There are some problems with open, public available downloads. Downloads are now available to registered users only. If you are not already registered, sign-up and all areas of this web site will be accessible. Enjoy my quite large archive with > 250 files. If you find it useful, consider, please, a small donation to your local Animal Shelter where the "allmighty dollar" is in the command. A dollar or two may be enough to keep a dog or cat alive for one more day, perhaps the day that someone will come to adopt them.

If my site helped to keep alive a single dog or cat, the huge time amount spent building up this site is not lost.

I recommend to use your callsign as user name, if available (I assume that my web is rather uninteresting to those who are not licensed and not involved in DX, CW and contesting). Do not use numbers or meaningless character garbage as your user name. Such entries are deleted without warning because it seems that no living person but a spambot is behind. Many thanks for understanding!

New sign-up policy: due to continuous flooding and several attacks, a new level of sign-up policy was necessary. Now, there are two steps:

1. sign-up and choose your password (click above). Nothing happens until you are MANUALLY assigned with a member or another status. You will receive an email with a notification.

2. you should be activated. This is also a MANUAL procedure which is done mostly at the same moment as (1).

Your sign-up details are carefully checked and all sign-up requests without any valid ham radio call sign are deleted without any warning. To avoid any possible conflict, use your call sign as the user name (preferred), otherwise I will look if your email address contains any ham radio call sign (k1abc@gmail.com, peter@ k1abc.net etc. - all are good). Another option is to mention your call sign in your name and, of course, you can email me your call sign separately (use the mailer, please). Non-ham sign-up requests (part vendors, publishers etc.) are not accepted.

Hamlib provides a unified environment for the development of radio and rotator control applications. The release 1.2.12 includes many improvements since last official version.

The wiki site is available at http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/hamlib/

Version 1.2.12
* New models: PCR-2500, RX331, TRP 8255 S R
* New rotator backends: DF9GR's ERC
* Fixes and features: Paragon, TS-690S, FT-920, FT-990, FT-2000, Elektor SDR-USB, IC-7000, IC-7700, AR-8200, AR-8600

Download page is accessible at http://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib, rpms, .deb and Win32 DLL's coming soon.

Please, check it out and report to [email] If your favorite rig is not in the supported list, feel free to ask. We need more beta-testers, so all the backends can reach the stable and fully supported state.

Many thanks to all the developers and testers who participated in this release. Contributors and backend maintainers are listed in the AUTHORS file.

Have fun and let us know!

73 de Stephané - F8CFE & the Hamlib team
Hamlib is a library that translates individual radio control into a common API (Application Programming Interface) to ease the task of application authors seeking radio and rotator control. The popular Fldigi program uses Hamlib as does CQRlog for Linux. While developed primarily on Linux, Hamlib is also available for Microsoft Windows, has been ported to OS X as well as other Unix flavors such as FreeBSD and possibly more. Hamlib is released under the Lesser GNU Public License, LGPL, which allows application authors to choose the license they prefer for their programs while still being able to use the Hamlib library (certain utilities provided in the Hamlib release are licensed under the GNU Public License, GPL).

Hamlib has been in active development since July 2000 as a project begun by Frank Singleton, VK3FCS/KM5WS. Hamlib is now maintained by Stephané Fillod, F8CFE, and a number of contributors from around the world. Many Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Open SuSE, and others include Hamlib in their repositories. An MS Windows DLL is provided by the Hamlib project and available for download from the SourceForge project site.

For immediate release...

On 2010 August 31 the Refuge Manager at US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) notified the Radio Expeditions Inc team that it will receive a permit to conduct the next DXpedition to Jarvis Island (KH5).

The selection of a team to visit Jarvis is the most recent step in a long procedure that began in 2009 June with a visit by Radio Expeditions management team members to the Honolulu FWS office.

The administration of the Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge is conducted according to goal set in the Comprehensive Conservation Plan, which was finalized on 2008 Sep 24. You can read this Plan here.

During the first half of 2010 the FWS staff developed a draft "Compatibility Determination for Amateur Radio Operations at the Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge". This document contains the rules and constraints for DXpeditions at Jarvis. Simultaneously Radio Expeditions Inc submitted an initial application for a permit and, together with the owner of the "MV Braveheart", met again with the refuge management staff in April to discuss plans, constraints, and options.

The draft compatibility determination was made available on the FWS website on 2010 June 21 and public comments were solicited. Radio Expeditions Inc was among the groups commenting on the draft. The public comment period closed on 2010 July 5.

The FWS Honolulu office staff reviewed the comments, made a number of changes, and submitted a final draft for approval at their regional office in Portland, Oregon. On 2010 July 28 the final version was released and is attached to this message. Among the many constraints is the limit of one DXpedition per 5-year period.

Revised applications for a permit were accepted until a deadline of 2010 August 25. Attached are the application documents submitted by Radio Expeditions Inc. The constraints in the Compatibility Deter- mination required a radical restructuring of our plans, reducing both the number of stations and the time on the air.

Since more than one group submitted an application which met the requirements of the compatibility determination, a lottery among the qualified groups was held at the FWS Honolulu office by the refuge manager on 2010 August 30. Radio Expeditions Inc was fortunate to be selected.

Due to the time required to establish the rules for amateur radio operations in the Refuge, the late selection date, and the lead time required to schedule and prepare the MV Braveheart, the expedition has been postponed one year until 2011 November. November remains the best month to visit Jarvis Island from a propagation standpoint, with the largest combination of openings predicted to Europe on both 160/80 and 12/10 meter bands.

Members of the email distribution list will receive additional messages over the next few months on the DXpedition plans, including details about how the project will comply with the many restrictions imposed on amateur radio operations at Jarvis.

As we are starting to move into the welcome relief of autumn, it is time to mark your calendar for the next FOC operating event, the FOC QSO Party (FQP). This is the new official name of our QSO party that has been so successful, formerly known as the Bill Windle QSO Party, the event will be held semi-annually as in the past. The next one will be on Saturday 23 October 2010.

Just as before, the FQP will run for a 24-hour period and is open to all amateurs, members and non-members. As in any QSO party, there are awards for the top performers, but also the opportunity for non-members to contact FOC members around the world. Yes, stations will continue to use the familiar ‘CQ BW’ to initiate contacts. The FOC Committee has agreed to continue this tradition in honour of long-time club Chairman Bill Windle, G8VG, who devoted so much time to fostering CW activity.

Here are the details to refresh your memory: the FQP always runs for a 24 hour period from 0000z to 2359z. Call ‘CQ BW’ from 015 to 040kHz on all bands, excluding WARC. On 160 metres, please stay below 18025kHz. Exchange RST, name, and FOC number (non-members only send RST and name). Reporting is easy! Logs are not required. Count one QSO per band per FOC member. Non-members just send activity reports consisting of the total number of QSOs made with FOC members. FOC members count QSOs made with FOC members and non-members. Email reports to KZ5D by 30 October 2010.

Handsome certificates are awarded to the members and non-members on each continent who report the highest number of QSOs. All in all, this is a fun event. Don’t miss the next one! Pass the word around to all your friends who enjoy CW.

A new Russian prefix system effective since January 21, 2010 is described here. Licence classes, special stations, beacons, territories and regions, Antarctica and Russian Islands.
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