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Dire Wolf – AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms Other

Dire Wolf is a software “soundcard” AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to observe APRS traffic, and more.

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15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Ham Radio Tools

August 30, 2025 Steve Emms Other, Roundup

Ham radio is a popular hobby and service bringing people, electronics and communication together. We pick our favorite ham radio tools.

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KLog – ham radio logger

August 28, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

KLog provides general purpose ham radio DX logging support.

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QLog – amateur radio logbook

June 29, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

QLog is an Amateur Radio logging application. It is based on the Qt framework and uses SQLite as its database backend.

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JS8Call – software using the JS8 digital mode

June 27, 2025 Steve Emms Other

JS8Call is software using the JS8 Digital Mode providing weak signal keyboard to keyboard messaging to Amateur Radio Operators.

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Xlog is a logging program for amateur radio operators

June 26, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Xlog can be used for daily logging and contest. Logs are stored into a text file.

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Fldigi – modem program for most of the digital modes used by radio amateurs

June 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Fldigi is a modem program for most digital modes used by radio amateurs: CW, PSK, MFSK, RTTY, Hell, DominoEX, Olivia, and more.

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Ham radio

Flrig is a transceiver control program

June 24, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Flrig is a transceiver control program designed to be used either stand alone or as an adjunct to fldigi.

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WSJT-X is designed for weak-signal digital communication by amateur radio

June 22, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

WSJT-X implements amateur radio communication protocols or “modes” called FT4, FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, and WSPR

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Qtel – EchoLink client

June 21, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Qtel, the Qt EchoLink client, is a graphical application used to access the EchoLink network.

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wfview controls icom ham radios

June 20, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Many of Icom’s transceivers from the last 20 years will work to some degree with wfview.

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Ham radio

TrustedQSL – radio contact validation

June 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

TrustedQSL provides tools for digitally signing Amateur Radio QSO records.

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CQRLOG – advanced ham radio logger

June 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

CQRLOG is intended for daily general logging of HF, CW & SSB contacts and strongly focused on easy operation and maintenance.

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ADIF Multitool – validate, modify and convert ham radio log files

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Other

ADIF Multitool is a command-line tool to validate, modify, and convert ham radio log files.

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CHIRP – GUI tool for programming ham radios

June 14, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

CHIRP supports a large number of manufacturers and models, as well as provides a way to interface with multiple data sources and formats.

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Ham radio

HamClock – clock and world map with extra features for amateur radio

June 13, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

HamClock is a kiosk-style application that provides real time space weather, radio propagation models, operating events and other information.

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PyQSO – contact logging tool for amateur radio operators

June 12, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

The graphical user interface has been developed using the GTK+ library through the PyGObject bindings.

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