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Amateur Radio Software
Distributed with (X)Ubuntu LTS
Serge Stroobandt, ON4AA
Copyright 2014–2018, licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Home Linux Ham (X)Ubuntu LTS
https://hamwaves.com/linux.ham.packages/en/index.html
Introduction
Amateur radio (also called “ham radio”), is a technical hobby Many ham radio stations are highly integrated with computers. Radios are interfaced with computers to aid with contact logging, propagation prediction, station spotting, antenna steering, signal (de)modulation and filtering.
For many years, amateur radio software has been a bastion of Windows applications developed by However, with the advent of the Rasperry Pi, amateur radio hobbyists are slowly but surely discovering GNU/Linux.
Most of the software for GNU/Linux is available through package repositories. Such package repositories come by default with the GNU/Linux distribution of your choice. Package management systems offer many benefits in the form of security (you know what you are getting from whom) and ease-of-use (packages are upgraded automatically). No longer does one need to wander the back corners of the internet to find new or updated software, exposing oneself to the risk of catching a computer virus.
A number of GNU/Linux distributions offer freely installable ham-related packages under the “Amateur Radio” section of their main repository. The largest collection of ham radio packages is offered by OpenSuse and Debian-derived distributions like Xubuntu LTS and Linux Mint, to name but a few. Arch Linux may also have whole bunch of ham related software in the Arch User Repository (AUR).
Synaptic
One way to find and install ham radio packages on Debian-derived distros is by using the Synaptic graphical package manager (see Figure 1). However, searching the vast Synaptic package database may become rapidly overwhelming at times. This is why for this article, another technique was employed; namely, shamelessly exploiting aptitude command-line arguments.
The Synaptic graphical package manager partially showing the “Amateur Radio” section of the Xubuntu LTS repository.
The Synaptic graphical package manager partially showing the “Amateur Radio” section of the Xubuntu LTS repository.
Hamradio
The entire default ham radio package list is printed below. Lazy as I am, the Markdown table was created from the command line and included by reference into the surprisingly short Markdown source of this page. Below command prints a Markdown pipe table with the package name and description of all packages belonging to the hamradio section of the native architecture. If you want to find out more about how this works, here are aptitudes package list customisation escape codes and search patterns.
$ aptitude -F'` search '~r native ~s hamradio' \
|xargs apt-cache show \
|awk '/^Package/{name=$2} \
/^Description-en/{$1="";sub(FS,"");description=$0} \
/^Homepage/{url=$2} \
/^$/{if(url) {printf("|["name"]("url")|"description"|\n"); url=""} \
else {printf("|"name"|"description"|\n")}}' \
|sed -e '/.*-common/d' -e '/.*-core/d' \
-e '/.*-data/d' -e '/.*-dev/d' -e '/.*-doc.*/d' \
-e '/^|lib.*/d' -e '/^|\[lib.*/d' \
|sort -u \
> ../doc/hamradio.tmp
Amateur radio packages distributed with Xubuntu LTS name package description
acfax Receive faxes using your radio and sound card
aldo Morse code training program
ampr-ripd Routing daemon for AMPRnet gateway announcements
antennavis antenna radiation pattern visualization software
aprsdigi digipeater for APRS
aprx APRS Digipeater and iGate
ax25-apps AX.25 ham radio applications
ax25mail-utils hamradio packet utilities for fbb
ax25-tools tools for AX.25 interface configuration
ax25-xtools tools for AX.25 interface configuration – X11-based
axmail Mail user agent for ax.25 users, accessed via a node frontend
baycomepp Drivers for the HB9JNX packet radio epp modem
baycomusb Drivers for the HB9JNX packet radio usb modem
chirp-daily Configuration tool for amateur radios
comptext Gui based tool to compare two text streams
comptty GUI based tool to compare two RTTY streams
cqrlog Advanced logging program for hamradio operators
cqrlog Advanced logging program for hamradio operators
cubicsdr Software Defined Radio receiver
cutesdr simple demodulation and spectrum display program
cwcp Morse code tutor - text user interface
cwdaemon morse daemon for the parallel or serial port
cw Morse code tutor - command line user interface
dablin CLI and GTK GUI DAB & DAB receiver client
direwolf Soundcard TNC for APRS
dmrconfig Configuration utility for DMR radios
ebook2cwgui GUI for ebook2cw
ebook2cw convert ebooks to Morse MP3s/OGGs
fbb Packet radio mailbox and utilities
fccexam Study tool for USA FCC commercial radio license exams.
