WIRES-X (Wide-coverage Internet Repeater Enhancement System) is an Internet communication system that expands the range of amateur radio communication. It uses an amateur node station connected to the Internet as an access point, allowing users to communicate with other amateur stations worldwide. WIRES-X supports C4FM digital technology, providing high sound quality and clear voice communications even over long distances.
This project is available as a Docker container for you to run in your shack. It will run on a Raspberry Pi (3b, 4 & 5) quite nicely:
docker run -d -p 80:80 --name live_wires_x --restart=always neonsunset/live_wires_x
You can run this on any port you would like just change the <port>
:
docker run -d -p <port>:80 --name live_wires_x --restart=always neonsunset/live_wires_x
https://hub.docker.com/r/neonsunset/live_wires_x
The code for this project is available on:
Live-Wires-X
I have used the WIRES-X ACTIVE NODE ID list on the yaesu.com website and while it is a good list that is up to date, the user experience is a little lacking, so this site has been put together.
Yaesu publishes a list of Wires-X nodes every 20 minutes on their site. In an attempt to keep traffic to the Yaesu site to a minimum, we will cache the data and refresh it in line with the Yaesu approach.
This means that we will only be pulling the data 72 times a day. You will be able to see the age of the data in the navigation bar on the right-hand side.
gunicorn -w 4 -b 0.0.0.0:80 app:app
This site provides live data on active WiresX nodes, including maps and data tables. Below is a description of each link in the navigation bar: