The pyUC python application is a GUI front end for accessing ham radio digital networks from your PC. It is the front end app for the DVSwitch suite of software and connects to the Analog_Bridge component.

The user can:

• Select digital network
• Select "talk group" or reflector from a list
• Transmit and receive to the network using their speakers and mic
• Record a list of stations received in the session
• See pictures of the hams from QRZ.com

Download and unzip https://github.com/DVSwitch/USRP_Client/archive/master.zip

Install instructions by platform:

• Windows 10

  Use Python 3.7 from the Microsoft Store
  Open a command prompt
  python -m pip install --upgrade pip
  Download PyAudio from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ for your version (32 or 64 bit)

  pip install PyAudio-0.2.11-cp37-cp37m-win_XXX.whl
  pip install bs4
  pip install Pillow
  pip install requests
  Edit pyUC.ini

  If you get an error about MSVCP140.DLL, then you will need to install the MSVC C++ runtime library.
  Get it from: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

• Linux (Tested on a Raspberry Pi running Buster and Linux Mint 19)

  Open a command prompt
  sudo apt-get install python3-pyaudio
  sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev
  sudo apt-get install python3-pil.imagetk
  Edit pyUC.ini

• Mac

  ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  brew install python
  brew install portaudio
  pip3 install pyaudio
  pip3 install bs4 Pillow requests
  Edit pyUC.ini

We encourage others to submit pull request to this repository. We only ask that you submit the pull request on the development branch. Your pull will be reviewed and merged into the master branch.

DVSwitch

This software is for use on amateur radio networks only, it is to be used
for educational purposes only. Its use on commercial networks is strictly
prohibited. Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software
hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission
notice appear in all copies.

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