flamp ham radio Amateur Multicast Protocol application
fldigi digital modem program for hamradio operators
flmsg amateur radio forms management editor
flrig ham radio transceiver control program
flwrap amateur radio file encapsulation/compression utility
freedv Software Defined Radio (SDR)
glfer program for reception and transmission of QRSS/DFCW signals
gnss-sdr Global navigation satellite systems software defined receiver
gnuaisgui OpenStreetMap GUI for gnuais
gnuais AIS receiver which uses the discriminator output of VHF receivers
gpredict Satellite tracking program
gqrx-sdr Software defined radio receiver
gqrx-sdr Software defined radio receiver
gr-dab Gnuradio blocks and tools for receiving DAB and DAB radio
grig graphical user interface to the Ham Radio Control Libraries
gsmc Smith Chart calculator for impedance matching
hacktv Analogue TV transmitter for the HackRF
hamexam Study tool for USA FCC amateur radio (ham) exams.
hamradio-files Ham radio call sign and prefix lists
icom Software control for ICOM radios with CI-V interface
inspectrum tool for visualising captured radio signals
js8call Amateur Radio Digital Mode providing weak signal messaging
klog Multiplatform ham radio logging program
limesuite tools to test, control and update LMS7 transceiver based hardware
linpac terminal for packet radio with mail client
linpsk program for operating PSK31/RTTY modes with X GUI
mhuxd Device Router for microHam keyers.
morse2ascii tool for decoding the morse codes from a PCM WAV file
morse training program about morse-code for aspiring radio hams
morse-x morse “practicing” tool for X
multimon Linux Radio Transmission Decoder
multimon-ng digital radio transmission decoder
nec2c Translation of the NEC2 FORTRAN source code to the C language
owx utility to program Wouxun dual-band handheld radios
p10cfgd Remote configuration daemon for Gracilis Packeten
psk31lx PSK31 terminal application with text-based user interface
pyqso logging tool for amateur radio operators
qrq high speed morse trainer, similar to DL4MMs Rufz
qsstv Qt-based slow-scan TV and fax
qtel Graphical client for the EchoLink® protocol
qtel-icons Icons for graphical client for the EchoLink® protocol
quisk Software Defined Radio (SDR)
remotetrx Remote controller for radio transceivers
rtl-433 Decode 433.9 Mhz data
soapyremote-server Use SoapySDR devices over network (server)
soapysdr0.7-module-airspy Airspy device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-all All device support for SoapySDR (metapackage)
soapysdr0.7-module-audio Audio device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-bladerf bladeRF device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-hackrf HackRF device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-lms7 Lime Microsystems LMS7 device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-mirisdr Mirics SDR device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr OsmoSDR device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-redpitaya RedPitaya device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-remote Use SoapySDR devices over network (client module)
soapysdr0.7-module-rfspace RFSpace device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr RTL-SDR device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr0.7-module-uhd UHD device support for SoapySDR
soapysdr-module-airspy Airspy device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-all All device support for default version of SoapySDR (metapackage)
soapysdr-module-audio Audio device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-bladerf bladeRF device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-hackrf HackRF device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-lms7 Lime Microsystems LMS7 device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-mirisdr Mirics SDR device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-osmosdr OsmoSDR device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-redpitaya RedPitaya device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-remote Use SoapySDR devices over network (default client module)
