Linux-Hams archive - April 1998: Re: QST content (was: Announcement: TCP/IP over Morse driver

Re: QST content (was: Announcement: TCP/IP over Morse driver

Alan Crosswell (anykhg.drds@maserati.it)
Wed, 8 Apr 98 22:56:07 EDT

> What you say about QST and computers is true, but the problem with LINUX is
> the lack of ham applications. Take my case, for example: I use some
> programs that conrol my HF rig and log DX, and I have some satellite
> programs that track the birds, point the antenna and tune the rig. Of
> course, I can use TNOS or LINUX for TCP/IP, but how about those other
> programs I paid good money for? I can't replace them with LINUX programs,
> yet. So what does one do? In my case, I end up wih one LINUX machine
> running TCP/IP and one Win95 machine (or OS2 machine) with Windows/DOS
> programs for the rest.

Look in the Linux HAM-HOWTO and you'll find most of these but not all.

> What we need is a concerted effort to port some of the good commercial Ham
> applications to LINUX, Logic 5 for example. Also we need a central site
> for downloading free/shareware, and references to those commercial aps
> which have been ported to LINUX. Any suggestions on how to do this?
> 73's

Central sites abound. See ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/ham
(above URL from memory so may need some fine-tuninig).

I respectfully submit this Linux article:

http://www.weca.org/wecagram/9804/

(click on Linux: Amateur Unix for Amateur Radio)

> Chas, w1cg
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73 de Alan N2YGK