APRS Amateur Radio
Software On Linux

The APRS Amateur Radio software of choice on Linux is called "Xastir". It is a Linux X Window Amateur Station Tracking and Information Reporting application.

APRS is an Automatic Position Reporting System system whereby objects report their position (usually obtained from GPS) on the air. Xastir displays this information graphically.

While APRS™ is a Trademark of Bob Bruninga, Xastir is Open Source software.

Xastir

Xastir for Linux comes with thorough and well structured help.

A picture is known to be worth "a thousand words". Here then are some screen shots to illustrate your first encounter with this Linux application for ham radio.

APRS(tm) amateur radio software Xastir welcome message.

APRS(tm) amateur radio software Xastir help screen.

I highly recommend that you read the help and follow the configuration steps in the order that they appear.

There are many more topics than the first few that are shown in the snapshot above!

APRS amateur radio software Xastir. Starting help.

APRS amateur radio software Xastir. Main screen.

APRS amateur radio software Xastir. Station config screen.

APRS amateur radio software Xastir. Coord calc.

The above screen snapshots are just a few examples of the many configuration options available.

I invite you to explore all configuration options. They will give you a thorough understanding of what Xastir can do for you as a ham radio operator. You'll get a lot more out of Xastir as a result.

More APRS™ Linux Software

Other APRS™-related software on Linux very much worth mentioning are the highly stable and reliable...

aprsdigi - N2YGK's digipeater for amateur radio APRS.
aprsd - a server deamon providing Internet gateway and client access to ham radio APRS packet data.

For more on the APRS Ham Radio relationship, click here.

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APRS™ is a Trademark of Bob Bruninga.