soapysdr-module-rfspace RFSpace device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-rtlsdr RTL-SDR device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-module-uhd UHD device support for SoapySDR (default version)
soapysdr-tools software defined radio interface library tools
soundmodem Sound Card Amateur Packet Radio Modems
splat analyze point-to-point terrestrial RF communication links
svxlink-calibration-tools Calibration tools for SvxLink amateur radio suite
svxlink-gpio GPIO control scripts SvxLink amateur radio server
svxlink-server Voice-over-IP server for ham radio operators
svxreflector Conference server for SvxLink amateur radio servers
tk2 Tk GUI for the ICOM IC-R2 receiver
tk5 Experimental Software for the ICOM IC-R5 Receiver
tlf console based ham radio contest logger
trustedqsl QSL log signing for the Logbook of the World (LoTW)
tucnak VHF/UHF/SHF Hamradio contest logging program
twclock World clock for ham radio operators
twpsk Soundcard-based X program for operating PSK31
uhd-soapysdr SoapySDR device support for libuhd
uronode Node front end for AX.25, NET/ROM, Rose and TCP
welle.io DAB/DAB Software Radio
wsjtx Weak-signal amateur radio communications
wsjtx DAB/DAB Software Radio
wwl Calculates distance and azimuth between two Maidenhead locators
xastir X Amateur Station Tracking and Information Reporting
xcwcp Morse code tutor - graphical user interface
xdemorse decode Morse signals to text
xdx DX-cluster tcp/ip client for amateur radio
xlog GTK Logging program for Hamradio Operators
xnec2c calculate and display radio antenna properties
xnecview NEC structure and gain pattern viewer
yagiuda software to analyse performance of Yagi-Uda antennas
z8530-utils2 Utilities for Z8530 based HDLC cards for AX.25
Electronics
But wait, there is more! … The vast array of electronics packages should not be overlooked.
$ ( aptitude -F'` search '~r native ~s electronics'
aptitude -F'` search '~r native ~Rrecommends: science-electronics'
aptitude -F'` search '~r native ~Rsuggests: science-electronics' ) \
|xargs apt-cache show \
|awk '/^Package/{name=$2} \
/^Description-en/{$1="";sub(FS,"");description=$0} \
/^Homepage/{url=$2} \
/^$/{if(url) {printf("|["name"]("url")|"description"|\n"); url=""} \
else {printf("|"name"|"description"|\n")}}' \
|sed -e '/.*-common/d' -e '/.*-core/d' \
-e '/.*-data/d' -e '/.*-dev/d' -e '/.*-doc.*/d' \
-e '/^|lib.*/d' -e '/^|\[lib.*/d' \
|sort -u \
> ../doc/electronics.tmp
Electronics packages distributed with Xubuntu LTS name package description
altos Altus Metrum firmware and utilities
arachne-pnr-chipdb Chip db files for arachne-pnr
arachne-pnr Place and route tool for iCE40 family FPGAs
arduino-builder Command line tool for compiling Arduino sketches
arduino AVR development board IDE and built-in libraries
arduino-mighty-1284p Platform files for Arduino to run on ATmega1284P
arduino-mk Program your Arduino from the command line
atlc Arbitrary Transmission Line Calculator
atlc-examples Examples for Arbitrary Transmission Line Calculator
avarice use GDB with Atmel AVR debuggers
avra assembler for Atmel AVR microcontrollers
avrdude software for programming Atmel AVR microcontrollers
avrp Programmer for Atmel AVR microcontrollers
berkeley-abc ABC - A System for Sequential Synthesis and Verification
bossa-cli Atmel SAM ARM microcontroller flash programming utility
bossa Atmel SAM ARM microcontroller flash programming GUI
bottlerocket Utility to control X10 Firecracker devices for home automation
caneda Electronic Design Automation software focused on easy of use and portability
canmatrix-utils Handle CAN (Controller Area Network) descriptions - cmdline utilities
circuit-macros Macros for drawing electric circuits
ckb-next driver for Corsair keyboards and mice
covered Verilog code coverage analysis tool
cycfx2prog Cypress EZ-USB FX2 (LP) programmer
dfcgen-gtk Digital Filter Coefficients Generator (DFCGen) GTK
dfu-util Device firmware update (DFU) USB programmer
digitemp read temperature sensors in a 1-Wire net
drawtiming tool for documenting hardware designs through timing diagrams
electric electrical CAD system
