Debian Hamradio Project
Summary
The Debian Hamradio Pure Blend contains 144 packages which are grouped by metapackages. Each metapackage will cause the installation of packages for a specific topic. The following table lists the metapackages of Debian Hamradio

Tasks page

This is a list of the Tasks Debian Hamradio is made of:

Table of contents

Antennas - Debian Hamradio Antenna Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful when working with antennas in Debian.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Electronics-radio-dev
Packages for design of circuits at radio frequencies
Nec2c
NEC2 simulates near and far field radiation patterns of antennas
Splat
analyze point-to-point terrestrial RF communication links
Xnec2c
calculate and display radio antenna properties
Yagiuda
software to analyse performance of Yagi-Uda antennas

Data modes - Debian Hamradio Data Modes Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful for using data modes, such as RTTY and SSTV, including weak signal modes, such as JT65, with Debian.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Comptext
Gui based tool to compare two text streams
Comptty
GUI based tool to compare two RTTY streams
Flamp
ham radio Amateur Multicast Protocol application
Fldigi
digital modem program for hamradio operators
Flmsg
amateur radio forms management editor
Flwrap
amateur radio file encapsulation/compression utility
Js8call
Amateur Radio Digital Mode providing weak signal messaging
Jtdx
Weak-signal amateur radio communications, JTDX version
Multimon
Linux Radio Transmission Decoder
Multimon-ng
digital radio transmission decoder
Psk31lx
PSK31 terminal application with text-based user interface
Qsstv
Qt-based slow-scan TV and fax
Twpsk
Soundcard-based X program for operating PSK31
Wsjtx
Weak-signal amateur radio communications

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Hacktv
Analogue TV transmitter for the HackRF

Digital voice - Debian Hamradio Digital Voice Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful when using digital voice modes on RF and for Internet linking.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Dsdcc
Digital Speech Decoder (DSD)
Freedv
Digital Voice mode for ham radio
Qtel
Graphical client for the EchoLink® protocol
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

Logging - Debian Hamradio Logging Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful for logging (including for contests) with Debian.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Cqrlog
Advanced logging program for hamradio operators
Klog
Multiplatform ham radio logging program
Pyqso
logging tool for amateur radio operators
Python3-pyhamtools
Python library with amateur radio functions and methods
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
Xlog
GTK+ Logging program for Hamradio Operators

Morse - Debian Hamradio Morse/CW Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful for CW operation and for learning morse with Debian.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Aldo
Morse code training program
Cw
Morse code tutor - command line user interface
Cwcp
Morse code tutor - text user interface
Cwdaemon
morse daemon for the parallel or serial port
Ebook2cw
convert ebooks to Morse MP3s/OGGs
Ebook2cwgui
GUI for ebook2cw
Morse
training program about morse-code for aspiring radio hams
Morse2ascii
tool for decoding the morse codes from a PCM WAV file
Qrq
high speed morse trainer, similar to DL4MM's Rufz
Xcwcp
Morse code tutor - graphical user interface
Xdemorse
GUI to decode Morse signals to text

Non-amateur modes - Debian Hamradio Non-Amateur Modes Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful for listening to non-amateur modes such as AIS and ADS-B.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Dablin
CLI and GTK+ GUI DAB & DAB+ receiver client
Dump1090-mutability
ADS-B Ground Station System for RTL-SDR
Fccexam
Study tool for USA FCC commercial radio license exams.
Gnss-sdr
Global navigation satellite systems software defined receiver
Gnuais
AIS receiver which uses the discriminator output of VHF receivers
Gnuaisgui
OpenStreetMap GUI for gnuais
Gr-air-modes
Gnuradio Mode-S/ADS-B radio
Gr-gsm
Gnuradio blocks and tools for receiving GSM transmissions
Gr-rds
GNU Radio FM RDS/TMC Transceiver
Hacktv
Analogue TV transmitter for the HackRF
Odr-dabmod
DAB modulator compliant to ETSI EN 300 401
Odr-dabmux
Digital Audio Broadcasting multiplexer compliant to ETSI EN 300 401
Odr-padenc
This is an encoder for Programme Associated Data
Radioclk
simple ntp refclock daemon for MSF/WWVB/DCF77 time signals
Rtl-433
Decode 433.9 Mhz data
Rtl-ais
simple AIS tuner and generic dual-frequency FM demodulator
Tempest-for-eliza
demonstrate electromagnetic emissions from computer systems
Welle.io
DAB/DAB+ Software Radio

