Pl2303 type adapters work very well on linux and dont require drivers like windows. Messages and faxes are made available to browersers via apache and php. To make faxing even simpler, you can create an icon that sends the current document in writer directly to file. Radiodj is not available for linux but there are some alternatives that runs on linux with similar functionality. Nov 22, 2016 do a web search for linux radio station, and the pickings are slim indeed, with most sites promoting instead ham radio software or streaming audio players, and a handful devoted to setting up a streaming web radio stationincluding one such optimistic article in linux journal some 15 years ago see running a net radio station with opensource software. Two years ago, i built the tony parks softrock ensemble ii software defined radio. See details here about about different models available for the purpose of this testing a trendnet tus9 was used. Im only using this card for listen to the fm radio. Satellite, telemetry, bbs, fax, packet, radio control, msdos, win, mac, linux software working with sound blaster sstv for windows 95nt by n7cxi sound card. Software defined radio for linux and mac gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. It is designed for quick and easy testing and experimentation with gnu radio and hackrf one, without having to make any permanent modifications to a pc or laptop. I later progressed to use the sdrradio server software to allow users on the internet to access my tuner.
Radio tray is a minimal radio player available for the linux users. A program to receive weather reports, navigational warnings and weather charts transmitted in rtty, navtex and hffax wefax modes on longwave and shortwave bands. Linux telephone answering device linux telephone answering device lintad is a fax and voicemail application. The vlc video player is a toprated and widely used media player. Use the original power supply or a power source with enough power. The scalability of airtime allows implementation in a number of scenarios, ranging from an unmanned broadcast unit accessed remotely through the internet, to a local network of machines accessing a central airtime storage system. Odio is a relatively new but closed source radio streaming app with a beautiful ui resembling that of spotify. There are three ways to fax with a linux based system such as ubuntu, mint, chrome os, and other distributions. Xastir xastir is program for receiving and plotting aprs position packets. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtlsdr.
The most popular linux alternative is rivendell, which is both free and open source. Receiving hf weather fax using an rtl sdr receiver youtube. Ham radio deluxe software the radio amateurs best asset. Xastir supports many map formats and is highly customizable. The tests have been carried out on both 64bit and 32bit installs of wine on different versions of ubuntu studio. How to send or receive a fax from linux fax authority. The software is being supported under linux, windows, beos, freebsd and aix. Kodi is definitely one of the best media server software available for linux. Being a fairly new project, it takes advantage of the latest tech goodies such as html5, javascript, liquidsoap, etc. Unlike with many radio equipment manufacturers who rely on third parties to provide software support, winradio develops its own software. Plex is not entirely an open source media server software but it offers an option to create a free account and get started using it. Here are a few ham radio logging applications that linux offers.
Radio tray is free software licensed under the gpl. Xastir runs on windowsmacosx linux freebsdsolarislindows. Preliminary linux fax demodulator using soundcards by thomas sailer, hb9jnxae4wa. Radiofax also known as weatherfax or hf fax is a method of transmitting monochrome images that preceded slowscan television and the commercial fax machine radiofax was used in the 1950s to send weather charts over landlines as well as hf radio radiofax works in many ways the same as fax technology, scanning line by line and encoding that information into an. After 2 years of running ubuntu on two of my home pcs, i find that the more i use it the more i like it, so give it a try. The first version of this web site came online on thursday, december, 2001. Resources listed under ham software linux category belongs to software main collection, and get. Do a web search for linux radio station, and the pickings are slim indeed, with most sites promoting instead ham radio software or streaming audio players, and a handful devoted to setting up a streaming web radio stationincluding one such optimistic article in linux journal some 15 years ago see running a net radio station with opensource software. I am very excited about the 6000 series, from the moment i saw it at boxboro, ma two years ago this summer. Integrated software for logging, rig control, digital modes, satellite. Before rebooting the raspi i go to the preferences, raspberry pi configuration. Radio ham minimodem is a commandline program which decodes or generates audio modem tones at any specified baud rate, using various framing protocols. Radiofax also known as weatherfax or hf fax is a method of transmitting monochrome images that preceded slowscan television and the commercial fax machine radiofax was used in the 1950s to send weather charts over landlines as well as hf radio. I use two different linux distros on my ham radio computers, both are ubuntudebian based the desktop uses linux mint, i am much more comfortable with its default gui than base ubuntu or debian.
It acts a generalpurpose software fsk modem, and includes support for various standard fsk protocols such as bell103, bell202, rtty, ttytdd noaa same, and callerid. Only receiver and computer with a sound card are necessary truetty v. A lot among the best media server software is based on kodi as well. The software is being supported under linux, windows, beos, freebsd and aix versions. The linux ham radio logging software is featurerich and free. Rhythmbox is the default media player in most of the linux systems. Lintad uses a softmodem as a soundcard attached to the phoneline to play greetings and record messages. More technical information is available on the wikipedia article radiofax. It allows you to search for stations by country, language, and tags among other filtering. See details here about about different models available for the.
The following list of software applications allow one to control a radio tuner. To retrieve your new key, visit the following website to check for your replacement key. Connect the network cable, hdmi screen, keyboard and mouse and start the raspi by plugging in the power connector. The current release version of ham radio deluxe is v6. Wefax programs for weather fax decoding category is a curation of 18 web resources on, wxwarn weather software, meteofax32, apt decoder. Jul 31, 20 airtime has been intended to provide a solution for a wide range of broadcast projects, from community to public and commercial stations. Aras manages all radio programming flexibly and it can play a variety of media formats, as well as media streams over internet.
