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). […]
** 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 […]
I wrote my HamClock install guide about a year ago and although I’ve kept it up to date with each version that’s been released, it doesn’t specifically show the new stuff that’s been added. I wrote about the new On The Air pane here. Configurations HamClock now allows you to save and load configurations. This […]
I’ve never been one for morning TV but quite often, before I go to work in the morning, I’ll switch the wireless on and work a few stations using FT8. This morning I tuned to 17m, pointed the aerial towards Europe and started calling CQ. It took a few shouts before an EA4 (thanks Antonio) […]
HamClock 4.09 has just been released and the familiar POTA and SOTA panes have been replaced by a single pane called “On The Air” (displayed as “On Air” if it’s set to show in the tall left panel). It adds a new organisation, World Wide Flora & Fauna, abbreviated to WWFF and has been designed […]
Note: this entire process was tested and re-validated on the 7th June 2026 using a Raspberry Pi 4 with a super fast external SSD, the ‘recommended’ version of Raspberry Pi OS and HamClock 4.25. As from HamClock 4.24, there is no need to run any additional scripts because the backend is set automatically in the […]
Telnet: dxspider.co.uk:7300 There are many DX Cluster nodes out there and to be fair, they’re all very similar. They all connect into the same network and they all offer pretty much the same services. I make no claims that my node is better than any others but it does have a lot going for it […]
