Personally, I can think of a few ham radio applications where an N800 could work well, but realistically, I think you're better off with a small, cheap (<=$500) laptop -- even something like an Asus eee PC if you really want to minimize space. Most amateur radio software requires one or more of the following:
-- Significant keyboard input (logging software, digital text modes)
-- Decent audio input/output capabilties ("soundcard decoding" modes)
-- Serial port and/or digital I/O capabilities
The Nokia tablets don't do any of these things particularly well out of the box; you need to add, e.g., a Bluetooth keyboard, USB sound card, and USB serial adapters to add them. So while you can certainly make it work, why not just use a small laptop and immediately get it all? (Or at least all but a serial port?)
I have nothing but encouragement for the people who want to do this, though -- just trying to explain why I don't think that many people are actually doing it!
Latest kernel image for DIABLO_4.2008.36-5 release:
Linux n800 2.6.21-omap1 #2 Sat Oct 18 13:59:58 BST 2008 armv6l unknown
(md5: a9daa5f1a870f3c7e65f36c60d1e86dd): http://homepage.mac.com/darren.long/....36.5-ax25.1.0
I've edited my earlier post and added a link to a kernel built for the latest Diablo SSU version 4.2008.36-5 with AX.25 support as previously described. As before, only tested on an N800, booting from SD. Seems good with kissattach, listen, mheard etc. all running as expected, using the original debs I've provided.
Hey guys, check out the attached file. It will take a long time (30min?) to import all these POI's to maemo mapper. Just create a POI for catagory ham repeaters and import the GPX files. Once you do this, you'll have POI's listing most of the repeaters in the country! The csv files were taken from http://www.poi-factory.com and converted to gpx files maemo mapper understands. Enjoy.
EDIT: You can also use this tool to import and manage your POI's:
Hey guys, check out the attached file. It will take a long time (hour?) to import these POI's to maemo mapper. Just create a POI for catagory ham repeaters and import the GPX files. Once you do this, you'll have POI's listing most of the repeaters in the country! The csv files were taken from http://www.poi-factory.com and converted to gpx files maemo mapper understands. Enjoy.
Excellent, and thank you!
Got it loaded up and it wasn't even close to an hour on my 810.
Now that it's in there... is there a source for the Tone data so it could be added to the POIs as well?
