As a ham operator with a Mac, I’ve found that there isn’t all that much software available for OS X.
In addition, such software isn’t all that easy to find. Mentions of “OS X” on a page are usually accompanied by “not supported” or something similar. So a find is noteworthy.
Consequently, as I find useful ham software, I’ll keep this list updated in the hopes other Mac HAMs will benefit.
Note that this won’t be a list of all the Mac software I can find, instead, it’ll be a list of software I am using and have found to be useful, stable and can actually recommend in good conscience.
To begin with, there are three applications I’m using regularly. One serves as an excellent audio characterization tool; one as an SSTV send/receive tool; and one as a RTTY monitor.
| Software | Cost | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| fldigi | Free | Good for RTTY, still in beta, but usable |
| Multiscan | Free | Excellent SSTV software |
| audioXplorer | Free | Audio scope, waterfall, spectrum |
| Multimode Lite 5.9.2 | Free | This is a very "naggy" piece of software. You can use to to receive FAX. Multimode, below, is a better choice (but not free.) Advantages include no nagging, and better controls for fax alignment and so forth. |
| Multimode 6.0.2 | $90.00 | Very good software for receiving WeFax, plus has other features that duplicate functionality in the free software, above. There is a downloadable trial that works for a few hours. |
![fyngyrz posted a photo: The map location here shows where I was when I took the photo, rather than the photo itself. I was looking west (obviously) from the north end of the church parking lot which itself is north of Bonnie Street, and south of Airport Road. I jockeyed around until I had the sun completely behind the radar housing, and then shot a few shots at different exposures, hoping that the 50D's dynamic range would catch the gradation in the sky; it did ok, but I still wish we had another couple of high quality bits of dynamic range. Maybe the next camera generation will go there. Canon EOS 50D [modified IR response in Hα range], hooded Sigma EF-S 30mm ƒ/1.4 EX DC HSM prime [ø62mm] w/B&W 62mm IR/UV cut filter #65-014691; RAW to JPEG conversion and editing in Aperture 3.](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4912161604_6cd46bace2_m.jpg "fyngyrz posted a photo: The map location here shows where I was when I took the photo, rather than the photo itself. I was looking west (obviously) from the north end of the church parking lot which itself is north of Bonnie Street, and south of Airport Road. I jockeyed around until I had the sun completely behind the radar housing, and then shot a few shots at different exposures, hoping that the 50D's dynamic range would catch the gradation in the sky; it did ok, but I still wish we had another couple of high quality bits of dynamic range. Maybe the next camera generation will go there. Canon EOS 50D [modified IR response in Hα range], hooded Sigma EF-S 30mm ƒ/1.4 EX DC HSM prime [ø62mm] w/B&W 62mm IR/UV cut filter #65-014691; RAW to JPEG conversion and editing in Aperture 3.")
