Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: David da Silva Polverari <polver...@debian.org> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org
* Package name : voacapl Version : 0.7.6 Upstream Contact: James Watson <jimwat...@mac.com> * URL : https://github.com/jawatson/voacapl * License : special (public domain), CC0-1.0 and GPL-3+ parts Programming Lang: Fortran Description : HF circuit prediction engine voacapl is an implementation of VOACAP, the NTIA/ITS professional HF (high frequency) propagation prediction program, originally developed for Voice of America (VOA). It reads input files in the standard VOACAP format and writes point-to-point or area prediction data to an output file (or files). . voacapl helps amateur radio operators ("hams") predict point-to-point path loss and coverage of a given transceiver if given as inputs the transmitting and receiving antennas, solar weather, and time/date. . The suggested pythonprop package provides a graphical interface for voacapl, accepting inputs as fields and plotting the results as graphics. VOACAP (Voice of America Coverage Analysis Program) is a modified version of IONCAP (Ionospheric Communication Analysis and Prediction Program), developed for use by Voice Of America (VOA). Originally, IONCAP was developed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), being a model that has been under development by the U.S. Government since 1942. The strength of the model is that it uses world maps of ionospheric parameters to construct the ionospheric path and uses path-specific statistics to evaluate the system performance factors. IONCAP was selected by the VOA in 1985 because it provided the system performance analysis capability they needed for design specifications and it had a proven track record. VOACAP's enhanced model is used worldwide to predict HF point-to-point or area data. It is often used on Microsoft Windows, distributed inside the HFWIN32 suite [1], where it is called VOACAPW. There is a shortage of HF prediction packages on Debian. In the past, I had to resort to using Windows machines to make HF predictions. Thus, I intend to package voacapl, along with its companion GUI, pythonprop, which depends on it. Initially, I plan to package it by myself, and I will propose including it in the Debian Hamradio Team. I don't need a sponsor. I have already packaged them both, and just need to make some minor adjustments. [1] http://www.greg-hand.com/hfwin32.html -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ David da Silva Polverari <polver...@debian.org> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ Debian: The universal operating system ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
