Please find it at https://sourceforge.net/projects/kb1oiq-andysham/
Version 21 - last version to support 32-bit
Version 25a: 05-May-2023 (xfce4) 64-bit, Xubuntu 22.04.0
This is a remastered version of Xubuntu Linux.
PLEASE read this very fine document:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/kb1oiq ... NG_STARTED
This version contains a lot of amateur radio software including Fldigi, NBEMS, Gpredict, xcwcp and qrq, XLog and cqrlog, flrig and grig, xnec2c, fl_moxgen, aa-analyzer, owx, VOACAP, glfer, Xastir, gqrx, SDRangel, GNU Radio Companion, quisk, direwolf, FreeDV, wsjt-x, js8call, Micro-Fox 15 Config, TinyTrak3, sdrangel, M17 programs, and more!
This software collection uses the Xfce4 desktop environment with menus customized for Amateur Radio use.
Recommended minimums: 2GHz CPU, 4GB memory, and 15 GB of disk space (after the installation is complete).
Find the new Raspberry Pi version here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/kb1oiq ... /0.1alpha/
Features
Live medium which can be installed to the hard drive or USB thumb drive
Xfce4 desktop environment
Contains a large number of amateur radio programs
Amateur Radio menu customized for ease of use
Nothing proprietary (as far as I know)
Software came from the Ubuntu repositories, PPAs, and source tar files
Software defined radio receiver with RTL2832 USB dongle
Micro-Fox Config GPL and TinyTrak3 Config GPL
GNU Radio Companion and gqrx
FreeDV (free digital voice)
Packet radio software linpac and AX25
pskmail client and server
digital radio mondiale
Learn CW via the Wordsworth method
FT8 via wsjt-x
js8call
Arduino IDE and libraries, plus Fritzing
nanoVNA and tinySA software
Don't forget to install GridTracker! See HOWTO_GridTracker document.
SDRangel
M17 mvoice, droidstar, and more!
Andy's own Release notes, but still from 2020:
KX4QC's humble opinion: Great to see this new release of a project a long time in the works. It contains a wealth of software and utilities for Amateur Radio and is well worth a good look. Linux is easy to "multi-boot", so consider trying this alongside your other favorite distro.RELEASE_NOTES ============= If this file looks improperly spaced, choose a fixed width font. My goal in creating this software collection was to allow the user to have an easier way to get started with a Linux computer and an amateur radio. There is still a lot for the user to do! However, I have complete confidence in your ability to learn what you may not yet know how to do. After all, you're a licensed amateur radio operator! If you are the type of person who can install a tube into your rig with no further direction, or perhaps a circuit board in your computer, then this software collection may be for you. However, if you need to be told to get the screwdriver and remove the screws first, with pictures and text, you may be disappointed. This software collection is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and is a remix. This means that the selection of software packages is not the same as the standard Ubuntu 18.04. The vast majority of the programs came directly from the Ubuntu repository. A few programs were installed either directly from source, or installed as a precompiled binary. Still others were downloaded from PPAs (Personal Package Archives). To the best of my knowledge, there is no proprietary software on this software collection. If you find any proprietary software, please send me email. Assumptions: - computer must contain a x86_64 type of processor - there is no 32-bit support - none - computer has a bootable USB thumb drive - 2GB of memory minimum (more for SDR applications) - 2GHz processor minimum (more for SDR applications) - computer has a working network connection - 15 GB hard disk - absolute minimum (more is definitely better) - this software collection does the hard work of geting you started, and you can continue on your own. It is a starting point, not an end point. - one version cannot be used to upgrade a previous version Goals: - works as a Live DVD or Live USB thumb drive - thoroughly tested in VirtualBox - contains installation programs for the hard drive and a USB thumb drive - a reasonable selection of amateur radio software is present, but users are expected to configure each program as is required for their unique situation - to help both the Linux and amateur radio communities by creating this software collection In short, the software collection was built by starting first with the debootstrap package. The X Window System was installed along with a desktop environment. A variety of amateur radio applications were then installed. The menu was customized for amateur radio use. The login screen, boot splash screen, and the slideshow for the hard disk installation program were also customized. This link was extremely helpful in the creation of this software collection: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveC ... romScratch Based on the assumptions above, software was selected for its usefulness to amateur radio. The included amateur radio software is shown (if this section does not look properly lined up, pick a fixed width font): AlarmeJT - companion program to wsjt-x aa-analyzer.pl - command line program used with RigExpert AA-xxx analyzers chirp - used to program frequencies into