esptool create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 and ESP32 chips
flashrom Identify, read, write, erase, and verify BIOS/ROM/flash chips
flexloader utility to configure SRAM based ALTERA devices
fped Footprint editor
fpga-icestorm-chipdb Chip database files for fpga-icestorm
fpga-icestorm Tools to handle the bitstream format of Lattice iCE40 FPGAs
freehdl VHDL simulator for Linux
fritzing Easy-to-use electronic design software
fritzing-parts Easy-to-use electronic design software (parts files)
gerbv Gerber file viewer (only RS 274 X format)
ghdl-gcc VHDL compiler/simulator (GCC backend)
ghdl VHDL compiler/simulator
ghdl-llvm VHDL compiler/simulator (LLVM backend)
ghdl-mcode VHDL compiler/simulator (mcode backend)
glogic graphical logic circuit simulator
gnucap-default-plugins0 GNU Circuit Analysis package, default plugins
gnucap GNU Circuit Analysis package, main executable
gnusim8085 Graphical Intel 8085 simulator, assembler and debugger
gplcver Verilog simulator
gpsim Simulator for Microchips PIC microcontrollers
gputils GNU PIC utilities
graywolf Placement for digital VLSI design
gtkwave VCD (Value Change Dump) file waveform viewer
gwave waveform viewer eg for spice simulators
horizon-eda EDA layout and schematic application
imx-code-signing-tool code signing tool for i.MX platform
imx-usb-loader imx_loader - i.MX/Vybrid recovery utility
irsim Switch-level simulator
iverilog Icarus verilog compiler
kicad-demos Demo projects for kicad
kicad-footprints Footprint symbols for KiCads Pcbnew
kicad Electronic schematic and PCB design software
kicad-packages3d 3D models for 3D viewer in KiCads Pcbnew and Footprint Editor
kicad-symbols Schematic symbols for KiCads Eeschema
kicad-templates Project templates for KiCad
klayout High Performance Layout Viewer and Editor
langford-utils Control programs for the Per Vices Noctar IQ demodulator board
lepton-eda Lepton Electronic Design Automation (metapackage)
listserialportsc list serial ports
lpctools interface to NXP LPC Microcontrollers ISP serial interface
m16c-flash Flash programmer for Renesas M16C and R8C microcontrollers
magic VLSI layout tool
mcu8051ide Graphical Integrated Development Environment for 8051
mspdebug debugging tool for MSP430 microcontrollers
myhdl-cosimulation MyHDL cosimulation files
nbc C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks
netgen-lvs Netlist comparison - Layout vs Schematic (LVS)
ngspice Spice circuit simulator
nitpic simulator for the Microchip PIC16C84 microcontroller
nxt-firmware Improved firmware for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks
octave-openems Octave interface for openems
openems Electromagnetic simulator
opensta Gate-level Static Timing Analyzer
owfs-fuse 1-Wire filesystem
owfs Dallas 1-wire support
owftpd FTP daemon providing access to 1-Wire networks
owhttpd HTTP daemon providing access to 1-Wire networks
owserver Backend server for 1-Wire control
ow-shell shell utilities to talk to an 1-Wire owserver
ow-tools tools to monitor or inspect a ow-server link
pcb2gcode command-line tool for engraving PCBs using CNCs
pcb-gtk printed circuit board (pcb) design program - GTK interface
pcb printed circuit board (pcb) design program - metapackage
pcb-lesstif printed circuit board (pcb) design program - LessTif interface
pcb-rnd-auto Autoroute and autoplace.
pcb-rnd-cloud Networking plugins.
pcb-rnd-debug Debug and diagnostics.
pcb-rnd-export-extra Export formats: special/extra
pcb-rnd-export Common export plugins.
pcb-rnd-export-sim Export plugins to simulators
pcb-rnd-extra Extra action commands and optional functionality.
pcb-rnd-hid-gtk2-gdk GUI: gtk2, software render
pcb-rnd-hid-gtk2-gl GUI: gtk2, opengl
pcb-rnd-hid-lesstif GUI: motif/lesstif, software render
pcb-rnd Standard installation of pcb-rnd
pcb-rnd-import-geo Geometry import plugins.
pcb-rnd-import-net Netlist/schematics import plugins.
pcb-rnd-io-alien File format compatibility with other PCB layout designers.
pcb-rnd-io-standard Commonly used non-native board and footprint file formats
pcb-rnd-lib-gl Support library for rendering with opengl.
pcb-rnd-lib-gtk Support library for building the GUI with gtk.
