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Configure amateur radio equipment under Ubuntu

  Date: Feb 06    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 435
  

I use Ubuntu everyday, mostly 10.04
Lucid Lynx, and really like the OS. One problem I am wondering
about. I would like to load batches of amateur radio frequencies into the
memory of my equipment. The manufacturers do have software for their products,
some are free, some you have to pay for and some are produced by
programmers not connected with the manufacturers, but so far all I
have found and used is Window$ software. I see some amateur radio
calls in the Ubuntu group. Is anyone programming their radios with
Ubuntu or running a virtual machine or wine or is this one of those
times I must resort to Windows? If you know of some software for
configuring an amateur radio under Linux, please send the link. I
have not found any. Any brands seem to be more Linux friendly?

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Answer #1    Answered On: Feb 06    

You may get a few replies. When you say programing your radio there are a
couple of questions to ask. Do you mean control you rig? Do you mean add
frequencies to memories?
If you mean control the rig then you can use FLDIGI to do that,
depending on
rig type. FLDIGI has a host of companion prpgrams to use with it, and
there is a
web site which will show up if you enter that name in a search engin
like Google.
I use FLDIGI and like it and there is a version that works on Windows
too, so you
could have the same feel in you software if you switch between Linux and
Windows.

There are some other Linux programs to use for rig control but not too many.
If you want something in Linux to manage memories on ham rigs I haven't
found
any yet.
I haven't found that Wine works with HRD I don't know about any
manufacturers
software, it would depend on what windows tools they inbed in the software.
I have thoughtabout trying a Virtual Box windows installation but
haven't yet.

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Feb 06    

as a general rule of thumb, if you Windows app is free, it may well run
under Wine, but if it has any sort of product key, or free trial period, you
will probably have to run it in VirtualBox. The difference is the Registry. If
the app doesn't use the registry, then it will probably run in Wine.

 
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