Installation Notes: Operating system-specific instructions.Subscribe to one or both of the XASTIR MAILING LISTS for more detailed user support. The Installation Notes, HowTos, and FAQ are probably the most useful.

This wiki is intended to be a living, user-supported documentation of the Xastir APRS client.

Binaries (user contributed) These typically lag way behind a source install.

Your best best is to install Xastir from sources. NOTE: These binary packages sometimes lag YEARS behind the source-code versions. Sometimes you need to add a 'ham' or 'hamradio' repository first. Get a pre-compiled package from your favorite Linux distribution. This is the guaranteed method of getting an up-to-date version and being able to keep it up-to-date! See 'Installation Notes' for your particular operating system in the Documentation section below. Xastir is a computer application that provides client access to this network using the APRS protocol. It has since evolved into a robust system of interconnected networks. APRS was originally developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR more than 20 years ago. From its early beginnings, Xastir has evolved into a very robust client with a rich feature set that rivals other APRS clients.Īutomatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) (also known as 'Automatic Position Reporting System') is an amateur radio based digital communication system for real-time exchange of digital information to users on the network. UI-View32 and the 16-bit UI-View are APRS programs written by Roger Barker G4IDE SK - also the author of the WinPack Windows Packet terminal program. has been written into the Windows and Mac versions of the software. DIGINED offers maximal flexibility in both software and hardware and has proven to be a future proof platform for APRS digipeaters. Xastir is an open source software project maintained by Developers and Contributors from all over the globe, provided free under the GNU General Public License. APRS was born in the early 1990s as the brainchild of Bob Bruninga, an instructor.

Xastir provides mapping, tracking, messaging, weather, weather alerts, and Search & Rescue features over radio or internet and runs on a variety of platforms. Weather station and mobile station on a DRG topographic mapĬLICK HERE to switch to encrypted connection (HTTPS).

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