I’ve started work building a macOS app to access the DX cluster network and I’m keen to know if this is something that anyone would be interested in. Currently it looks like this. It has built in filtering for removing the FTx modes with a single button push. Band filtering is available via a sidebar. […]
For those who are interested in tracking VHF, UHF and Microwave beacon spots, I’ve built a new web page which takes a live feed from my DX Cluster of beacon spots (that is, callsigns ending in /B) and presents them in a nice, easy to use display. Update I’ve been asked to do the same […]
In 2026 the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) takes place in the UK. In just over a month, fifty teams of the best contesters in the world will descend on East Anglia and for 24 hours from 12:00z on the 11th July, the airwaves will be buzzing with activity as they all compete against each […]
For the last week or so, I’ve been running a special event station from home, exclusively using FT8 because it means I could operate my station remotely from my home office. It’s a very simple matter to just click callsigns as they respond to CQ calls, manually hit the ‘log’ button and start the cycle […]
In order for your HamClock to work after June 2026, you must switch to a different backend server. If you don’t your HamClock will simply stop working. There are multiple ways to do this. If you’re using a Raspberry Pi, you can reinstall using these instructions or by using my switching scripts (no longer recommended). […]
I fully support this project to reverse engineer the output from the HamClock server. I think this is the best method to try and keep HamClock functioning past June. If we can build another source for the data and replicate that at multiple places around the world we can be sure we won’t end up […]
** UPDATE **HamClock is not dead. See here. On Thursday 29th January 2026 a simple notice appeared on the HamClock home page. I’ve worked with Elwood Downey, WB0OEW very closely on HamClock over the last couple of years and we’d become good friends. I emailed him straight away using a different address to the one […]
January sees the third running of the World Wild Award, an event organised by HamAward at https://hamaward.cloud which is all about making contacts. Throughout the entire month of January, over 100 Teams, most with special callsigns, consisting of over 1100 operators are on the air and looking for contacts. You can work each team station […]
My QRZ page says “I started using RTTY with a Creed 444 teleprinter in the early 80s“. I thought it would be interesting to look back through my old paper logbooks and see if I could find my very first RTTY QSO. I spent a happy hour browsing through the logbook and it brought back […]
If you’ve got a headset or if you contest, you’ve almost certainly got a foot switch for your wireless, and the chances are that it looks something like this. I bought this years ago from Maplin for under a fiver and it’s been used as part of my station here, originally with my Heil headset, […]
