====== HAM Radio on FreeBSD ======

Welcome to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio|HAM Radio]] on [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] WIKI! You will find resources, informations, hints and references that should be useful to enthusiasts of electronics, DIY, and radio operators :-)

===== Our Projects =====

* [[electronics/hamradio/LimeSuite|Porting LimeSuite in order to run LimeSDR on FreeBSD]].

===== References =====

==== Software ====

  * [[https://www.freshports.org/hamradio/|List of HAM Radio Ports on FreeBSD]].

==== Hardware ====

  * [[https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/one|HackRF One]] ([[https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf|Hardware and Firmware Sources]]) - Software Defined Radio peripheral capable of transmission or reception of radio signals from 1 MHz to 6 GHz.
  * %%LimeSDR%% Family - highly cost-optimised family of hardware platforms for high-performance digital and RF designs. While most SDRs have remained in the domain of RF and protocol experts, %%LimeSDR%% is usable by anyone familiar with the idea of an app store. It’s the first SDR to integrate with Snappy Ubuntu Core. This means you can easily download new %%LimeSDR%% apps from developers around the world. 
  * [[https://limemicro.com/products/boards/limesdr/|LimeSDR USB]] ([[https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSDR-USB|Hardware Sources]]) - %%LimeSDR%% can send and receive UMTS, LTE, GSM, %%LoRa%%, Bluetooth, Zigbee, RFID, and Digital Broadcasting, to name but a few. 
  * [[https://limemicro.com/products/boards/limesdr-mini|LimeSDR-Mini]] ([[https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSDR-Mini|Hardware Sources]]) - %%LimeSDR%% Mini is ideal for developing logic-intensive wireless systems, and can be used as-is for small and medium volume production quantities or incorporated into cost-optimized products for mass production.
  * [[https://limemicro.com/products/boards/limesdr-pcie/|LimeSDR PCIe]] ([[https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSDR-PCIe|Hardware Sources]]) - This variant of the original %%LimeSDR%% interfaces to the host computer via PCIe instead of USB 3.0, and is otherwise has a virtually identical feature set.
  * [[https://limemicro.com/products/boards/limesdr-qpcie/|LimeSDR QPCIe]] ([[https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSDR-QPCIe|Hardware Sources]]) - Double the capacity (4x4 MIMO) of the original %%LimeSDR%% PCIe, this board is at the heart of the %%LimeNET%% Core and, by extension, the %%LimeNET%% Base Station. 
  * [[https://limemicro.com/products/boards/lms8001-companion/|LMS8001 Companion]] ([[https://github.com/myriadrf/LMS8001-Companion|Hardware Sources]]) - provides a highly integrated, highly configurable, four-channel frequency shifter platform, utilising the LMS8001A integrated circuit. One of the typical applications is extending Lime Micro transceiver family RF frequency range up to 10 GHz.

==== Communities ====

  * [[https://www.gnuradio.org]] - GNU Radio is a free & open-source software development toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement software radios. It can be used with readily-available low-cost external RF hardware to create software-defined radios, or without hardware in a simulation-like environment. It is widely used in research, industry, academia, government, and hobbyist environments to support both wireless communications research and real-world radio systems.
  * [[https://greatscottgadgets.com]] - Open source hardware for innovative people.
  * [[https://myriadrf.org]] - family of open source hardware and software projects for wireless communications, and a community that is working to make wireless innovation accessible to as many people as possible.

==== Vendors ====
  * [[https://greatscottgadgets.com]] - Open source hardware for innovative people.
  * [[https://limemicro.com]] - Software defined radio technology for wireless networks from Lime Micro.

===== BSD Radio Operators =====

Jan BEHRENS DL9JBE, Diane BRUCE VA3DB, Tomasz CEDRO SQ7MHZ, Polytropon DH1GSD, Soren Straarup AK4WQ/OZ2DAK, Philip Paeps VR2WTZ/ON4PHP.. and probably many more! Please let us know to update the list with your name and callsign :-)