It is intended to be highly generic presenting the user to the same graphical user interface regardless of which radio is being controlled. Radio Explorer Graphic viewer for shortwave broadcasting and programming schedules. Supports viewing schedules in an expanding table and on a hour Gantt chart using the local time and the UTC time display modes. Runs on multiple platforms. Development is a collaborative effort of programmers and amateur radio enthusiasts from around the world. Xastir supports many map formats and is highly customizable.
If you're not a subscriber to the magazine, pick up this latest issue featuring Amateur Radios on newsstands mid-December, or buy a single copy in our on-line store. Both digital and print copies are available. It rapidly became the touch phrase for the Amateur Radio Emergency Service—probably the most public of all aspects of Amateur Radio and the operators that are usually first to respond in an emergency. To me, it also is the quintessential definition of open source. When something is missing in commercial system, we look to open source for the solution. A better operating system?
You seem to have CSS turned off. Please don't fill out this field. Versions 23 and 24 are stable bit versions based on Ubuntu This software collection uses the Xfce desktop environment with menus customized for Amateur Radio use.
Amateur radio enthusiasts sometimes called ham radio operators or "hams" have been at the forefront of experimentation and development since the earliest days of radio. A wide variety of communication modes are used on a vast range of frequencies that span the electromagnetic spectrum. This page lists software related to amateur radio that can be found in the AUR. Some of it is stand-alone while the various digital communication applications require interfacing to radio hardware and possibly the computer soundcard.