Is packet radio still used?
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Is packet radio still used?
Despite its age, amateur radio operators continue to use and develop packet radio today. A Linux packet station can be used for mail, chat, and TCP/IP. It also has some unique capabilities, such as tracking the positions of nearby stations or sending short messages via the International Space Station (ISS).
What is the best ham radio software?
Logging Software
| Software | License | Operating Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Amateur Contact Log by N3FJP | Proprietary | Windows |
| DXLab by AA6YQ | Freeware | Windows |
| Ham Radio Deluxe | Proprietary | Windows |
| HAMRS | Proprietary | Windows, Android, iOS, macOS, Ubuntu, Raspbian |
What is Direwolf ham radio?
About. Dire Wolf is a software “soundcard” AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to observe APRS traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate).
What is the APRS frequency?
144.390MHz
Because APRS uses a single shared frequency (in North America it’s 144.390MHz), everyone can see what everyone else is doing. By keeping the packets short and turning off transmitters between sends, many people can share the same frequency.
What is JT65?
JT65 is a digital protocol intended for Amateur Radio communication with extremely weak signals. It was designed to optimize Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) contacts on the VHF bands, and conforms efficiently to the established standards and procedures for such QSOs.
Where is Direwolf conf?
# The default location is “direwolf. conf” in the current working directory. # On Linux, the user’s home directory will also be searched.
What is APRS Digipeater?
“Digipeater” is short for “Digital Repeater”; a repeater for packet data rather than voice. Unlike the standard voice repeater that receives on one frequency and retransmits what it hears simultaneously on another frequency, the usual digipeater is a single frequency device.