Radio/Ham Radio Software

Linux Distros

The wiki page on Andys Ham Radio Linux has info

Circuit Design

Very nice software for circuit board design: http://kicad-pcb.org/

Example in action: http://openhpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=PHOENIX

HPSDR

http://openhpsdr.org/download.php

cheap implementation of it: https://github.com/softerhardware/Hermes-Lite

available for implementation: https://www.tindie.com/products/SofterHardware/hermes-lite-sdr-amateur-radio-pcb-set/

Digital modes

Dixprs: software for APRS internet gateway and digipeater: https://sites.google.com/site/dixprs/

30 m packet demodulator: https://radio.g4hsk.co.uk/digi-modes/qrss-grabber/

Galosh

Utilities designed to make ham life easier:

http://galosh.org.uk/

https://github.com/clarkema/galosh

Big List

From here: most of this software costs $$$$$ http://www.rau-deaver.org/Mac-RFTools.html

Just the RF and microwave software:

• simsmith
• cocoanec - design and modeling of antennas
• amici - audio spectrum analyzer/tracking generator, analysis of baseband signals
• aaplot - rig expert antenna analyzer
• wcalc - transmissionline structures
• cocoamodem - modems for some amateur radio modulation modes
• vsim - 3d electromagnetics simulator
• mininec - version of nec software for antenna analysis
• appcad rf and microwave tools - calculators for xmission lines, transistor bias, cascade noise analysis, transistor desgin, etc. Runs well via Wine or CrossOver on mac
• rf toolbox - tools for electronic design, not just rf
• fastercap - small/med scale digital/analog ICs
• filter designer - design for butterworth, chebyshev, bessel lumped element filters
• smith chart - many many different types of plots
• matchmaker - rf impedance matching software for capacitors, inductors, transmission lines, etc
• trance analyzer and impedance calculator - impedance of microstrips, coplanar traces, etc.
• hspice waveform viewer - for engineers running HSPCIE simulations. transient or ac simulation results
• s-parameter explorer - network representation in microwave engineering
• rf engineering calculators - web based
• atlc - arbitrary transmission line calculator for transmission line properties
• amanogawa - applets on transmission lines, electromagnetic waves, antennas
• XFdtd release - EM simulation software using FDTD based models
• comsol - free and pay versions
• emgine - 3d electromagnetic field simulation, solves transient maxwell's equations
• oscium's wipry combo - rf power meter and spectrum analyzer (power meter = 100 MHz to 2.7 GHz, spectrum analyzer only 2-3 GHz)
• mxrspur - helps solve problems with spurious mixers/spurious responses

NOTE: most of these programs are not free/open source software, many are crapware outfits that charge $20 per program and sell a hundred programs http://www.blackcatsystems.com/