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Linux® in Your Ham Shack
Andy StewartKB1OIQ
May 3, 2016
Nashua Area Radio ClubNashua, NH
Biographical Info
Tech: 1/07, General 1/08, Extra 1/09
President: PART of Westford, MA (9/09)
Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group (1997)
Founder and Acting President:Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (2006-present)
Linux Instructor:Chelmsford Community Education (2004 - 2011)
Linux user since 1997
Computer Engineer – digital logic verification
Andy's Ham Radio Linux
ISO file freely available Ubuntu Linux 14.04.* Remix Create Live DVD and boot it for test drive Create a bootable USB thumb drive Install it on the hard drive
Download from SourceForge Andy's Ham Radio Linux Search for ”KB1OIQ” on SourceForge Software is GPL or similarly free license
Motivation
Promote Linux Give back to ham and Linux communities Reduce pain of installing ham radio software
Typically downloaded from vendor repository Some software must be built from source Not always easy...lots of dependencies, etc.
Help get people started Could be used at install fests for hams Useful for Field Day or Public Service Events
Downloads
V8 (5/11, 10.10)V9 (7/11, 10.10)
V10 (11/11, 11.04)V11 (6/12, 11.10)
V12 (10/12, 11.10)V13 (3/13, 12.04)
V14 (10/13, 12.04)V15.1 (3/14, 13.10)
V16 (7/14, 14.04)V17 (1/15, 14.04)
V18 (9/15, 14.04)V19 (4/16, 14.04)
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Target Computer
Older computer (newer works OK, too!) Bare minimum requirements
1-2 GB of memory Network for hard drive installation 1GHz x86 processor (more for SDR) 8-10 GB for hard drive install
My ”ham radio laptop” (retired!) 10 years old, 1.8GHz processor, 2GB memory All works OK except FM Stereo on SDR Was getting slow, even for me.
My New Ham Radio Laptop
Linux Certified LC2530I 120 GB SSD 8 GB memory 17” screen Intel Graphics HD 4600 Intel Core i7-4710MQ 2.5GHz x 8 6-7 lbs (heavy)
Yes, it is blazingly fast compared to the old one! Login is virtually immediate
Initial Boot Screen - DVD
Initial Boot Screen - USB
Initial Login Screen
Initial Desktop
Desktop
Icewm Light on system resources Virtual desktops Easy customization, many themes available
Menus Customized for amateur radio use
Toolbar Menu, quickly start apps, status monitors, clock
System Software Highlights
Wicd Network Manager (wired and wireless) Midori Browser (lightweight, no proprietary Flash) Ubiquity hard drive installation program live-usb-install – create a bootable thumb drive Shutdown/reboot by menu Graphical file manager, PDF viewer, text editor PulseAudio sound and utilities xosview system monitor Smart package manager
Hard Drive Installer
live-usb-install
Documentation
Programs have their own documentation Search the Internet for the program's website
Docs specific to this software collection: Menu->Documentation->
RELEASE_NOTES CHANGES (from release to release) Icewm docs
See also files in this directory:/usr/local/share/doc/Andy_Ham_Radio_Linux
Ham Radio Software Summary
Logging: cqrlog, xlog, TQSL (for LoTW) APRS: Xastir, soundmodem, direwolf Digital modes: Fldigi and friends (NBEMS)
Qsstv, wsjt(-x), Echolink client
CW: xcwcp, qrq, cwwav (text to CW) Antenna analysis:
Xnec2c, Fl_Moxgen, aa-analyzer
Satellite: Gpredict, Fox 1A telemetry decoder
More Ham Radio Software
EDA Software gschem – schematic capture pcb – board layout Spice and GUI with waveform viewer (gwave)
SDR gqrx – sdr radio receiver used with USB dongle Gnuradio companion
FreeDV / Codec2 Pskmail client and server
Xlog
CQRLOG
APRS™
Automatic Packet Reporting System
Bob Bruninga WB4APR
XastirX Amateur Station Tracking and Information Reporting
http://www.xastir.org
Supports many, many map formats
Now supports OpenStreetMap !