pcb-rnd-lib-gui Support library for building the GUI.
pcb-rnd-lib-io Support library for alien file formats.
pd-pduino interfacing with the Arduino from within Pure Data (Pd)
pd-xbee interfacing with your XBee from within Pure Data (Pd)
picprog Microchip PIC serial programmer software
pulseview sigrok logic analyzer, oscilloscope, and MSO GUI
pycirkuit front-end for “Circuit Macros” and the PIC language
qflow Open-Source Digital Synthesis Flow
qflow-tech-osu018 Technology files needed for qflow for osu018
qflow-tech-osu035 Technology files needed for qflow for osu035
qflow-tech-osu050 Technology files needed for qflow for osu050
qrouter Multi-level, over-the-cell maze router
rfdump tool to decode RFID tag data
s51dude In-System Programmer for 8051 MCUs using usbtiny
scantool OBD-II vehicle diagnostic scanner
sdcc Small Device C Compiler
sdcc-libraries Small Device C Compiler (libraries)
sdcc-ucsim Micro-controller simulator for SDCC
sigrok-cli command-line frontend for the sigrok software
sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw Firmware for Cypress FX2(LP) based logic analyzers
sigrok Logic analyzer and protocol decoder software suite (metapackage)
simavr lean and mean AVR simulator
simulavr Atmel AVR simulator
simulide simple real time electronic circuit simulator
simulpic simulator for Microchip PIC16F84 microcontroller
spectools Utilities for using the Wi-Spy USB spectrum analyzer hardware
spim MIPS R2000/R3000 emulator
stlink-gui OpenSource ST-Link tools replacement.
stlink-tools OpenSource ST-Link tools replacement.
stm32flash STM32 chip flashing utility using a serial bootloader
t2n Simple command-line tool for LEGO Mindstorms NXT
tclspice NGSpice library for Tcl
tkgate Tcl/Tk based digital circuit editor and simulator
uhubctl USB hub per-port power control
uisp Micro In-System Programmer for Atmels AVR MCUs
usbrelay USB HID relay driver
verilator fast free Verilog simulator
vish Commandline interface for Virtual Instrument Software Architecture
w1retap Data logger for 1-Wire weather sensors
w1retap-mongo Data logger for 1-Wire weather sensors (MongoDB plugin)
w1retap-mysql Data logger for 1-Wire weather sensors (MySQL plugin)
w1retap-odbc Data logger for 1-Wire weather sensors (ODBC plugin)
w1retap-pgsql Data logger for 1-Wire weather sensors (PostgreSQL plugin)
w1retap-sqlite Data logger for 1-Wire weather sensors (SQLite plugin)
xc3sprog JTAG flashing tool for FPGAs, CPLDs and EEPROMs
xcircuit Draw circuit schematics or almost anything
xschem schematic capture program
yosys Framework for Verilog RTL synthesis
Engineering
Every home-brewed ham project involves some amount of engineering…
$ ( aptitude -F'` search '~r native ~Rrecommends: science-engineering'
aptitude -F'` search '~r native ~Rsuggests: science-engineering' ) \
|xargs apt-cache show \
|awk '/^Package/{name=$2} \
/^Description-en/{$1="";sub(FS,"");description=$0} \
/^Homepage/{url=$2} \
/^$/{if(url) {printf("|["name"]("url")|"description"|\n"); url=""} \
else {printf("|"name"|"description"|\n")}}' \
|sed -e '/.*-common/d' -e '/.*-core/d' \
-e '/.*-data/d' -e '/.*-dev/d' -e '/.*-doc.*/d' \
-e '/^|lib.*/d' -e '/^|\[lib.*/d' \
|sort -u \
> ../doc/engineering.tmp
Engineering packages distributed with Xubuntu LTS name package description
ann-tools Approximate Nearest Neighbor Searching library (tools)
calculix-ccx Three-Dimensional Structural Finite Element Program
calculix-ccx-test Three-Dimensional Structural Finite Element Program (documentation files)
calculix-cgx-examples Example files for Calculix GraphiX
calculix-cgx Calculix cgx is a 3-dimensional pre- and post-processor for fem
cba Continuous Beam Analysis
cgns-convert CFD General Notation System - Conversion tools
code-saturne-bin General purpose Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software - binaries
code-saturne General purpose Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software
code-saturne-include General purpose Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software - includes
dime DXF Import, Manipulation, and Export programs