HTs (chirpw) cqrlog - a full featured QSO logging program cwwav - command line program to convert text files to CW wav or mp3 direwolf - soundcard TNC for APRS dream - digital radio mondiale receiver dump1090 - ADSB reception earthtrack - used with predict and xplanet to display satellites ebook2cwgui - convert Ebook files to CW (get free ones at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/) flamp - NBEMS program for Amateur Multicast Protocol (AMP) flcluster - access DX cluster nodes fldigi - digital modes such as PSK31 (NBEMS) flmsg - companion to fldigi, a simple forms management editor for standard message formats (NBEMS) fllog - to provide a common log across networked computers flnet - a net control logging program by W1HKJ flrig - rig control flwkey - modem program for the K1EL Winkeyer series flwrap - companion to fldigi, file encapsulation / compression Fl_Moxgen - Moxon Rectangle antenna design program foxtelem - Fox-1A (AO-85) Satellite Telemetry decoder freedv - SSB low bit rate digital voice gerbv - view Gerber files glfer - QRSS (slow CW) or DFCW (Dual Frequency CW) modes GNU Radio - GNU software defined radio gpredict - satellite tracking gqrx - software defined radio receiver grig - rig control software gsmc - Smith Chart calculator for impedance matching gspiceui - GUI interface for spice gwave - analog waveform viewer (e.g. spice output) (broken) hamlib - radio control library ibp - HF beacons kicad - electronic design automation and schematic capture klog - logging program linpac - packet radio ax.25 software mfc_gpl - Byonics Micro-Fox 15 configuration GUI MSHV - FT8 and other digital modes, similar to wsjt-x owx - Open Wouxun, command line programs for Wouxun HTs PotaPutter - an ADIF converter for POTA QSOs PyLogJam - a simple logger for POTA QSOs pcb-gtk - interactive printed circuit board editor predict - predict orbits of satellites (used with earthtrack) pskmail - ARQ communication system optimized for HF qgrid - Maidenhead grid squares calculator quisk - software defined radio receiver qrq - CW callsign practice qsstv - SSTV (analog AND digital) qtel - Echolink client soundmodem - user mode driver for packet radio (useful with xastir) splat - command line HF propagation prediction sunclock - track day/night line on Earth svxlink - Echolink server TQSL - used with ARRL Logbook of the World tt3_gpl - Byonics TinyTrak3 Configuration GUI voacapl - VOACAP - propagation prediction - link to online data wfview - IC-7300 waterfall viewer wordsworth - learn CW a "wordsworth" at a time wsjt-x - weak signal communication - JT9,JT65,FT8 wwl - compute distance between Maidenhead grids xastir - APRS mapping xcwcp - CW code practice xdx - DX cluster TCP/IP client xlog - logging program for casual operators xnec2c - antenna modeling software xplanet - used by earthtrack and predict to track satellites xwefax - display Wefax and Radiofax images xwxapt - display APT images from weather satellites Other included software (not an exhaustive list): evince - PDF file reader firefox - web browser imagemagick - image manipulation programs (for use with scrot and display) leafpad - very simple text editor locate - locate and updatedb to create a database of filenames lxkeymap - configure keyboard lxrandr - modify screen resolution minicom - serial communcation program nano - text editor ntp - sync time with time server pavucontrol - sound volume controls pmount - user mount for removable devices ristretto - image viewer scrot - command line screen capture tool smartpm - the Smart package manager for software management ssh - SSH client and server sylpheed - email tool (for use with flarq) ubiquity - program to install software to the hard drive usbmount - automounting of USB devices wicd - GUI tool for configuring network(s) wireless-tools - command line tools for wireless networking xcalc - calculator xclock - a simple clock xfce - lightweight window manager xfe - graphical file manager xfimage - image viewer xfwrite - text editor xosview - system monitor Other tidbits of information (in no particular order): - Ubiquity hard drive installer The Ubiquity installer is a pain in the neck to get working! It is a pain in the neck to keep it working! The ubuntu-artwork package is required (and I've included it for you). During a hard drive installation, the Ubiquity slideshow entertains you. This slideshow was customized for "Andy's Ham Radio Linux" starting with version 15.1. I hope you enjoy it! - icewm was removed starting with version v23a, and replaced with Xfce. However, I have not removed the icewm menu files, which are still in /etc/X11/icewm. I shall not support the icewm environment moving forward. - To setup the system to use UTC: - sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata - Scroll down and choose "None of the above" - Scroll down and choose "UTC" - Once the ncurses GUI exits, the UTC settings should be working. - Try the "date" command to be sure. - Files installed from source or binary are locate in: - /usr/local/bin - A few development packages are distributed which were used when compiling these programs from source. - See /usr/local/share/doc/Andy_Ham_Radio_Linux/00_SOURCES - The MySQL password is "kb1oiq". - If the user boots a live medium and creates files in the $HOME directory, they