[release-notes] Update Amateur Radio section

John J. McDonough jjmcd at fedoraproject.org
Tue Nov 12 02:02:58 UTC 2013


commit 608a02ba0b9277fb6036a997500fd1f2365f562e
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 11 21:02:51 2013 -0500

    Update Amateur Radio section

 en-US/Amateur_Radio.xml    |  112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 en-US/Section-Specific.xml |    4 +-
 2 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Amateur_Radio.xml b/en-US/Amateur_Radio.xml
index 36e49f6..900cbc4 100644
--- a/en-US/Amateur_Radio.xml
+++ b/en-US/Amateur_Radio.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,116 @@
 <section>
   
   <title>Amateur Radio</title>
-  <para />
+
+  <section>
+    <title>fldigi</title>
+    <para>
+      <package>fldigi</package> has been upgraded to 3.21.76.  Some
+      of the changes include:
+      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+	<listitem><para>Improvements to ADIF logging</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Better weak signal MFSK</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Improvements in THOR</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Allow display of UTF-8 when active ARQ
+	client</para></listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+      Along with numerous others.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      For complete details visit 
+      <ulink type="http" url="http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html" />.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>gnuradio</title>
+    <para>
+      Fedora &PRODVER; includes <package>gnuradio</package> 3.7.1.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      Major new features include:
+      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+	<listitem><para>GRC Bus Ports <ulink type="http"
+	url="http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Busports"
+	/></para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>ControlPort<ulink type="http"
+	url="http://gnuradio.org/doc/doxygen/page_ctrlport.html"
+	/></para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Performance Measurement Tools</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>QTGUI Enhancements</para></listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      New blocks include
+      <command>gr::analog::fast_noise_source</command> and
+      <command>gr::analog::agc3_*</command>. <command>agc</command>,
+      <command>agc2</command> and <command>agc3</command> blocks now
+      have a unified interface. New components <command>gr-fec</command> and
+      <command>gr-channels</command> have been added. A new tool
+      allows the creation of out-of-tree <command>VOLK</command>
+      libraries.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      <ulink type="http" url="http://www.gnuradio.org" /> includes
+      details of these changes as well as extensive documentation.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>qucs</title>
+    <para>
+      <package>qucs</package> has been upgraded to 0.0.17.  Some key
+      improvements:
+      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+	<listitem><para>New BSIM nMOS and pMOS models</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para> m-code transient solver
+	interface</para></listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      For full details refer to 
+      <ulink type="http" url="http://qucs.sourceforge.net" />
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>trustedqsl</title>
+    <para>
+      <package>trustedqsl</package> has been updated to 1.14.3.
+      Updates include correcting some CQ zones, enhanced handling of
+      duplicates, and improvements in some error messages.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The details may be found at the project web page at 
+      <ulink type="http" url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/trustedqsl/" />.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>xastir</title>
+    <para>
+      <package>xastir</package> 2.0.4 includes a large number of
+      changes and performance improvements.  Refer to the help file
+      for details, or visit the project's web site at <ulink
+      type="http" url="http://www.xastir.org" />.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>xnec2c</title>
+    <para>
+      <package>xnec2c</package> has been updated to 2.3.  The
+      differences between 2.1 and 2.3 are largely unnoticable to the
+      user but reflect cleaning up the application's internal.  Most
+      of these changes actually affect the
+      <package>nec2c</package>package which provides the calculation
+      engine for <package>xnec2c</package>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The application web site is at
+      <ulink type="http" url="http://www.qsl.net/5b4az/pages/nec2.html" />.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
 </section>
 
diff --git a/en-US/Section-Specific.xml b/en-US/Section-Specific.xml
index cf7157f..b8cd6c4 100644
--- a/en-US/Section-Specific.xml
+++ b/en-US/Section-Specific.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 <!--
   <xi:include href="Embedded_Development.xml"
               xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
-
+-->
   <xi:include href="Amateur_Radio.xml"
 	      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
--->
+
 </section>
 


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