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Message handling and net control for radio operators.

A desktop application for MARS operators — running nets, handling formal traffic, working response strips, and keeping a station log. It runs on your own machine and keeps working when the internet does not.

Windows · macOS · Linux, including Raspberry Pi.

What it does

Net control

Run or shadow a net: check stations in and out, track roles and relay positions, record traffic, and produce a roster or a COMSPOT report as formal traffic.

Message centre

Send, receive and file ACP-127 traffic. Folders, automatic processing rules, delivery receipts and acknowledgements, with everything stored locally.

Response strips

Build, send and read response strips, with a history you can search and export.

Modems and radios

Works with common HF data controllers, with an embedded router for stations that do not run a separate one.

Mapping and TAK

A situational map with grid tools, plus TAK server connectivity for sharing positions and markers.

Propagation

HF propagation prediction between two points, so you can pick a band before you call.

Getting it

Installers for all platforms are in the download folder. Once installed the application updates itself on Windows and macOS. On Linux it is distributed as a .deb package and updates through apt like any other package.

Support

Questions, problems and suggestions go to support@nexgenterm.app. The application can start that message for you: Help → Submit Support Request… opens your email with the version and platform already filled in.

It also offers to send your application log at the same time, which usually saves a round of questions. The log records what the application did — your callsign, your settings and message headers, not the text of your traffic. You can decline and it will still open the email.