From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Ewing Subject: Re: newbie question - hamlib and gMFSK Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 10:37:19 -0400 Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <4093B61F.6090305@aa6e.net> References: <1083420366.4194.8.camel@dhcppc3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1083420366.4194.8.camel@dhcppc3> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: n5nw@n5nw.org, linux-hams@vger.kernel.org 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 > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > >