Latest Version:
- Version 26e: November 2025
Version 26
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Version 26 can be installed on top of Debian Live, Raspberry Pi OS, or any supported flavor of Ubuntu Linux. The supported Linux flavors are listed in the GETTING_STARTED document. An installation script does all of the work.
Please download and READ the installation instructions:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/kb1oiq-andysham/files/v26e/GETTING_STARTED
Watch a video of Andy (KB1OIQ) as he talks about AHRL during a ham radio convention in MA in the summer of 2025:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwuKZK1dKcU&t=2086s
Features
- Version 26: uses an installation script instead of a customized ISO file
- Contains a large number of amateur radio programs
- Amateur Radio menu customized for ease of use
- Nothing proprietary (as far as I know)
- Software comes from the Ubuntu repositories, PPAs, and source tar files
- Now available for the Raspberry Pi 4/5/400/500!
- GNU Radio Companion and gqrx
- FreeDV (free digital voice)
- Packet radio software linpac and AX25
- Software defined radio receiver with RTL2832 USB dongle V4
- Digital Radio Mondiale (dream)
- Learn CW via the Wordsworth method
- FT8 via wsjt-x
- js8call, js8spotter
- Arduino IDE and libraries, plus Fritzing
- To update the ham radio software, just run an updated copy of the AHRL installation script!
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