Since the eol of windows xp i am trying to switch over to linux mint 17 32bit. Skywave linux is a 64 bit live system providing installed and configured software for accessing software defined radio servers locally and on the internet. Digital master 780 is the digital operations part of the ham radio deluxe hrd suite. The current release version of ham radio deluxe is v6. Gold mine five of amateur radio soundblaster software collection by dr. I see kb1oiq andys ham radio linux was last updated on 20171126 has been highlighted in the past as a great package. Packet radio software freeware ax25webinit packet radio made easy v. It can be used standalone to observe aprs traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, aprstt gateway, or internet gateway igate in the early days of amateur packet radio, it was necessary to use an expensive terminal node controller tnc with specialized. Did you know a feature article in linux journal issue number one was linux and hams linux amateur radio resources. Eliminate the burden of manual device inventory and network auditing with network automation. Jackaudio is a virtual audio software cable that run on windows linux and macos and if free to download and to use.
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