Most of the software used for working with the digital modes of hf radio communications can be found for free on the internet. N1mm logger is the worlds most popular ham radio contest logging program. The current release version of ham radio deluxe is v6. New digital voice mode fdmdv is the latest digital voice mode on hf it caters to high quality digital voice under poor band conditions, in only 1100hz bandwidth more information about the mode will be posted soon please check back often for new updates. The signal can be decoded even when it is 1014 db below the noise floor i. This simple creation has put the power back into the hands of radio operators around the world allowing them to build and tinker with digital voice systems. Digital voice transmission via qo100 with freedv mode 2020. Ham radio deluxe software radio amateurs best asset. Describe your experience with the digital voice access point dvap dongle and tell us why you give it the rating you did required. Dec 10, 2012 ham radio free dv digital voice over sideband qso k5wh, bad conditions 20m duration.
My name is sergey, i was born in the 1963 year and live in moscow, russia. He generously placed his creation in the ham radio public domain, and hams are adopted it like wildfire. This allows folks to interface to analog rigs to create higher power retro fitted repeaters capable of multi mode digital voice. Digital mode software listed below is a brief description of the software, where to find it and a video on it. A comparison of amateur radio digital voice systems presented by roland kraatz w9hpx charlotte digital radio group july 27, 2015. Applications include low bandwidth hfvhf digital radio. However once again between here and there, manufactures should highly consider flashfield. Software for digital voice category is a curation of 4 web resources on. The basic way digital modes work is the hf transceivers microphone and speaker audio lines are connected to a computers sound card. The list and descriptions have been compliled from various sources and descriptions on the internet and the ham radio world and should be as up to date as possible. Digital radio mondiale software category is a curation of 5 web resources on, easypal, dream, gqrx for macos. I set the transmit power level to low for hotspot use and high for repeaters. The udy2 voice keyer digital voice keyer amateur radio software utility integrates many. Other useful information would include your experience with similar products, infomation on a product that you would purchase instead of this one, and so on.
Also includes a link to help you identify the sounds of ham radio digital communications signals. Its a multimode digital voice modem a combined hardware and software development of a modem to handle all amateur digital voice modes. You do not need an ambe3000 for peanut to do dstar and dmr. Freedv is a gui application for windows and linux that allows any ssb radio to be used for low bit rate digital voice.
Freedv represents an open and free future for digital voice over ham radio. Proper psk31 audio level setup with a scope, rf power meter, and alc indicator. While amateur radio digital modes have been in use for decades they continue to evolve. We are actively encouraging any and all amateurs to dive in and have a go at hf digital voice communications using this system. The module known as dm780 is the digital mode application that is part of the hrd suite. Welcome to my personal page,website about radio amateur digital modes since 1999. Like all drm modes, digital sstv produces excellent, noisedistortion free pictures which can be in high definition.
Just get a limesdr mini, the free sdrconsole software, a small chinese. Good old analog phone still works worlds better than freedv. Ham radio deluxe software the radio amateurs best asset. In fact, the hrd suite is made up of several independent modules or applications. Pistar is a software image built initially for the raspberry pi produced by the raspberry pi foundation. This page contains a description of many of the popular hf digital modes software. Burton amateur radio club talk about masts and ant. Hostfiles used by ircddbgateway have been radically overhauled. Considering its free and very bandwidth efficient, and the audio being clean as a whistle when you have a strong, consistent signal, its a lot of fun to play with. The american radio relay league arrl is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the u. Ham radio digital modes software list and descriptions. Alternatively you can buy a sm freedv adaptor that allows you to run freedv 1600 and 700d modes on any hf radio without a pc or sound card. Freedv represents a path for 21st century amateur radio where hams are free. For cw, phone and digital modes, its combination of contestoptimized features is unmatched.
Radio amateurs best asset, rig and rotor control, logging, digital modes, and satellite. How to make a mmdvm digital repeater n5amds digital voice. Fdmdv is the latest digital voice mode on hf it caters to high quality digital voice under poor band conditions, in only 1100hz bandwidth freedv. Ham radio free dv digital voice over sideband qso k5wh, bad conditions 20m duration. Areg and hf digital voice a number of our members are actively experimenting and contributing to the open source projects around the freedv project. I use the mmtty software for rtty, which interfaces to hamscope for rtty functions. Cw, psk, mfsk, rtty, hell, dominoex, olivia, and throb are all supported. Peanut for android is using port 6667 udp to the internet.
