In order for your HamClock to work after June 2026, you must switch to a different backend server. Since my original post on the future of HamClock, a number of very talented people have been hard at work in examining the traffic to and from HamClocks and the host server and reproducing it. First of […]
If you have the Quadra 4K, see here. There’s a bug somewhere which stops the log tidying working correctly on some installations of HamClock, including the original Inovato Quadra. As a temporary fix, it’s possible to start HamClock with logging disabled and this will describe how to do that. First, close HamClock. Click the padlock […]
If you have the original Quadra (not 4K), see here. There’s a bug somewhere which stops the log tidying working correctly on some installations of HamClock, including the Inovato Quadra 4K. As a temporary fix, it’s possible to start HamClock with logging disabled and this will describe how to do that. First, close HamClock. Click […]
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, […]
This is something I’ve been considering doing for years and following a recent conversation with a good friend, I looked into it again and found this guide which was posted back in July 2023. In my box of stuff, I found I had a couple of GPS modules, one Adafruit and one of exactly the […]
Note: this entire process was tested and re-validated on the 8th March 2026 using a Raspberry Pi 4, the ‘recommended’ version of Raspberry Pi OS and HamClock 4.22. This is a long guide because it’s so detailed but it’s actually very straightforward to follow. Once you’ve installed HamClock, it will take you through the setup […]
A few weeks ago I bought the official Raspberry Pi 7″ touchscreen display for a project which sadly didn’t work as intended, this left me with the unused display and a case. I started thinking about things I could use it for and settled on a shack clock. Long term readers of my site will […]
After much research, I’ve decided what I’m going to replace the Hexbeam with. I’m aiming to put up a SteppIR UrbanBeam which will give me the same coverage as the Hexbeam with the addition of a folded dipole on 30m. At the same time, I’m going to replace all the coaxial cable with Messi & […]
A couple of months ago, I started working on some upgrades to qso365 and I’m pleased to report that everything is now complete. The most obvious thing was the change of theme which controls how the website looks. The old theme was the original one I set up in 2010 and was starting to feel […]
