[$] FOSS for amateur radio Amateur ("ham") radio operators have been experimenting with ways to use
computers in their hobby since PCs became widely available—perhaps even
before then. While many
people picture hams either talking into a microphone or tapping a telegraph
key, many hams now type on a keyboard or even click buttons on a computer screen to make
contacts. Even hams who still prefer to talk or use
Morse code may still
use computers for some things, such as logging contacts or predicting
radio conditions. While most hams use Windows, there is no shortage of ham
radio software for Linux.