wsprd command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

wsprd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wsprd: command not found

Solutions to wsprd: command not found

How To Fix wsprd: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu wsprd is provided by wsjtx package.

wsjtx is:

WSJT-X implements amateur radio communication protocols or “modes” called FST4, FST4W, FT4, FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, Q65, MSK144, and WSPR, as well as one called Echo for detecting and measuring your own radio signals reflected from the Moon. These modes were all designed for making reliable, confirmed QSOs under extreme weak-signal conditions.

JT4, JT9, and JT65 use nearly identical message structure and source encoding (the efficient compression of standard messages used for minimal QSOs). They use timed 60-second T/R sequences synchronized with UTC. JT4 and JT65 were designed for EME (“moonbounce”) on the VHF/UHF/microwave bands. JT9 is optimized for the MF, and HF bands. It is about 2 dB more sensitive than JT65 while using less than 10% of the bandwidth. Q65 offers submodes with a wide range of T/R sequence lengths and tone spacings.

FT4 and FT8 are operationally similar but use T/R cycles only 7.5 and 15 s long, respectively. MSK144 is designed for Meteor Scatter on the VHF bands. These modes offer enhanced message formats with support for nonstandard callsigns and some popular contests.

FST4 and FST4W are designed particularly for the LF and MF bands. On these bands their fundamental sensitivities are better than other WSJT-X modes with the same sequence lengths, approaching the theoretical limits for their rates of information throughput. FST4 is optimized for two-way QSOs, while FST4W is for quasi-beacon transmissions of WSPR-style messages. FST4 and FST4W do not require the strict, independent time synchronization and phase locking of modes like EbNaut.

WSPR mode implements a protocol designed for probing potential propagation paths with low-power transmissions. WSPR is fully implemented within WSJT-X, including programmable “band-hopping”.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install wsjtx

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install wsjtx.

sudo apt -y install wsjtx

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install wsjtx

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix wsprd command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.