The Official Amateur Radio Apps Thread

[Harrybub]

Let's all keep our eyes open and post any finds here. So far I've found Callsign DB and Ham.

Any others?

73

HB

[philslc]

Let's all keep our eyes open and post any finds here. So far I've found Callsign DB and Ham.

Any others?

73

HB

HF Beacon is nice if you are a DXer or SWLer.

[kc0qnx]

I heard a guy on a local 2m repeater using echolink through his iphone. A Droid echolink app would be great.

kc0qnx

[Russell]

I love the echolink idea.

- Russell, KI4SIA

[mattygabe]

I love the echolink idea.

- Russell, KI4SIA

Perhaps someone should contact the Echolink maintainer (I think it's a single person still, no?), it shouldn't be that difficult for a new Android app to be created, perhaps off of something like an EchoLinux port. One problem is that, as Wikipedia states there, none of the Linux-based applications just for desktops are nearly as full-featured as the Windows-based EchoLink is.

Regardless, perhaps someone should contact Jonathan Taylor K1RFD to see if something like this could possibly be in the pipeline (put it on his radar?)

KB3TPQ

[DuqDan83]

Interesting to see amateur radio and the droid mentioned in the same sentence. I had to do a double take when reading the thread. I have not been active in amateur radio in a year or two. Anyways, my call is n3zab. Nice to meet all of you, and I'll check out some of these apps.

[SpinDroid]

I was told today that someone here on the Eastern Shore has Echolink on his Iphone. Oh, by the way, N3BXH here. I would love to see the app for E linkI use HF Beacon, Morsecoder, HAM, and another I can't think of.. Oh, well. I hope that k1rfd is working with someone.

[KB3MJ]

I found an app to use the droid GPS for APRS. I loaded it last night and this morning I got it to work. Seems that all is well. The install was easy and took only minutes to get things going after I got my Validation Passcode.

As for the Iphone Echolink app. There are several guys who use my link to the KB3BHL repeater who use the app. It works fine except that the audio is extremely high with one or two of them.

73 DE KB3MJ - Denny
From, "The Nation's Summer Capital", Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA

KB3MJ's Amateur Radio Website

[Vulcan1600]

I found an app to use the droid GPS for APRS. I loaded it last night and this morning I got it to work. Seems that all is well. The install was easy and took only minutes to get things going after I got my Validation Passcode.

As for the Iphone Echolink app. There are several guys who use my link to the KB3BHL repeater who use the app. It works fine except that the audio is extremely high with one or two of them.

73 DE KB3MJ - Denny
From, "The Nation's Summer Capital", Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA

KB3MJ's Amateur Radio Website

Thanks for the update Denny. Sure hope the Echolink App comes out soon for the Droid platform.

Also, enjoyed reading your qrz.com profile - Aloha

[mattygabe]

Wish I would've done this much sniffing around, right ON the Echolink site there's this question in the FAQ:

Any plans for creating other editions of EchoLink for other smartphones?

Users have asked about the possibility of an EchoLink app for BlackBerry, Symbian, PalmOS, Android, and Windows Mobile. Unfortunately, these platforms are all very different from each other, so developing software for each would involve five separate development efforts, in addition to iPhone. Development has begun on an edition of EchoLink for Android (with no release timetable yet), but there are no projects underway right now to develop editions for other platforms.

I wish I did more/knew more about mobile application development, and even then I'm not even sure i'd be able to have access to the source code (if that'd even help).