fenics Automated Solution of Differential Equations
freecad Extensible Open Source CAx program
gerris Fluid Flow Solver
getdp general environment for the treatment of discrete problems
gmsh Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator
hdfview Java HDF Object viewer
lxi-tools LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) software interface
metis-edf Family of Multilevel Partitioning Algorithms
netgen Automatic 3d tetrahedral mesh generator
oce-draw OpenCASCADE Community Edition CAE platform shared library
openfoam Open source toolbox for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - binaries
openturns-examples examples of OpenTURNS functionalities
python3-admesh Python bindings for the ADMesh (Python 3)
python3-collada Python 3 module for creating, editing and loading COLLADA
python3-dolfin Python interface for DOLFIN (Python 3)
python3-escript Escript/Finley finite elements Python3 system (with OpenMP)
python3-escript-mpi Escript/Finley finite elements Python3 system (OpenMP MPI)
python3-fiat tabulation of finite element function spaces (Python 3)
python3-fluids Python 3 fluid dynamics and engineering design library
python3-netcdf4 Python 3 interface to the netCDF4 (network Common Data Form) library
python3-openturns Python3 front-end of OpenTURNS (aka TUI)
python3-pygalmesh Python 3 frontend to CGALs 3D mesh generators
python3-pynfft Python bindings for the NFFT3 library - Python 3
python3-silo Python3 interface to the SILO Scientific I/O library
r-cran-rnetcdf GNU R package that provides an R interface to NetCDF datasets
r-cran-spc GNU R Statistical Process Control
sailcut Sail design and plotting software
scram Probabilistic Risk Analysis Tool
solvespace Parametric 2d/3d CAD
tetgen Quality Tetrahedral Mesh Generator
z88 Finite Element Analysis Program - runtime
Science
In the section universe/science, there are more packages of interest to the amateur radio operator. The reason why these packages did not show up before is in part due to poor package classification.
$ aptitude -F'` search '~r native ~s universe/science' \
|grep -e astronomical-almanac -e aweather -e fcd- -e openuniverse -e savi -e seti -e stellarium -e wfrog -e xtide \
|xargs apt-cache show \
|awk '/^Package/{name=$2} \
/^Description-en/{$1="";sub(FS,"");description=$0} \
/^Homepage/{url=$2} \
/^$/{if(url) {printf("|["name"]("url")|"description"|\n"); url=""} \
else {printf("|"name"|"description"|\n")}}' \
|sed -e '/.*-common/d' -e '/.*-core/d' \
-e '/.*-data/d' -e '/.*-dev/d' -e '/.*-doc.*/d' \
-e '/^|lib.*/d' -e '/^|\[lib.*/d' \
|sort -u \
> ../doc/science.tmp
Science packages of interest distributed with Xubuntu LTS name package description
astronomical-almanac astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions
boinc-app-seti-graphics SETI@home application for the BOINC client (with graphics)
boinc-app-seti SETI@home application for the BOINC client
openuniverse 3D Universe Simulator
qthid-fcd-controller Funcube Dongle controller
savi satellite constellation visualisation
stellarium real-time photo-realistic sky generator
xtide-coastline coastline data for xtide
xtide provides tide and current predictions
Even more
Hamsoft
Check out Hamsoft, for even more ham software which perhaps is not distributed with (X)Ubuntu. Also, if your really need to much Windows-only software will run flawlessly on GNU/Linux by using tools such as PlayOnLinux. In another article, you can read about my experience running closed source ham radio software on GNU/Linux.
Telnet into a DX-Cluster
Here is another little trick if you like to connect to a DX-cluster with telnet in the command line. Preceed the telnet command with a rlwrap command. Doing so, will provide command history via the up ↑ and down ↓ arrows, which is quite handy.
$ rlwrap telnet nolcluster.on8ar.eu 7300
Obviously, (X)Ubuntu also has DX-cluster clients with a graphical user interface (GUI) and computer aided tuning (CAT) on offer. One such program is xdx and comes with the standard repository.
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