Category Digital Modes

Getting a full packet station up and running on Linux is frankly terrible. It involves setting up a lot of very powerful, but complicated software that all but seasoned Linux experts would struggle with. To make matters worse, because the…

Here’s a tutorial to get Vara FM or HF up and running as easily as possible on Linux. Other guides have you installing dlls by hand, or using Winetricks. None of this is necessary any longer, and as a matter…

Follow this guide AFTER following Packet Radio Basics with Software TNC. Vara is a WAY faster way to upload and download data from a Winlink or packet node. Created by EA5HVK, Vara comes in a number of varieties. The type…

Welcome to a guide to getting set up as quickly and easily as possible in packet radio. First, let’s define a few things: What hardware do you need to get started? There are two different ways to get started, either…