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APRS_Applications

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Xastir - APRS GUI client / Digipeater / Igate

YAAC - Yet Another APRS Client

  • from: https://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/YAAC.html
  • for monitoring and contributing to the APRS network.
  • YAAC can be used stand-alone, or as an APRS RF-Internet gateway (I-Gate), or as a AX.25 digipeater.
  • Supports 16 different data reporting views natively, and can be extended with user-written "plugins" to add more functionality.
  • YAAC's map rendering does not depend on Internet connectivity, so it can be used wherever a portable computer and radio/TNC can be located.

DireWolf - Software "soundcard" AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder

  • from: https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf
  • 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, as a tracker, digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate).
  • Why settle for mediocre receive performance from a 1980's technology TNC using an old modem chip? Dire Wolf decodes over 1000 error-free frames from Track 2 of the WA8LMF TNC Test CD.

aprsdigi - digipeater for APRS

  • from: https://github.com/n2ygk/aprsdigi
  • A specialized Amateur Packet Radio (AX.25) UI-frame digipeater for the APRS.
  • Uses the Linux kernel AX.25 network stack and SOCK_PACKET facility to listen for packets on multiple radio interfaces (ports) and repeats those packets.
  • Packets can be modified and sent on the same or other interfaces.
  • Aprsdigi can also use the Internet to tunnel connections among other APRS digipeaters and nodes using IPv4 or IPv6 UDP unicast or multicast.

aprx - APRS Digipeater and iGate

  • from: https://thelifeofkenneth.com/aprx/
  • Acts as an APRS Digipeater and/or Internet Gateway.
  • Aprx can support most APRS infrastructure deployments, including:
    • single stand-alone digipeaters,
    • receive-only Internet gateways,
    • full RF-gateways for bi-directional routing of traffic,
    • and multi-port digipeaters operating on multiple channels or with multiple directional transceivers.

soundmodem - Sound Card Amateur Packet Radio Modems

  • from: http://soundmodem.vk4msl.id.au/
  • Allows a standard PC soundcard to be used as a packet radio "modem".
  • The whole processing is done on the main processor CPU.
  • Now uses standard operating system sound drivers and so runs on all soundcards for which drivers for the desired operating system are available.
  • No fixed relationship between bitrate, sampling rate, and modem parameters.
  • Modems may be parametrized, and multiple modems may run on the same audio channel!
  • Usermode solution allows the use of MMX, VIS, Floating point and other media instruction sets to speed up computation.