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

Several videos of Andy's complete AHRL presentation can be found on YouTube. Here is one made in March 2026:
https://youtu.be/xv9YnREmeAA?si=yMTX8yJsQFyeJG0i

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 and MSHV
  • 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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2011-05-13