APRS SOFTWARE - UI VIEW 32 UPDATE
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 9:11 pm
There are several programs for folks who are using APRS with a laptop computer, and UI View 32 is one of the better known, and most full-featured programs. In conjunction with Precision Maps software, it is able to provide complete moving map capability while remaining a full-function APRS client server.
Roger Barker G4IDE, the author of UI View and other related programs, became a silent key on September 8, 2004. He had willed the the program remain shareware, and to insure no commercialization would take place, also willed the original code be destroyed upon his death. While this kept the program available, it basically froze the code in time, relative to the operating systems it could run under.
UI View has many great features, many not available on even the most current alternative APRS client programs, and as a result has developed an almost cult-like following among users, as well as the creation of many very useful add-on programs. This dedication has resulted in websites dedicated to the adaptation of the program to newer operating systems.
While it was originally though impossible, UI View 32 can now be made to work under Windows 7, and thanks to the assistance and effort of SP Jon, KJ6IRT, my recently upgraded Toughbook is still able to run UI View 32, even after the addition of a solid state drive and Windows 7 OS.
I'll have my laptop at Summerfest / Field Day to show the result of that integration, which has now made the program faster, and the mapping clearer and more accurate.
Roger Barker G4IDE, the author of UI View and other related programs, became a silent key on September 8, 2004. He had willed the the program remain shareware, and to insure no commercialization would take place, also willed the original code be destroyed upon his death. While this kept the program available, it basically froze the code in time, relative to the operating systems it could run under.
UI View has many great features, many not available on even the most current alternative APRS client programs, and as a result has developed an almost cult-like following among users, as well as the creation of many very useful add-on programs. This dedication has resulted in websites dedicated to the adaptation of the program to newer operating systems.
While it was originally though impossible, UI View 32 can now be made to work under Windows 7, and thanks to the assistance and effort of SP Jon, KJ6IRT, my recently upgraded Toughbook is still able to run UI View 32, even after the addition of a solid state drive and Windows 7 OS.
I'll have my laptop at Summerfest / Field Day to show the result of that integration, which has now made the program faster, and the mapping clearer and more accurate.