On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. The first few slides give a good overview of what we mean when we say a radio is softwaredefined. The software defined radio servers listed below have been selected for geographical coverage and quality of reception. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. If youve already got debian installed, check out the list of metapackages to discover amateur radio software you can install. Articles, references, pictures, and rants on computing, software defined radio, aviation, etc. The beginners guide to software defined radio rtl sdr. Airspy, a high quality approach to softwaredefined radio. Sdr technology makes it possible that all listeners tune independently, and thus listen to differentsignals.
There are many ways and many software to make the raspi fit for ham radio. Gqrx is an open source software defined radio receiver sdr powered by the gnu radio and the qt graphical toolkit gqrx supports many of the sdr hardware available, including airspy, funcube dongles, rtl sdr, hackrf and usrp devices. Over the past century or so, ham radio has been about more than communicating, but also experimenting and pushing the. Zeus radio is a modern software to work with a variety of amateur radio receivers and. The small sdr hardware pictured above is an entrylevel unit. I have been a ham for more than 30 years and have had many radios. 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. Sdrlive formerly linuxsdr is a linux live cd based on ubuntu 18. Decoding digital modes with software defined radio cupano. I wonder if itd be a good distro to run to play around with sdr.
Gqrx is an open source software defined radio receiver sdr powered by the. Every model in our nesdr line is fully compatible with all known linux distros, however, due to the wide variety of distros available, installation procedures can vary. There are absolutely no plans whatsoever to support any other operating system or hardware. Ham radio programs for linux platform category is a curation of 100 web resources on, nbems, signalgen, trusted qsl. Ham radio skywave linux preconfigured sdr and streaming. May 29, 2017 ham radio skywave linux preconfigured sdr and streaming software in a live cd. I have enjoyed using it with an rtlsdr to tune the local fm band in clean stereo. Cubicsdr is the graphical interface which receives am fm ssb modes. When paired with free sdr software running on a pc, it can serve as a beginners ham radio receiver or as a. We have a detailed setup guide for ubuntu, a common linux distro, which can be found below. Sdr bridge provides advanced synchronization, integration, and control for software defined radios. Recently weve heard of a new linux distribution called sigintos becoming available for download. Now in a small, modern, portable and extremely rugged case. The ham radio receiver of the 21st century is mostly software.
Software defined radio resources ham radio science. This blend aims to support the needs of radio amateurs. A sdr receiver can be as simple as this rtlbased sdr. Internet sdr servers the best openwebrx and websdr streaming servers. Performance and coverage vary depending on hardware used at individual sites. Ham radio skywave linux preconfigured sdr and streaming software in. While hearing shortwave broadcasts, transatlantic aviation, and amateur radio conversations are interesting, there are a number interesting digital mode signals to tune into. Integrated software for logging, rig control, digital modes, satellite. Ham radio deluxe is the worlds most popular ham radio software.
Depending on what os you are using mac, linux or windows, the solution is rather different. It is also possible to listen to other radio broadcasting stations. Download the best sdr software and plugins for airspy, rtlsdr dongle and many other radios. For the direct download and the torrent download i used unetbootin to make live usb stick and got loop errors when i tried to boot to. Skywave linux hard drive installation skywave linux usb installation websdrs in 2019 programmatic rtlsdr calibration fixing audio. If you use the usb dvbt receiver sdr mode, do not install the drivers on the cd or installed automatically by windows. This download is the same for full or trial versions of ham radio deluxe. Download the current version of gqrx for raspberry pi 3 in my case is it the sdr 2. Once sdrradio is installed, to get it working with the rtlsdr you will need to compile or download three. All files provided by flexradio have been scanned for viruses. It is called a software defined radio or sdr for short. Dec 02, 2016 the best one that i found is software defined radio for amateur radio an overview.
Ham radio skywave linux preconfigured sdr and streaming software in a live cd. Bobmeters is a cat software collection specifically designed for perseus and powersdr to add classic feel to these sdr radios. A websdr is a softwaredefined radio receiver connected to the internet, allowing many listeners to listen and tune it simultaneously. Gqrx is an open source software defined radio receiver sdr powered by the gnu radio and the qt graphical toolkit gqrx supports many of the sdr hardware available, including airspy, funcube dongles, rtlsdr, hackrf and usrp devices. To retrieve your new key, visit the following website to check for your replacement key. Dump1090 mutability version is for monitoring aircraft adsb transmissions.
Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and shortwave listener communities, this software provides a powerful interface for all sdr users. This build can be used with raspberry pi, odroid and orange pi single board computers. Skywave linux connects to a large and growing network of stateofthe art software defined radio sdr servers, making it possible to experience high performance sdr operation without your own large antennas or onsite radio hardware. Three types of software defined radio are supported by skywave linux.
