Station computer OS

[Douglas Todd]

I am considering changing my station computer's operating system  from Windows to Linux. Currently I use Ham Radio Deluxe for station control and would like to know what Linux alternatives are available

The features that I find most useful are:

1) The ability to save and recall stations. I.e., I have icons that represent various ARRL code practice frequencies, the PSK 31 bands, and other settings.

2) Setting band limits. Using Ham radio Deluxe, I am vary unlikely to set the transmitter out of band.

3) Integration with other programs, i.e. logging programs, PSK31 and Satellite tracking.


I'm interested in what people are using for Linux, how robust the packages are, and what features they like most about a particular package.


Thanks !

Douglas Todd (KE7GYQ)
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[Harvey Howell]

Hello Douglas. Take a look at page 89 of the April 2007 issue of QST. You
can boot your computer into Linux using a 2 GB USB flash drive with Mandriva
Linux on it. According to the article you can download the software free and
put it on your own flash drive or you can buy it already on the flash drive
direct from Mandriva. The download is huge...411 Mb. It won't be on your
hard drive or interfere with Windows. I read about it but I haven't tried
it. Take a look at the Mandriva web site.

73, Harvey KN6VP

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From: "Douglas Todd" <[hidden email]>
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Subject: [Elecraft] Station computer OS


I am considering changing my station computer's operating system  from
Windows to Linux. Currently I use Ham Radio Deluxe for station control and
would like to know what Linux alternatives are available

The features that I find most useful are:

1) The ability to save and recall stations. I.e., I have icons that
represent various ARRL code practice frequencies, the PSK 31 bands, and
other settings.

2) Setting band limits. Using Ham radio Deluxe, I am vary unlikely to set
the transmitter out of band.

3) Integration with other programs, i.e. logging programs, PSK31 and
Satellite tracking.


I'm interested in what people are using for Linux, how robust the packages
are, and what features they like most about a particular package.


Thanks !

Douglas Todd (KE7GYQ)
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[Darrell Bellerive-2]

On March 18, 2007 08:48 am, Douglas Todd wrote:
> I am considering changing my station computer's operating system  from
> Windows to Linux. Currently I use Ham Radio Deluxe for station control
> and would like to know what Linux alternatives are available

Take a look at http://radio.linux.org.au/ for a listing of ham radio related
software for the Linux operating systems.

Also, I have found that the Debian distribution offers superb ham radio
support. Debian itself, I would not recommend to a new Linux user, but some
of it's derivatives are excellent, such as Mepis, and Ubuntu.


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Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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[Bob Nielsen]

On Mar 18, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Darrell Bellerive wrote:

> On March 18, 2007 08:48 am, Douglas Todd wrote:
>> I am considering changing my station computer's operating system  
>> from
>> Windows to Linux. Currently I use Ham Radio Deluxe for station  
>> control
>> and would like to know what Linux alternatives are available
>
> Take a look at http://radio.linux.org.au/ for a listing of ham  
> radio related
> software for the Linux operating systems.
>
> Also, I have found that the Debian distribution offers superb ham  
> radio
> support. Debian itself, I would not recommend to a new Linux user,  
> but some
> of it's derivatives are excellent, such as Mepis, and Ubuntu.

I second the recommendation of a Debian-based Linux distribution (I  
currently use Ubuntu 6.10).  While I am not aware of any Linux  
applications which perform some of the features of Ham Radio Deluxe,  
there are some pretty good applications out there.  I use TLF for  
contest and general-purpose logging and gMFSK for digital modes.  
Xlog and Klog are also good logging programs.  All of these interface  
with a large variety of radios using the hamlib library.  All of  
these are available  as Debian packages, which makes installation  
quite easy.  A new digital mode program which will be available in  
the next release of Debian (and probably its offspring) is fldigi.  
You can find links to all of these at the URL listed above.

73 - Bob, N7XY


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[ac0h]

Hello Douglas.

Unfortunately there is no single suite of programs for Linux like Ham
Radio Deluxe. You can come close with individual programs. FLdigi is an
excellent Linux alternative to MixW on Windows.

I'll second the motion on the Debian alternatives like Ubuntu. The
install is actually easier and shorter than Windows.

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