Mar 24, 2017 as a ham that is mic shy on the hf bands due mostly to hearing issues, i find the digital modes a relief. The programs features are continually changing, and the manual may sometimes fall behind the code when this happens. For those not familiar with freedv, heres what the website has to say. Software for digital voice category is a curation of 4 web resources on, freedv plus video, codec 2, freedv. In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to use the mmdvm and pistar setup to create an amateur radio digital voice hotspot for dstar, dmr, and other modes. The latest digital text based modes are so advanced they enable communications over frequencies where even cw is unintelligible. Digital voice modes d star, dmr, c4fm, p25 when joining hamradioforum you will get a confirmation email which you need to respond to. The design concept is simple, provide the complex services and configuration for digial voice on amateur radio in a way that makes it easily accessable to anyone just starting out, but make it configurable enough to be interesting for those of us who cant help but tinker.
Exchat this is a computer program for amateur radio transmission and reception using a computer and radio transceiver the program equips your computer with a one sentence at a time chatmode for operation on the hf bands. Ham radio deluxedm780 ham radio deluxe hrddm780 is quite a bit more than just a digital mode application. Integrated software for logging, rig control, digital modes, satellite. With version 4 he is fast enough to fulfill all tasks. Peter martinez g3plx invented it a great example of ham innovation and developed a complete package of windowsbased software to support it. The udy2 voice keyer digital voice keyer amateur radio software utility integrates many popular voice keyer features in one convenient easy to use program. Ham radio deluxe is the worlds most popular ham radio software. Codec2 is a new digital voice codec designed by david rowe vk5dgr to work well on hfs noisy frequencies as well as on the betterbehaved vhf and uhf bands.
Whether youre working a contest as multi op, single op, running a net, or just plain rag chewing the udy2 voice keyer has something to make hamming more fun and convenient for you. Any issues with signup please use contact us button at bottom of any page. This is yet another impressive free software package for amateur radio. If you are a hardware or software developer, you can integrate freedv into your project using the lgpl licensed freedv api. I am using hamscope software, offered by glen, kd5hio, and is freeware. Fldigi is a modem program for most of the digital modes used by radio amateurs today. This is where the software defined radio sdr concept is key. You will be able to operate any sound card based digital mode that your radio could not otherwise operate. I mostly use wspr, which is probably the most boring of all the digital ham radio modes. It offers psk, mfsk and rtty digital modes with logging and macro capabilities. Software decodes the receiver audio and generates transmit audio.
Freedv is open source software, released under the gnu public license version 2. The software is compatible with microsoft windows xp, microsoft windows vista, and microsoft windows 7. Freedv is a digital voice mode for hf radio, explains rowe. There are many ways and many software to make the raspi fit for ham radio.
Codec2 is an opensource software project, so expect to see it adapted in many ways. Conventional personality means nontrunking channel. A comparison of amateur radio digital voice systems. Hf digital voice programs once again available for download. Airlink express box airlink express is a user friendly digital mode software package for the amateur radio operator. There are hams out there that will always hate digital voice. I really like the xy scope and automatic tuning functions this software provides. A summary of some of the major amateur radio digital voice modes is given below. In the cps software doubleclick on conventional personality 1 in the left window. As a ham that is mic shy on the hf bands due mostly to hearing issues, i find the digital modes a relief.
Dstar standards for digital smart technology for amateur radio and it is a digital voice standard that was developed by the japan amateur radio league, jarl in conjunction with a number of universities and amateur radio companies. Olivia was developed by pawel jalocha and is a ham radio digital mode designed to work in difficult low sn ratios plus multipath propagation conditions on hf bands. Citing codec codingdecoding licensing issues, three free windows programs for sound cardbased hf digital voice were yanked from their download site for a short time recently, surprising hams who are interested in hf digital voice operation. Digital voice for hf freedv is a gui application for windows, linux and macos bsd and android in development that allows any ssb radio to be used for low bit rate digital voice.
Your donation will reduce the out of pocket costs of the developers for hardware, travel, and freedv promotion at ham events. A rigblaster is the easiest way to properly connect your radio to a computer so that you may operate using over 100 existing and future ham radio sound card software programs. November 2019 i am a big friend of the small raspberry pi which and use this gladly for amateur radio. Jt65, a weak signal digital mode by k1jt, and voice, a digital mode created by f6cte for blind and visionimpaired hams.
The freedv developers have donated s of hours of highly skilled engineering time. You can run freedv using a free gui application for windows, linux and osx that allows any ssb radio to be used for low bit rate digital voice. A good place to try the freedv digital voice software is on 14. Freedv, the new hf digital audio program for radio amateurs. May 30, 2018 a couple of days ago, bruce, k6bp, tweeted. In addition, two modes can be spoken, one character at a time, using a multipsk english or french voice file. It can help calibrate a sound card to a time signal and do frequency measurement tests. Free dv digital voice software for ham radio youtube.
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