November 2019 i am a big friend of the small raspberry pi which and use this gladly for amateur radio. Ham radio or amateur radio linux program description overview, including usecases for combining linux and amateur radio, applications to meet those goals, and how opensuse fits into that picture why linux and ham radio. Airspy is a line of popular softwaredefined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high performance and affordable price using innovative combinations of dsp and rf techniques. Software defined radio receiver usb stick rtl2832 wr820t. I noticed that kali linux has a lot of sdr stuff straight out of the box for sdr. Be sure to visit the live online lists shown directly below. Watch gqrx in action in these youtube videos, download the latest version and. The best one that i found is software defined radio for amateur radio an overview. If you want to use a websdr and a digital decoding program like multipsk, you will need to be able to route the audio from the web to the input of the program. You might find their user interface ui more user friendly. A remaster of the knoppix distro for amateur radio. Sigintos is an ubuntu based distribution with a number of built in signal intelligence applications for software defined radios such as rtlsdrs and other tx capable sdrs like the hackrf, bladerf and usrp radios.
If you know of a program that is missing please leave. All about software defined radio sdr this project only supports windows on the x86 and x64 hardware. Download ham radio deluxe software, user guides, manuals. The current release version of ham radio deluxe is v6. This page sdrsharp for windows was last updated on oct 27, 2019. Adsb mapping is available from dump1090s built in webserver. I walk through basic software installation for ham radio with a fresh linux install. Please remember that to transmit on the ham radio bands you need a ham radio license issued by your countrys governing body and broadcasting is illegal on the ham bands broadcasting is defined as transmitting a message 1way to the general public over the airwaves. This was after i tried several other distros and none of them even recognized my wifi adapter.
Thanks for all at flex for the great radios and software that you produce. Downloading the dvd iso file from andys sourceforge page was moderately fast. Skywave linux is a live linux system loaded with software defined radio applications. Then, the presentation digs into some of the technical aspects of. Ham radio deluxe software radio amateurs best asset. Andys ham radio linux has gnu radio already installed, with gqrx as a very nice gui for many kinds of software defined radios. Ham radio deluxe software the radio amateurs best asset.
Linux for ham radio starting out with a fresh install, what next. These receiverservers make it possible for anyone to listen to ham radio online. All you need to do is boot the system on a computer with internet connectivity. An overview of ham amateur radio software available under the gnulinux ubuntu operating. Im going to redo my point linux install since i love using it as my main, everyday distro but i think ill dual boot with kali and use the preinstall. Ham radio control libraries the hamlib projects purpose is to develop flexible and portable shared libraries that offer a stand. So maybe the best linux suite of ham radio software tools is the one that works for you. The beginners guide to software defined radio rtlsdr. Pratt nr0v, chris w2pa, rick n1gp, bryan w4wmt and dr loren betts, w6vh september 08, 2016 openhpsdr programmer v2 instructions courtesy ken, n9vv september 08, 2016 view all downloads. As i have heard other flex owners say, it is like operating in the dark, when trying to use a rig without the visual interface. It is designed for users of software defined radios and comes with several. A large selection of software has been preinstalled, such as gnuradio, dump1090, gqrx, cubic sdr, etc.
Take a look at this article from ham radio and vision for some selected utilities, based on. A large selection of software has been preinstalled, such as gnuradio, dump1090, gqrx, cubicsdr, etc. I need a stable raspberry pi image which includes common ham radio applications. This enables operators who used the trial version to maintain the logbook database and.
The trial version converts to a full version when a software activation key is purchased and applied to the software after installation. In every way my flex is better than the other rigs in my shack. Just like websdr, it enables sdr hf receivers to be operated remotely over the web. Urh universal radio hacker the ultimate radio hacker tool with native airspy support since 21 april 2017.
Get the latest sdr downloads for your flexradio signature series equipment. Amateur radio linux distribution category is a curation of 6 web resources on, ubuntu ham radio software, ai9nl harvs hamshack hack, hamos. This is a slide show from a presentation give by steve dick, k1rf, on february 11, 2015. Andys ham radio linux 15 providines a fast, specialized, computing environment for amateur radio and sdr enthusiasts. Debian hamradio software defined radio packages this metapackage will install packages useful when using softwaredefined radio with debian. We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. The debian hamradio pure blend is a project of the debian hamradio maintainers team who collaborate on maintenance of amateurradio related packages for debian. Install it to the hard drive as the main operating system.
Flexradio may offer downloads from various thirdparty software vendors for. Zeus radio is a modern software to work with a variety of amateur radio receivers and transceivers. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtlsdr. The gnu radio live sdr environment is a bootable ubuntu linux dvd with gnu radio and third party software preinstalled. Sdrsharp for windows getting started with rtlsdr and.
Ab3bo amateur radio station with ham radio deluxe on linux. With version 4 he is fast enough to fulfill all tasks. Gqrx sdr open source software defined radio by alexandru. Radio amateurs best asset, rig and rotor control, logging, digital modes, and satellite. So even if some other suite was better and had more awesome features, it didnt matter. In previous posts ive showed how to build a network accessible sdr server and tested sdr client applications running on linux, mac osx, and windows. Mar 20, 2019 recently weve heard of a new linux distribution called sigintos becoming available for download. In most cases, you will be able to follow the same general procedures for. Sdrbridge provides advanced synchronization, integration, and control for software defined radios. It is designed for quick and easy testing and experimentation with gnu radio and hackrf one, without having to make any permanent modifications to a pc or. With shackbox you can finally run hamradio deluxe on your mac for example, and many more and it s free. Every pure blend is a subset of debian that is configured to support a particular target group outofthebox.
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