emcomm

Ham Radio Emergency Email Server Lite

Native Linux desktop Winlink client for amateur radio emergency communications. Rust + Tauri B2F engine with telnet, AX.25 packet, ARDOP, and VARA. A native alternative to Winlink Express (no WINE) and Pat.

Customized Winlink Race Tracker Form and Template for use in Bigfoot ultramarathon events.

How do you communicate without a cell phone?

ARDOS (Amateur Radio Drone Operator System) emergency radio messaging and routing for VARA FM/HF

A Raspberry Pi-based portable server for emergency communications, featuring PXE boot setup, SDR monitoring, and both amateur radio and 915MHz LoRa transcievers.

⚠️ Alpha, untested on-air — Amateur radio emergency communications: APRS, Winlink radio email, AX.25 packet, ARDOP/VARA. Cross-platform, fully userspace (no kernel AX.25).

Turns a small single-board computer with a USB radio interface into a field-ready APRS TNC that phones connect to over Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy for aprs or winlink/bbs messages.

Realtime web UI to run against a Meshtastic regional or private mesh network.

EmComm Tools Debian Edition

VarAC companion: maps the stations you hear and broadcasts your GPS position through VarAC. Offline maps, smart timing, anti-spam safeguards.

Arch Linux PKGBUILD for VarAC - HF digital chat messenger for amateur radio & EmComm (Wine)

Fully-offline local weather server: listens to NOAA Weather Radio, transcribes the broadcast with whisper.cpp, decodes SAME/EAS alerts, and serves structured, queryable weather data over a LAN API — no internet required

A portable communications server built around a Raspberry Pi 4 with dedicated routing, integrated cellular internet, GPS disciplined NTP, LAN file sharing, and web monitoring.

Automated pipeline turning ham radio APRS ground reports (KCGR: Kershaw County Ground Report) into a real-time public emergency resource map — shelters, roads, water, fuel, power, and more. Built for KC4RC/Kershaw County EmComm on Raspberry Pi + Graywolf APRS software. Open source for any ARES/EmComm group to adapt.