[Ham-Computers] Linux in the ham shack

[Dale Miller]

jeff wrote:

>On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 09:51, Ken Sprouse / WA3FKG wrote:
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>>Is  anyone out there using Fedora Core in the ham shack?  
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>Nope - I use Knoppix/Debian.
>And the faulty OS to control my scanners.
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>>So far I don't have any "ham specific" software on the Linux systems.  I
>>was using a logging program designed for Windows that had no Linux
>>counterpart 
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>ham software tends to lag a bit in the linux dept.  But this isn't all
>that surprising, considering that I see Win 3.1 and 98 at hamfests.
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>There's an actual distribution for hams but I forget where... I believe
>it's built on Knoppix.  If nothing else, it'll be rock-solid.  Google
>will turn it up.  Hamsoft is one key word to search on.
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>>so I exported the log to an spread sheet and now keep track
>>of contacts with Open Office.
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>May I suggest Gnumeric?  I find Open Office to be a decent, but clunky
>product.  I also like AbiWord better as a word processor.  I wasn't
>built with the patience to wait for Open Office to come up.
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>>  If I reach the stage where I have a good
>>control program for my scanners under Linux I will be Windows free.
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>Exactly :)
>I've just done a fairly wide search for scanner control software. 
>Suffice it to say that I didn't find much, except for a display utility
>for the BC780XLT that's run from the command line and a few other small
>programs.
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>I'd think linux would be the perfect OS for hams, as we tend to like to
>do it ourselves.  Ultimately, the reason there's no good software is
>that we haven't written it.  Of course I mean `we' in the sense of hams
>with programming skills.
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>I'm stuck with the faulty OS at work, but I'm actually pretty thankful
>for it - it keeps me employed :)
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>Good luck and let us know what you find.
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Here is one web page with Linux related Ham Radio Links.
http://www.ac6v.com/software.htm#LIN

And some Web Pages with Ham Radio Software for Linux.

http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Linux/
http://personal3.iddeo.es/ea3qp/soft1.html
http://www.k8zt.com/logging.html

You will have to sift through some of it but there is alot of Ham 
Software for Linux.

If you want to sift through what I found on a Google search here ya go

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Ham+Software%22+%2BLinux&btnG=Google+Search

Cheers and 73's
Dale Miller, KC2CBD