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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
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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
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