A Phone? A Ham Radio? Relax! It’s Both!
A lot of hams like to carry a VHF radio. Of course, nearly everyone wants to carry a phone. Now, thanks to the kv4p HT, you don’t have to carry both. The open-source device connects […]
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Comparison of some hardware devices used for Ham Radio Digital Modes
As I’m often having to choose how to use what digital mode on different radios that I have, it has meant also trying to understand which device works with which radio, and what modes it […]
VarAC digital chatting on Amateur Radio seems to be getting more popular than JS8Call
This is at least apparent for what I’m observing in my country on the Southern tip of Africa. The reason seems to be that VarAC provides most of the functions that JS8Call already provides, and […]
Winlink by RadioMail is now available in TestFlight beta for iOS
Winlink (amateur radio e-mail over radio) has been available for Android for a while. It has just become available as a public beta now for iOS too. It won’t only connect via TCP/IP though, it […]
How to run a Winlink RMS Gateway in VHF Packet mode as stand alone Radio-only
Default Winlink RMS Gateways using 2m Packet radio REJECT all messages if the Internet is down! I thought I’d do a webpage about this specifically as most articles seem to deal with automatic fallback on […]
WoAD brings Winlink e-mail functionality to Android devices using either a VHF/UHF packet or internet connection
WoAD brings the functionality of the Winlink Global Radio E-mail® system to your Android device. Using WoAD you can send and receive e-mail messages through a Winlink Common Message Server (CMS), using either a VHF/UHF […]
Radio Mobile Online is a radio wave propagation prediction tool to simulate radio transmissions between two sites
Radio Mobile Online is a radio wave propagation prediction tool created and maintained by Roger Coudé, VE2DBE, which is dedicated for use by the ham radio community. As indicated on the Radio Mobile Online website, […]
SDR-Control for iOS is a Software Defined Radio client app for remote DX’ing with some Icom Transceivers
SDR-Control is a full featured iPad App to operate your Icom Transceiver at home or from around the world without additional hard- or software. But yes it is limited to working with your Icom IC-705, […]
How to install DroidStar on iPhone to Rx/Tx on D-STAR, DMR, Fusion YSF/FCS, NXDN, P25, M17, and IAX (AllStar client) over UDP for Ham Radio digital modes
Android users have had the Droid-Star app for this purpose for quite a while but recently a beta version for iOS has surfaced which can be tried by ham radio operators on the iPhone. The […]