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title: My windows setup for Winlink
summary: >
Mission: move all my hamradio stuff from the linux notebook to
the Surface 2 Go (Windows 11).
date: 2024-05-11T23:53:55+02:00
# lastmod:
categories:
- amateur-radio
tags:
5 months ago
- winlink
- digirig
- mobilinkd
- packet radio
- vara fm
- vara hf
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First let us start with what I used until now for any Winlink session that
I made (either at home or portable in the field/forest/mountain).
## The old setup (on a linux box)
I use a Lenovo X1 Carbon as my daily driver. It is quick enough and compact
and I used it for a while now for hamradio stuff too. I never did FT8 or
similar "messengers" on it though. In particular I did some winlink sessions
5 months ago
using [Pat] in combination with [rigctld], [direwolf], the [AX.25 tools],
[VARA] (HF and FM) and [ARDOPCF] (never got one connection from home).
[Pat]: https://getpat.io/
[rigctld]: https://hamlib.github.io/
[direwolf]: https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf
[AX.25 tools]: https://packet-radio.net/ax-25/
[VARA]: https://rosmodem.wordpress.com/
[ARDOPCF]: https://github.com/Dinsmoor/ardopcf
5 months ago
A more precise note on how I established different connection types is
[already
written down in the article before]({{< ref "64-packet-radio-vara-mobilinkd-and-digirig-on-linux" >}}
"Packet radio, VARA (FM+HF), Mobilinkd, Digirig and the SignaLink USB on Linux").
## What I actually want to do
I plan to use the tablet for Winlink and related tasks.
## How I set it up