If you want to do aprs packet the best software is uiview16 for computers for computers 100 mhz. Aprs software for ham radio category is a curation of 33 web resources on, usaphotomaps, adaptive home logic, aprstrack. Aprs on a cheap tablet 3 theyll send and receive short aprs messages to each other. Crossband capable the ftm400dr is crossband capable when in analog mode. Numpy is used for data manipulation and tkinter for the gui and scope display. You see a lot of guides using xastir for their aprs software, but i recommend using direwolf for your software tnc, and then yaac for you guimaps program. How to set up aprs using a soundcard tulsa digital radio. Sep 06, 2014 the main barrier to running packet aprs on a raspberry pi has been the lack of good experience with sound card modems on it. Qtmm is a simple afsk1200 decoder that uses the computers sound card for input. Aprs messenger is capable of supporting both the sound card modes on hf, and a second hf or vhf tnc, either hardware or software i. Agwpe is widely accepted in the amateur radio packet software community and is a tool that provides a standard interface between packet radio software and associated hardware.
If you are just interested in tracking the position of something yourself, a balloon or whatever then you can buy a ready to use aprs tracker such as the byonics. When you operate packet radio not aprs using a soundcard or a tnc in the kiss mode there is no capability to use your station as a digipeater. Sound card program setup for the signalink usb be sure to see our instructions for configuring your communication program. Packet radio mit soundkarte aprs, satellitenfunk, winlink teil 2. The decoded text is displayed on the computers monitor. Setting up an aprs igate hiwaay informationinternet. Agwpe freeware for aprs message receipt and display. Due to the generosity roger simpson k5rks of putting my emails to him into a nicely formatted word document, here are stepbystep instructions on how to set up an aprs station using the uz7ho soundcard software.
Mrp40 is a powerful and highlyeffective ham radio software program that decodes received cw audio that has been fed to a computers sound card. It can be used standalone to receive aprs messages, as a digipeater, aprstt gateway, or internet gateway igate. Raspberry pi, direwolf, digipeater, igate, soundcard version. Dire wolf sound card tnc agwpe replacement for windows and linux. I have added satellite tracking to aprsdos in the form of aprstk. I see people using beacon comments advertising club information, aprs setup details, scheduled nets, etc.
This is all you need if you just want to listen to aprs messages, which is what im focussed on with this example. That tnc sound card software or a separate tnc is required unless the aprs program has a tnc written into it. Ham radio deluxe is a suite of programs providing cat control and digital sound card operation. Nets and things tulsa digital radio club would be pleased to have ya on their sunday evening roundtables. Its been a few days since i posted anything, so i wanted to get this up on the site. Looking for a usb sound card that works with aprs virtual. I chose the stretch lite version but if you want to use xastir aprs client with map got for the gui version. This is a internal port to allow rms express to send and receive emails. The software i used is direwolf, it is the most power tnc software you can get, and it is free to download and install. Here is an album of my hampiii, but this photo in particular shows the sound card and the easydigi. Be sure to see our instructions for configuring your communication program. It can be used standalone to observe aprs traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, aprstt gateway, or internet gateway igate in the early days of amateur packet radio, it was necessary to use an expensive terminal node controller tnc with specialized. Your output in the terminal should show the following.
Determine the sound cards device address on your sound card. Some of the more popular aprs programs that can do this are uiview32, agwtracker, winaprs and xastir. Raspberry pi, direwolf, digipeater, igate, soundcard. I only found the hiss noticeable with the volume slider on my headset set to 90100%. At this point its nice to have the model b with two usb ports and internet coming in through the ethernet jack. Details about easy digi sound card interface, aprs. Packet goldmine software by the hundreds from hams net. The soundmodem has two tcpip interfaces to link with client application.
