Welcome
BandAid is a desktop application that provides a dynamic visualization of the amateur radio bands. It's distributed with definitions for the HF bands, from 160 meters through 6 meters, but is easily extensible to any part of the radio spectrum.
Features
- Displays the legal boundaries and mode sub-bands, based upon the operator's license class
- Displays "well-known" spots at which various modes and activities can usually be found
- Interfaces directly with W1HKJ & Associates FLDIGI program to synchronize with radios in real-time
- Tracks and displays radio frequency changes made either in fldigi or directly at your radio
- Commands your radio to change frequency, when you select a band spot
- Displays DX cluster activity from HamQTH in near real-time
Band, sub-band and band spot information is defined in an XML text file and can be easily modified or extended to suit your operating needs. Although designed with "digital modes" operators in mind, BandAid can be useful to any ham operating on the HF bands.
Version 0.6 Beta Release
This is the first general release of BandAid and I consider it "beta" software, since it has been well tested by me, but not tested much at all by others. Please keep this in mind if you decide to use it yourself. I've tried to provide an easy-to-use installation package for Linux users, but you may run into difficulties in your environment which I can't anticipate. Please contact me if you need help getting BandAid installed.
NOTE: This is a Linux distribution which should work on Debian or Debian-based systems, such as Ubuntu. If you have a different Linux environment, you may need to figure out installation yourself. I have not tested it on Windows. While theoretically it should work, you're on your own to figure out how to install and run it. Please feel free to share your experiences.
