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Updated by Daniel Curtis about 10 years ago

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 

 h3. Install yaourt cower to handle AUR packages 

 * Create a directory to store AUR build files: 
 <pre> 
 mkdir ~/src && cd ~/src 
 </pre> 

 * Download the packages for yaourt: 
 <pre> 
 cd /tmp 
 wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pa/package-query/package-query.tar.gz && wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ya/yaourt/yaourt.tar.gz 
 tar xzf *.tgz 
 </pre> 
 #* Install package-query: 
 <pre> 
 cd package-query 
 makepkg -csi 
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 #* Install yaourt 
 <pre> 
 cd ../yaourt 
 makepkg -csi 
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 h2. Installation 

 * To start, install the packages that are available from the Arch repositories: 
 <pre> 
 sudo pacman -S gnuradio gqrx audacity stellarium 
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 * chirp 
 <pre> 
 yaourt chirp 
 </pre> 
 #* NOTE: Users need to be added to the tty group, in order to program radios over @/dev/ttyUSB0@. This can be done like so (you'll need to log out and back in for this to take effect): 
 <pre> 
 sudo gpasswd --add ind3x tty 
 </pre> 

 * gpredict 
 <pre> 
 yaourt gpredict 
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