Either way, an aprs client program running on the computer sends messages and displays received messages. Dire wolf, designed especially for aprs functions and several multimode sound card programs, including mixw and multipsk if you encounter problems with agwpe, you subscribe to a special agwpe yahoo group email list to ask for help from the agwpe user community, which includes the agwpe author, george sv2agw. The addition of another cable or two between sound card and radio and a little software tweaking would give the station full digipeater capability. The kenwood ts2000 shackinabox base transceiver also has builtin tnc. For transmitting cw, the program encodes keystrokes from the computers keyboard. Audio output from the scanner was connected to the mic input line on the sound card dongle. It can be used standalone to observe aprs traffic, as a digital repeater digipeater, aprstt gateway, or internet gateway igate. Software for packet radio use category is a curation of 32 web resources on, packetcluster dx statistics, winafsk, linpac packet radio terminal. The round radio buttons in the transmit area to the right of the waterfall display allow you to choose which bandmode to transmit on, when sending a message. It has been tested on windows xp, vista, 7, 8, 10 and has proved stable in operation. Services for everyone bookmarks, favorites, todo, incomeexpenses, watch my drivers. It can be used to decode packet radio, aprs and telemetry from amateur radio satellites. Agwpe is widely accepted in the amateur radio packet software community and is a tool.
But we have several digis in the area and i dont see a need to add another one. Software emulation of a tnc function is performed by the agwpe packet engine, as mentoned by k0rgr, utilizing algorithms and dsp chip in computers sound card. Access by right clicking the hw virtual port icon on. The sound card in the computer can be used along with free software to make and decode messages. Messages shorter messages in aprs are sent over the air as a series of alternating tones. Since we are using the sound card, you must disable the audio announce feature of uiview under the options menu i believe. Feb 12, 2014 that tnc sound card software or a separate tnc is required unless the aprs program has a tnc written into it. If you havent done so already, shut down your pi and plug in your usb sound dongle. This software is the packet sound card engine required by uiview aprs software and. It must be running before uiview or other software that requires it is opened. It will also rotate any 24v ac cheap tv rotator towards each satellite for maximum singal. Decoding aprs traffic with qtmm soundcard modem youtube. Last step was downloading the dire wolf sound card program and installing it. This video shows the qtmm soundcard modem receiving local aprs traffic on 144.
This packet engine has had a few bugs, but has been improving in functionalty. Easyterm for windows a communications program for aea and kantronics tncs sound card packet by kc2rlm. Use of one of these transceivers simplifies the setting up of an aprs station. While this capability is built into most tncs it will not function in kiss mode. Jul 06, 2018 a microsd card any class10 card should work this raspberry pi kit includes power supply, case, heatsinks, fan cheap usb soundcard. Linux utilities amixer, aplay and arecord are used to set the sound card controls, generate and capture audio. Looking for a usb sound card that works with aprs virtual tnc. If, however, you simply want a working sound modem to interface with xastir for aprs, then select the kiss mode without the m. The qtmm afsk1200 soundcard modem is written by alexandru csete oz9aec and is available for linux, mac and.
It can also be used as a virtual tnc for other applications such as aprsis32, uiview32, xastir, aprs. With free and open source software, a linux pc with a sound card can become a tnc and communicate with other packet radio stations. You can see that the usb soundcard is recognized as card 1 in the above output. Without sidechannel, the sound card will still hiss if you have very low impedance headphones. Soundcard interface for aprspacket happy 4th of july to all of my american visitors and also to everyone else, although i dont imagine that it is quite the same. Most of us beacon station text at the default 30 minutes. Not that i have that many visitors from anywhere, but its the thought that counts. Applications and services for ham radio packet engine, agwtracker, dxdozer, ft8chat, dxcluster, repaters. Dec 26, 2015 due to the generosity roger simpson k5rks of putting my emails to him into a nicely formatted word document, here are stepbystep instructions on how to set up an aprs station using the uz7ho soundcard software. New and improved sound card packet interface ver2 now with cw and tested with psk31, and aprs by kd5zug. There are a couple of software applications out there that allow you to use a sound card in a pc, along with one of the leads on either a com port, or a printer port to toggle transmit, to send data, including aprs packets, via a radio that does not have a port for a tnc adapter. Install the sound blaster software that comes with the sound card 2. It can also be used as a virtual tnc for other applications such as aprsis32, uiview32, xastir, aprstw, yaac, uiss, linux ax25, and many others.