Debian packages in contrib or non-free

Odr-audioenc
DAB and DAB+ encoder that integrates into the ODR-mmbTools

Packet modes - Debian Hamradio Packet Mode Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful when using AX.25, including IPv4 over AX.25 and APRS, with Debian.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2d
APRS to DAPNET portal
Aprsdigi
digipeater for APRS
Aprx
APRS Digipeater and iGate
Ax25-apps
AX.25 ham radio applications
Ax25-tools
tools for AX.25 interface configuration
Ax25-xtools
tools for AX.25 interface configuration -- X11-based
Ax25mail-utils
hamradio packet utilities for fbb
Axmail
Mail user agent for ax.25 users, accessed via a node frontend
Direwolf
Soundcard TNC for APRS
Fbb
Packet radio mailbox and utilities
Linpac
terminal for packet radio with mail client
Minimodem
general-purpose software audio FSK modem
Pat
Winlink client for amateur radio email
Soundmodem
Sound Card Amateur Packet Radio Modems
Uronode
Node front end for AX.25, NET/ROM, Rose and TCP
Xastir
X Amateur Station Tracking and Information Reporting

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Ampr-ripd
Routing daemon for AMPRnet gateway announcements
Baycomepp
Drivers for the HB9JNX packet radio epp modem
Baycomusb
Drivers for the HB9JNX packet radio usb modem
Z8530-utils2
Utilities for Z8530 based HDLC cards for AX.25

Rig control - Debian Hamradio Rig Control Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful for rig control and programming.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Chirp
Configuration tool for amateur radios
Dmrconfig
Configuration utility for DMR radios
Flrig
ham radio transceiver control program
Grig
graphical user interface to the Ham Radio Control Libraries
Icom
Software control for ICOM radios with CI-V interface
Kappanhang
Remotely open audio channels and a serial port to an Icom transceiver
Libhamlib-utils
Utilities to support the hamlib radio control library
Python3-meshtastic
client shell for talking to Meshtastic devices
Qdmr
GUI application to program DMR radios
Qttinysa
QT Gui for a tiny SA Spectrum Analyser
Remotetrx
Remote controller for radio transceivers
Tk2
Tk GUI for the ICOM IC-R2 receiver
Tk5
Experimental Software for the ICOM IC-R5 Receiver
Tmd710-tncsetup
tool to configure the TNC on several Kenwood radios
Wfview
remote-control and waterfall for modern ICOM radios

Satellite operation - Debian Hamradio Satellite Operation Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful for amateur satellite operation.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Gpredict
Satellite tracking program
Gr-satellites
Collection of satellite telemetry signal decoders
Satdump
Generic satellite data processing software

Software defined radio - Debian Hamradio Software Defined Radio Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful when using Software-Defined Radio with Debian.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Airspy
Tiny and efficient software defined radio receiver - utilities
Airspyhf
HF+VHF software defined radio receiver - user runtime
Bladerf
Nuand bladeRF software-defined radio device (tools)
Cubicsdr
Software Defined Radio receiver
Cutesdr
simple demodulation and spectrum display program
Gnss-sdr
Global navigation satellite systems software defined receiver
Gnuradio
GNU Radio Software Radio Toolkit
Gqrx-sdr
Software defined radio receiver
Gr-hpsdr
gnuradio interface module for OpenHPSDR protocol 1
Gr-limesdr
LimeSDR blocks for GnuRadio
Gr-osmosdr
Gnuradio blocks from the OsmoSDR project
Hackrf
Software defined radio peripheral - utilities
Inspectrum
tool for visualising captured radio signals
Langford-utils
Control programs for the Per Vices Noctar IQ demodulator board
Limesuite
tools to test, control and update LMS7 transceiver based hardware
Miri-sdr
Software defined radio support for Mirics hardware (tools)
Osmo-sdr
Software defined radio support for OsmoSDR hardware (tools)
Qthid-fcd-controller
Funcube Dongle controller
Quisk
Software Defined Radio (SDR)
Rtl-sdr
Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (tools)
Soapyremote-server
Use SoapySDR devices over network (server)
Soapysdr-module-airspy
Airspy device support for SoapySDR (default version)
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
Uhd-host
universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - host apps
Uhd-soapysdr
SoapySDR device support for libuhd

Tools - Debian Hamradio Tools Packages

This metapackage will install packages with useful hamradio-related tools.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Kel-agent
Web interface for amateur radio installed programs (program)
Splat
analyze point-to-point terrestrial RF communication links
Twclock
World clock for ham radio operators
Tzwatch
Displays time and date in specified time zones on console
Wwl
Calculates distance and azimuth between two Maidenhead locators
Xdx
DX-cluster tcp/ip client for amateur radio

Training - Debian Hamradio Training Packages

This metapackage will install packages useful when training for hamradio exams with Debian.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Aldo
Morse code training program
Canadian-ham-exam
practice test for the Canadian Amateur Radio exam
Cw
Morse code tutor - command line user interface
Cwcp
Morse code tutor - text user interface
Hamexam
Study tool for USA FCC amateur radio (ham) exams.
Morse
training program about morse-code for aspiring radio hams
Xcwcp
Morse code tutor - graphical user interface