Ham radio 2 internet phone 14 streaming 1 telephony 43 voip 11 more. My first installation was on a windows xp system using the hdsdr software. Xaxero come out with an internet solution to the weather fax for windows. Hffax and sitorb sometimes also known as amtor mode b, amtor fec and navtex weather. Linux, software radio and the radio amateur 1notes appear on page 35. Development is a collaborative effort of programmers and amateur radio enthusiasts from around the world. Best of all, since the ubuntu system is open source software, this is all available for free, which makes ubuntu linux and ham radio a hard combination to beat. A program to receive weather reports, navigational warnings and weather charts transmitted in rtty, navtex and hf fax wefax modes on longwave and shortwave bands. Receiving hf weather fax using an rtl sdr receiver. Software also can automatically save noaa weather radio same voice messages nwr same and them digital headers. Weather messages decoder rtty, navtex, wefax hffax. Is there any good software for linux for fm radio listening.
This modem is able to receive and transmit hffax images, traditionally used for weather reports. If that doesnt suit you, our users have ranked 15 alternatives to radiodj and five of them are available for linux so hopefully you can find a. These products include our standalone linuxbased network receivers, as well as linux drivers suited to our generalpurpose receivers that are available for other platforms, making it. Youll also need appropriate software to display the images such as multimode. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. Free linux radio automation shareware and freeware. It is suitable for both small and big radio kmnr radio automation program v. Ham radio programs for linux platform category is a curation of 101 web resources on, tlf contest log, linsmith smith chart utlity, spek. Installing softrock on linux like ubuntu or raspian. Wefax programs for weather fax decoding category is a curation of 18 web.
Aug 17, 2016 4 apps to listen to internet radio stations on linux by ayo isaiah aug 17, 2016 updated sep 28, 2016 linux listening to traditional local radio stations is quite out of fashion these days, but the advent of internet radio and modern apps that support it has prevented the medium from becoming irrelevant. The gnu radio live sdr environment is a bootable ubuntu linux dvd with gnu radio and third party software preinstalled. Hf software decoders from the radioreference wiki without a doubt, decoding digital signals at the software level has grown in recent years, easily supplanting the hardware decoders, since software packages can be updated and are generally free of hardware constraints there are a few that need a dongle, though. This modem is able to receive and transmit hf fax images, traditionally used for weather reports. If that doesnt suit you, our users have ranked 15 alternatives to radiodj and five of them are available for linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. A search through the debian repositories indicate some fascinating possibilities, including tools for faxing via your sound card and a ham radio, but by far the easiest and most compact solution is an allinone printer that includes fax capacity. There are a number of radio devices, in particular those tv tuner devices which also contain a radio receivertuner, for which v4l directly supports. A new release of mscan meteo fax now has integrate fax, navtex and rtty into a single program called mscan meteo pro and is now available from the mscan pages. Compare the best free open source linux fax software at sourceforge. To add the ppa and install the application, use the following commands. Feb 05, 2017 to install radio tray lite in ubuntu 16.
The scalability of airtime allows implementation in a number of scenarios, ranging from an unmanned broadcast unit accessed remotely through the internet, to a local network of machines accessing a central airtime. How weather fax is transmitted over hf radio a fax is transmitted line by line, typically at a rate of 120 lines per minute, or half a second per line. Gnomeradio and kradio, the most fully featured applications, are not yet available in all distributions and need to be compiled first. Ham radio deluxe software radio amateurs best asset. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. You would send the value of that pixel dot, black, white, or perhaps a shade of gray. Pick a distro based on your machine specs andor how much tinkering in the os you like to do. Its sleek but not overstated, and is a bit reminiscent of windows 7. A new release of mscan meteo fax now has integrate fax, navtex and rtty into a single program called mscan meteo pro and is. Linradio is an initiative of radixon group, to provide information about softwaredefined radio on linux platform, especially as related to radixon products. Airtime has been intended to provide a solution for a wide range of broadcast projects, from community to public and commercial stations.
Its an online radio streaming player application with minimal interface that runs on linux system tray. I was, however, under the impression the 6000 series would be os agnostic. This time i planned to come up with five best free online radio apps for linux users. We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. Top 10 best radio streaming software for linux system. Additional applications for sat tracking, logging, locator referencing and antenna computation are also included. The short answer is not at present and yes you can quote us on that. Software control for icom radios with civ interface. The focus is made on blackandwhite images, color mode is. So no matter what operating system you run on your computer, there will be a digital mode application available for your operating needs. While ubuntu and linux mint both have a number of selections available, other systems such as chrome os do not due to a smaller developer community. Since a fax is treated as a printer, go to file printer, and select the fax printer by name. Receiving weather fax and weather satellite images with your. When selecting an online fax service for use through linux, its generally better to go with a system that is more web friendly while some systems have advanced features, some of these are only accessible through a software program, and rarely are these programs compatible with linux based systems.
Here i show you how i received a weather fax using an rtl sdr receiver from nooelec and which software i used. The focus is made on blackandwhite images, color mode is still experimental. Radio listening software linuxtvwiki television with linux. Of the open source radio software i am aware of, sourcefabrics airtime is probably the sexiest but sadly it is lacking in the features department. Most of these have been received with an rtlsdr software defined radio.