From: Martin Ewing (pvn@inter.net)
Date: Sat May 01 2004 - 17:37:19 EEST
Marty,
Hi. I'm relatively new to the ham/linux game myself, but I have a
pretty long experience with hamming and Linux separately.
The general state of Linux stuff for ham radio is primitive, IMO. The
linux-ham group apparently originated to serve the "ham" extensions to
the Linux kernel -- mainly AX.25 -- which are now pretty dated. (The
group will correct me if I'm wrong!) However, this group may be a good
way to reach the "right" kind of folks. You may also have discovered
http://radio.linux.org.au .
Hamlib seems to be an effort to make a device-independent layer between
rigs, with various interfaces, and rig-control software. Coverage is
incomplete, and there don't seem to be many software packages built to
use hamlib.
I have been using KPSK and gMFSK with some success, and also jLog
software (Java). These are all self-contained packages with their own
audio and/or rig interfaces -- no relationship to hamlib.
I have written some Python-based software to operate the PSKmeter device
and for Orion rig control (www.aa6e.net/aa6e), but again no connection
with hamlib.
The reality seems to be that the intersection of Linux and ham radio is
a great place to be if you're a programmer or experimenter, but the vast
ham market share is in the Windows world. It takes a pretty farsighted
developer to put in lots of time to make advanced (user friendly, device
independent, multi-mode) software for Linux when nearly all the
potential users are on Windows. So, we have MixW, MultiPSK, etc. for
Windows and nothing similar AFAIK in Linux.
I wish it were otherwise, and I'm doing my small part.
73, Martin, AA6E
N5NW Marty wrote:
>I have finally successfully installed gMFSK and hamlib, but gMFSK
>doesn't seem to recognize that hamlib exists. No options for
>configuration under preferences.
>
>Hamlib works, as I can use rigctl and query the TS-570DG and get
>frequency and mode.
>
>Any thoughts? I'm trying to move completely away from the Microsoft
>environment in the shack, and this seems like a critical step. I am
>very much the newbie with linux - not much beyond the
>./configure|make|make install stage. I'm using Mandrake 9.2 in a triple
>boot environment (DOS/Win98/Linux).
>
>If there is a more appropriate forum for the question, please advise.
>
>de N5NW (Marty)
>Bellbrook (Dayton), Ohio
>
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