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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
January 23, 2004
This week, visit a Web site that puts Amateur Radio applications in the palm of your hand.
Surfin' reader Paul Flores, KD5LTC, wrote recently, "I would love to hear from you on the state of Palm software for hams!"
I am pleased to report that the state of Amateur Radio applications for Palm OS PDAs (personal digital assistants) is very good! For proof, come on over to Peter Hodgson's VA3PKH Ham Palm Page and see all the Palm OS applications that are Amateur Radio-related. I count over 100 entries in the list that Peter compiled. Select an item from the list and your computer will download the item or transport you to another Web site where you can download it.
 Peter Hodgson's VA3PKH Ham Palm Page is a great source for Palm OS Amateur Radio applications on the Web. |
Palm OS ham radio applications are diverse. DXing applications include programs like PalmGlobe, which displays one hemisphere of the Earth from any location. It also displays the greyline and calculates the distance between two points on the globe. There are logging applications like QSO Diary from Ray Goff, G4FON. Morse Code training software is available in a variety of flavors like DotDash from Gisle Bjoerneseth, LA5EKA. Packet radio applications for the Palm are led by pocketAPRS from Mike Musick, N0QBF.
You want radio control software? There are Palm OS applications to control the ICOM PCR-1000, Ten Tec RX30, Yaesu FT-817, and Bearcat 245xlt and 780xlt. How about satellite tracking software? Well, for starters, there is PocketSat+ from Jim Berry.
And there is more, including applications for building and homebrewing equipment and for VHF/UHF and weak signal operating. There are also files and databases of ham radio information (repeater lists, ITU prefix lists, Linux tutorials, etc.) that you can load into your PDA.
Until next time, keep on surfin'
Editor's note: Stan
Horzepa, WA1LOU, swears by pocketAPRS
for road trips because it gives him a lot of APRS capability in such a tiny
package--he just has to remember to replace the batteries in his PDA every 500
miles or so. Stan can be reached via e-mail at wa1lou@arrl.net
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