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Arch HAM Radio Workstation Setup

Added by Daniel Curtis about 10 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

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Closed
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Normal
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Category:
Workstation
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Start date:
07/09/2014
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% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
1.00 h
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Description

As an amateur radio enthusiast I have need for a few pieces of software. This is a simple guide on setting up my Arch Linux installation with the required software needed for amateur radio usage. Currently my software load out for HAM radio includes:
  • Chirp: Used to program my Baofeng UV-5R+
  • GNUradio: A powerful digital signal processing application
  • GPredict: Used to get a fix on amateur radio satellites
  • Gqrx: Used to interface with software defined radios
  • Stellarium: Not really used for radio, but great for radio astronomy
  • Audacity: Used for recording and manipulating audio files
  • Xastir: An open-source program that provides full-featured, client-side access to APRS.
  • fl_moxgen: Moxon antenna designer
  • hamsolar: Small desktop display of the current solar indices
  • splat: rf signal propagation, loss, and terrain analysis
  • sunclock: Useful for predicting grayline propagation paths
  • xnec2c: Electromagnetic antenna modeler
  • trustedqsl: QSL application for ARRL's Logbook of the World
  • cty: package contains databases of entities (countries), prefixes and callsigns that are used by amateur radio logging software.
  • dxcc: a small program for determining ARRL DXCC entity of a ham radio callsign
  • nato: Python script to convert string into NATO alphabet representation
  • hamradio-menus: Ham radio (specific) XDG-compliant menu

Prepare the environment:

  • Update the system:
    sudo pacman -Syu
    
  • Add user bob to the tty and uucp groups for serial access:
    gpasswd -a bob uucp
    
    • For groups to take effect, the user must log out and and log back in.

Install yaourt to handle AUR packages

Installation

  • To start, install the packages that are available from the Arch repositories:
    sudo pacman -S gnuradio gqrx audacity stellarium
    
  • Install chirp from the AUR:
    yaourt chirp
    
  • Install gpredict from the AUR
    yaourt gpredict
    
  • Install fl_moxgen from the AUR:
    yaourt fl_moxgen
    
  • Install hamsolar from the AUR:
    yaourt hamsolar
    
  • Install splat from the AUR:
    yaourt splat
    
  • Install sunclock from the AUR:
    yaourt sunclock
    
  • Install xnec2c from the AUR:
    yaourt xnec2c
    
  • Install cty from the AUR:
    yaourt cty
    
  • Install dxcc from the AUR:
    yaourt dxcc
    
  • Install nato from the AUR:
    yaourt nato
    
  • Install trustedqsl from the AUR:
    yaourt trustedqsl
    
  • Install hamradio-menus from the AUR:
    yaourt hamradio-menus
    

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