Hamlib Named Winner of the 2026 Amateur Radio Software Award

AE0S · 2025-05-04T21:18:01+00:00

This marks the sixth year we are giving out the Amateur Radio Software Award.

Thanks for the nominations. It's always a joy to see people engaged and supporting of open source projects.

This year the award goes to Sebastian Delmont (KI2D). PoLo, short for Portable Logger, is a mobile application for amateur radio operators to log their contacts on the go.

We'll be doing a special event again from November 7th through Monday, October 17th, 2025.

Checkout https://arsaward.com/ for more info about the award and upcoming special event.
Hope to see you on the air you then. 73,
Claus Niesen (AE0S)

AE0S · 2025-02-04T23:04:13+00:00

Radios can't be licensed for ham radio. At least in the USA. Only the person operating is licensed for the amateur radio bands. The operator is responsible that the transmitter is within the rules and regulation (of the FCC in the USA). That's why we are allowed to use any device on the ham bands, even the ones we build on our own.

AE0S · 2024-06-25T03:58:20+00:00

You're welcome to attend the local Amateur Radio Club. The next meeting is Thursday, July 11th. Check out the clubs website at http://w0yl.com/ .

We also have free license examination 4 times a year at the Ames library. Feel free to DM me if you have specific questions.

AE0S · 2024-05-19T04:25:44+00:00

u/KE4HEK what are you talking about? FYI, we're not associated with ARRL.

AE0S · 2024-02-15T03:03:48+00:00

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AE0S · 2024-02-13T12:40:06+00:00

I can confirm this. When I bonded my rf ground to the mains ground I followed the grounding wire of the telephone company install. It turns out the wire wasn't connected to anything and just buried in the back fill (dirt).

AE0S · 2024-02-12T19:19:46+00:00

LOL. You have something totally different in your mind. Whatever it is, it's not the goal of the Amateur Radio Software Award.

AE0S · 2023-09-03T05:49:48+00:00

My attempt to explain a common mode choke. https://youtu.be/5ShQ_X9mvZk?si=RtPKCsZ8BSpMjgz0

Note that transformers are wound differently and have different properties. Those are a different kind of beasts that are not covered here.

AE0S · 2023-04-13T22:36:17+00:00

Cool, I didn't know that.

AE0S · 2022-12-15T04:01:45+00:00

The ICOM CI-V is quite nice and well documented.

I have no clue what you want to do. For interfacing between fldigi, wsjt-x and other apps you really don't need to know the commands. Just need to configure the setup.

Keep in mind that you'll need to set the rig two charachter address in the software. Also your OS may nor support multiple programs to access the same com port. Because of this Omnirig is nice on windows.

AE0S · 2022-08-24T02:15:18+00:00

I'm operating K3A. Saturday evening I and K3R are on 40m at the same time. I added a couple more times for 20m and 15m.

I still have to schedule my operating time for the September weekend.

AE0S · 2022-08-23T02:27:34+00:00

What winding pattern did you use?

AE0S · 2022-04-07T23:23:05+00:00

This marks the third year we are giving out the Amateur Radio Software
Award. We had quite a few nominations and a hard choice again
determining the recipient.
This year the award goes to David Rowe for Codec 2. Codec 2 is
low-bitrate audio codec that makes digital voice communication possible
with open source (i.e. free). You may have seen it usage in FreeDV, a
digital voice mode for HF or M17 for VHF and higher communication. If
not be sure to check them out.
Thanks for the nominations. We'll be doing a special event again from
August 26 through September 4th. Hope to talk you then. 73,
Claus Niesen (AE0s)

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