Re: [Xastir] New user to xastir program

2016-08-07 Thread Richard Murnane
Hi Russell,

> 'In God We Trust, God is not Dead he Lives' Will be on every e-mail I send 
> out from now on because, I don't want to lose our right to say it!.

I don’t think you need be concerned, as the First Amendment to the US 
Constitution has guaranteed your right to free speech since 1791 :-)

73 Richard VK2SKY

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Re: [Xastir] New user to xastir program

2016-08-07 Thread David Ranch


Hey Russell,

I was thinking about this last night and I had a more fundamental 
question:  If CCW Messenger works on Windows7 and now you spent the time 
to run it on Mint18, what's your main goal here?  Are you trying to move 
away from Windows?  Maybe this Messenger program (fully inclusive 
soundcard + APRS program) will run ok under Wine.. you'll have to try it 
out and find out.  If it doesn't work, you'll have to take it up with 
the Wine folks and the Messenger developer.


If your looking to move to a native Linux solution, lists like this can 
help.  Good luck!


--David
KI6ZHD

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Re: [Xastir] New user to xastir program

2016-08-07 Thread Russell Blair
Thanks David, for all your help how I need to make up my mind on just 
what I'm going to do about all this info..Thanks



Now I need some coffie to get the day going.

Russell NC5O
Newbie on linuxmint

On 8/6/2016 11:20 PM, David Ranch wrote:

Hello Russell,

Well David, What I was doing on my Windows 7, Cross County Wireless 
(CCW) APRS Messager it would APRS signal from HF ( PSK 63-MFSK 16 and 
others) and with the program it would send it to the internet. Also I 
was doing ProPNet on the HF as wellMessager has it TNC , Now 
along with messager I was using UZ7HO program for AX25 in the same 
way, and when Message would tx, so would UZ7HO would to, using Kiss 
port 4000 between the two.


Ok, I've heard of Cross Country Wireless but I've never used it. I 
read up on "Messager" program and it seems to be an all in one digital 
modes + AX.25 + APRS program in one



Now that I can get messager to run wine, but I can get UZ7HO to work 
in wine to 300 buad on HF.  ? will xastir key the Radio using vox.. 
and do APRS Beacon using my location and then,  I have other question 
about Mint18 because I am a newbie on this OS, S I can use all the 
help I can get.


All of my APRS and ProPNet work has been on the HF bands mostly on 30m.


I encourage you to try running native programs and NOT run Wine. 
Giving comparables:


Windows7 : Mint 18
UZ7HO using TCP-KISS : Direwolf using TCP-KISS
CCW Messenger : DIrewolf APRS (sending objects and being an iGate only)
CCW Messenger : Xastir APRS (GUI to show icons on maps, send messages, 
etc)


Beyond that, no one Linux program supports all the modes that CCW 
Messenger *but* you CAN get very close if you run Fldigi for the 
digital modes, link it into Linux's AX.25 stack, and then run programs 
like Xastir.  I've done this very thing and it's written up here: 
http://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/hampacketizing-centos.html#16b.hf-ax25 
.  It's a complex path to get all that going but once done, your setup 
will be able to do what you want and a whole lot more too.


To your other questions:

   - Direwolf DOES support 300BAUD AFSK packet and supports some PSK 
modes but it doesn't support PSK63
 - It does support other modes too: 
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/raw/dev/doc/2400-4800-PSK-for-APRS-Packet-Radio.pdf

   - Fldigi does support PSK63 and many many other modes

   - Xastir doesn't work with the radio, the software TNC does
  - Yes, Direwolf can use VOX but it's best to use serial port 
controlled PTT - page 64 - 
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/raw/dev/doc/User-Guide.pdf


--David
KI6ZHD

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