aren't copied to the hard drive when ubiquity does its installation. - An example configuration files for xwxapt can be found here: /usr/local/share/xwxapt/xwxaptrc Copy this file to your ~/xwxapt directory. - Wireless configuration: - Click the WiCD icon, which is found by default at the top right of the screen in the panel. The icon looks a bit like a computer monitor. - Be sure to go into the WiCD->Preferences menu and set the Wireless Interface - Generally, this will be "wlan0" or "eth1" (try ifconfig to see the interfaces), or these new "enps0*" names. - WiCD is accessed via the icon on the taskbar near the clock - One might have to remove the network-manager package if the wireless connection attempt fails with the error: "Bad Password". - Try it first to see if this is necessary - Some wireless hardware is painful to get working with Linux. It may be necessary to search Google to find out the procedure for your specific hardware. - In order to install to the hard drive, boot a live medium and login. There will be an icon on the desktop which is labeled "Install Ubuntu remix". Click (or double click) that icon to start the installation. - This might be broken: - Satellites can be seen over the planet Earth on your root window! - The very first time, type "predict" in an xterm and set it up. - In the Amateur_Radio->Satellite menu, start the Predict server - There probably won't be any visible output. That's OK. - In the Amateur_Radio->Satellite menu, start Earthtrack - One should see a picture of the Earth on the root window, with satellites drawn on it, centered at the location of W1AW. - Customize the home QTH by editing ~/.predict/predict.qth. - Clean it up by the Earthtrack (cleanup) menu. - Restore your background by Menu->Settings->Themes->Default. - If this fails (and it fails the very first time), select the Earthtrack (cleanup) menu, which kills all of the predict and earthtrack processes, and start again. - Look at the HACKS file for specific hacks and customizations. The list may not be complete. - VirtualBox: - A very recent version of VirtualBox is needed, at least version 6.1. - Sound: I have it working with PulseAudio on the host and ICH AC97 as the sound device. - Be sure to setup at least 2GB of memory, 4GB is better if you want to do a lot of things while in VirtualBox. - First boot after hard drive installation - add your user to the group netdev (adduser <user> netdev) - add your user to the group audio (adduser <user> audio) - add your user to the group dialout (adduser <user> dialout) - Have fun!!! - VOACAP - I have substituted VOACAP Online, which brings up the browser on the appropriate web page. - Debugging boot related issues - When the boot screen appears, it hides all mesages from the startup scripts - Press the Esc key to see those messages - Debug as appropriate based on these messages - Pressing shift many times during boot should bringup the GRUB boot screen - Dire Wolf - KB1OIQ prefers: direwolf -t 0 (to disable all colors and blinking text) - Prior to running for the first time: cp /usr/local/share/doc/direwolf/examples/direwolf.conf ~ - pskmail_server (first included in version 17) - I suspect that the user will need to do the following: - sudo -i - cd /usr/local/src/pskmail_server - ./libinstall.sh - ./install.sh - further tweaks may be needed - send me email if you find the right recipe - USB memory sticks and SYNC/NOSYNC - often, the write access to a USB memory stick seems to be very SLOOOOOWWWWWWW...... - to speed it up, I modified /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf to mount the device "nosync" - BE SURE to properly umount the device: - sync - pumount - NEVER just pull out the USB memory stick! - foxtelem - Create a directory where you'd like to store the program data. - Start the foxtelem program. - Be sure to select "Custom" when run the first time. - Don't pick "Simple". Just don't. - Point foxtelem at the directory where you'd like to store the program data. - Then, foxtelem will work OK. - If this isn't done correctly, there will be all sorts of error boxes and the program will not run. You may have to kill it. To recover from that case: rm -fr ~/.FoxTelem and start over. - xdx - The menus do not appear as expected in the 2.7.0 version. This is a know issue. - Move the mouse and click it in the empty space where the menus should be. - The drop down menus will appear when you click in the magic place. - After installing to the hard drive, one might wish to delete the "ubuntu" account. As root: userdel ubuntu - I cannot possibly support all of the programs in this software collection. If you require assistance, please search the internet, and I'm sure you'll find the answer. I hope you have a lot of fun with this software collection! 73 de Andy KB1OIQ April 2020
For a long time now, Andy's has not been included with the hundreds of mainstream distros available from Distrowatch https://distrowatch.com/ (Why??) And as of this writing, even this latest version is still not there. Go figure...
While I usually recommend Mint for a starter distro for ham radio, because it is stable, and comes with lot of ham software, take a good look at Andy's too. It comes on a "live" bootable medium so you can try it without installing anything -until you decide it's a keeper.