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Fedora provides a complete suite of amateur radio applications, including numerous sound card applications, support for logging, rig control, antenna and propagation modelling, circuit design and simulation, APRS, Echolink and more.  These release notes only describe new and changed packages for Fedora 12.  For a more complete list of applications see [[ Applications_for_Amateur_Radio]] on the wiki.
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=== Sound Card ===
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
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| {{Package|fldigi}} || <center>3.10</center> || <center>3.11.6</center> || http://www.w1hkj.com/fldigi-distro/
|}
 
 
 
10 packages, 1 changed, 9 unchanged.
 
 
=== Software Defined Radio ===
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
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| {{Package|gnuradio}} || <center>3.1.3</center> || <center>3.2.2</center> || http://www.gnuradio.org
|}
 
 
 
1 packages, 1 changed, 0 unchanged.
 
 
=== Packet ===
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
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9 packages, 0 changed, 9 unchanged.
 
 
=== Circuit Design ===
 
'''kicad'''
 
{{Package|kicad}} has not been updated for Fedora in some time.  Fedora 12 includes the latest version of kicad which incorporates a huge number of minor bug fixes and usability improvements.  For a complete description of the many changes please refer to the upstream changelog at http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/.
 
 
'''xcircuit'''
 
{{Package|xcircuit}} has been updated to version 3.6.  The application now handles multiple schematic windows and has been expanded to allow handling of larger projects.  Libraries are now arranged according to "Technology Prefixes".  To learn more about these improvements please refer to the release notes at http://opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit/.
 
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
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| {{Package|gerbv}} || <center>2.2.0</center> || <center>2.3.0</center> || http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/
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| {{Package|kicad}} || <center>2007.07.09</center> || <center>2009.07.07</center> || http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/
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| {{Package|ngspice}} || <center>18</center> || <center>19</center> || http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/
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| {{Package|qucs}} || <center>0.0.14</center> || <center>0.0.15</center> || http://qucs.sourceforge.net/
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| {{Package|xcircuit}} || <center>3.4.30</center> || <center>3.6.161</center> || http://opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit
|}
 
 
 
17 packages, 5 changed, 12 unchanged.
 
=== Rig Control ===
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
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| {{Package|hamlib}} || <center>1.2.8</center> || <center>1.2.9</center> || http://hamlib.sourceforge.net
|}
 
 
 
2 packages, 1 changed, 1 unchanged.
 
 
=== Logging and Related ===
 
'''xlog'''
 
In addition to a number of bug fixes, {{Package|xlog}} now includes a feature to ease handling of unknown countries. When "Tools -> Find unknown countries" is selected, xlog will show a list of contacts for which DXCC lookup fails. You can then correct this by using a "DXCC-" string in the awards column.
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
{|style="width:100%"
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
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| {{Package|xlog}} || <center>2.0.1</center> || <center>2.0.3</center> || http://pg4i.chronos.org.uk/linux/xlog.html
|}
 
 
 
5 packages, 1 changed, 4 unchanged.
 
=== Antenna Modelling ===
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
|}
 
 
 
2 packages, 0 changed, 2 unchanged.
 
 
=== Internet and Related ===
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
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| {{Package|svxlink-server}} || <center>0.10.1</center> || <center>0.11.1</center> || http://svxlink.sourceforge.net
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| {{Package|qtel}} || <center>0.11.1</center> || <center>0.11.2</center> || http://svxlink.sourceforge.net
|}
 
 
 
4 packages, 2 changed, 2 unchanged.
 
 
=== Other ===
 
<center>'''Changed Packages'''</center>
 
 
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! Package || <center>Fedora 11</center> || <center>Fedora 12</center> || Upstream URL
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| {{Package|linsmith}} || <center>0.99.11</center> || <center>0.99.12</center> || http://jcoppens.com/soft/linsmith/index.en.php
|}
 
 
 
5 packages, 1 changed, 4 unchanged.
 
 
 
 
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