Xastir
Xastir Screenshot
xcwcp
Qtel Echolink Client
Gpredict
Earthtrack
QSSTV
QSSTV
Digital Modes
Fldigi – W1HKJ and friends
Supports a large(!) number of digital modes
Keyboard to keyboard communications
BPSK-31, RTTY, Hellschreiber, and more!
ARQ file transfers (auto repeat request)
NBEMS – Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System
Great support! Yahoo Group: linuxham
Fldigi, fllog, flmsg, flrig, flarq, flwrap, flwkey
Fldigi
SDR: gqrx
FreeDV
Free Digital Voice Originally written in response to proprietary D-Star Codec2: David (VK5DGR) Rowe FreeDV: Mel (K0PFX) Whitten Digitally encoded voice for HF transmission
1600 bits/sec, 1.1khz bandwidth, 14.236 MHz Requires 2 soundcards Very actively developed: now down to 700 bits/sec(!!)
Linux, Windoze, and Apple versions are available
FreeDV GUI
GNU Radio Companion
GRC Scope Plot
xnec2c
HF Beacons
Software Created by KB1OIQ
Fl_MoxGen aa-analyzer Micro-Fox Config GPL TinyTrak3 Config GPL Perl scripts for Wordsworth All are freely available on SourceForge
Fl_MoxGen
Micro-Fox Config GPL
TinyTrak 3 (tt3_gpl)
Companies to Thank #1
RigExpert Ukraine Ltd. KB1OIQ asked for information to retrieve data
from the device They said YES!
Info is posted on RigExpert website.
Many thanks to Denis Nechitailov!!! aa-analyzer.pl was created Works on many/most/all(?) AA-xxx analyzers Download from Sourceforge.net
Companies to Thank #2
Byonics, LLC in Chandler, AZ MicroFox 15 and TinyTrak3 Many thanks to Allen Lord and
Byon Garrabrant! Download from Sourgeforge.net
Release Schedule
Just released V19: April 2016 Next release (V20): probably fall 2016
Most likely upgrading to match Ubuntu 16.04.*
Sticking with LTS releases of Ubuntu No major new additions planned
Send email if you'd like to see something added! [email protected]
Updates to your favorite ham radio applications
What's interesting today?
Broadband-Hamnet(TM) Repurpose Linksys WRT54G* and Ubiquiti
wireless devices Load new firmware Use them to create mesh networks Increase power / gain antenna = Part 97 Was deployed at PART Field Day 2015 http://www.broadband-hamnet.org
SM1000
Free Digital Voice – hardware in a box
No computer required – everything is in the box
Connect it to your rig with your own cable
Cost: $200
My setup:
Heil Headset (Pro Set Plus) ICOM 746PRO 3 stereo audio cables: Speaker, Mic, PTT Could also make a cable with RJ-45 connector and
internal jumpers
SM1000
Last Slide!
Questions? Slides available:
Email: [email protected]
Thanks for coming to this talk! Have a lot of fun, and 73 de Andy KB1OIQ
Attributions
RigExpert® is a registered trademark ofRig Expert Ukraine Ltd in Ukraine andin the USA.
APRS™ is a trademark of Bob Bruninga
Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
References
PART of Westford, MAhttp://www.wb1gof.org
Worcester Linux Users' Grouphttp://www.wlug.org
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Grouphttp://linux.meetup.com/393
Chelmsford Community Educationhttp://www.chelmsfordcommunityeducation.org
References
Weak Signal Communications (WSJT, WSPR)http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT
RigExpert® Antenna Analyzershttp://www.rigexpert.com
Byonics, LLC – Micro-Fox 15 and TinyTrak3http://www.byonics.com
Download Andy's Ham Radio Linux http://www.sf.net/projects/kb1oiq-andysham