An aprs client program, sound card software, a simple interface and your 2m fm radio are all you need to set up your home based aprs igate. Sv2agw packet radio and aprs apps sv2agw apps and services. Packet radio lives on through open source software. Pbeacon delay1 every30 overlays symboldigi lat4046. The main barrier to running packetaprs on a raspberry pi has been the lack of good experience with sound card modems on it.
The igate works very nicely and ports a lot of traffic to aprs. A microsd card any class10 card should work this raspberry pi kit includes power supply, case, heatsinks, fan cheap usb soundcard. One tone will represent a high and another tone will represent a low, and by shifting between tones data can be transmitted and received. Aprs database access there is a web page that will show the latest weather reports for the weather stations nearest a location. Jun 18, 2016 download qtmm afsk1200 decoder for free.
It can be used standalone to observe aprs traffic, as a digipeater, aprstt. Jul 09, 2011 this video shows the qtmm soundcard modem receiving local aprs traffic on 144. While not directly aprs is capable, it sets the standard for aprs packets. It presents the satellite predictions on the aprs map and will autotune the kenwood radios including doppler. I am developing a software dualport packetradio tnc that uses a soundcard as a modem and supports ax. I tried a couple different cheap ones along the way. These instructions are for setting up a 300 baud bpsk modem for hf. Im not aware of any such aprs program that includes a tnc. To participate in the aprs network with packet, all you need besides your sound card interface and a radio is an aprs program that links to agwpe. It can be used standalone to observe aprs traffic, as a tracker.
The only one that got me the 44100 audio sampling that i needed was this one from. Hams use mrp40 to send and read qrq highspeed cw, to help. The software i used is direwolf, it is the most power tnc software you can get, and it is free to download. Low cost options that will allow you to try aprs without spending a lot of cash. Once i got the alsamixer settings correct for the microphone gain, aprs packets from my local station at house started streaming across the screen pardon me for the light. If we dont have the program that you are using listed, then be sure to see the general setup section as it applies to all sound card programs. Packet and aprs belong to the large family of digital modes. Dire wolf is a software soundcard modemtnc and aprs encoderdecoder. Automatic packet reporting system or aprs is an extremely helpful tool that. A brief description of what aprs is and how it can be used. It can be used standalone to observe aprs traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, aprstt gateway, or internet gateway igate.
This software is the packet sound card engine required by uiview aprs software and some other sound card software. Easy digi sound card interface, aprs, packet, other digital modes as well. There is a facebook page for it, so questions can get answered there. Most of the digital communications used in the amateur bands use some form of tone translation. This amateur radio web site explains how to use the agwpe utility program to send and receive packet using the sound card of your pc instead of a tnc. Astars stands for aprs satellite tracking and reporting system and refers to digital relay satellites and the global aprs internet linked system of ground stations that tie it all together into full time 247. Aprs is one of several amateur radio digital modes specialized for position telemetry from a gps automatic packet reporting system historical name automatic position reporting system aprs is similar to packet radio in that it also uses the ax. Astars and this page began in the mid90s with the first amateur packet radio relay satellites and experiments on the iss and mir and ultimately other amateur satelltes listed below. You can play the popular texas holdem poker variant agai. The standard kiss option is probably safest if you just want a basic sound card modem as it requires less configuration. Conventional wisdom has been that it doesnt have enough horsepower to handle the dsp routines required to decode packet and other modes like psk31, etc.
To view your audio capture devices, which will be on the same usb soundcard, issue the following command. Dire wolf updated dire wolf is a software soundcard modem and aprs encoderdecoder. Yes, soundcard packetaprs for the pi tulsa digital radio club. Install and setup agwpe according to the instructions mentioned above. It can be used standalone to observe aprs traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, aprstt gateway, or int.
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