With autumn in the northern hemisphere comes a season of change; the weather changes from warm to cool, the forests change from verdant green to multi-hued shades of yellow, red, and brown, and the radio amateur prepares for the quiet season of winter DX. Along with the change in seasons, MacHamRadio will be undergoing some […]
Besides the “big” applications we all use for our hobby, like logbook or digital mode software, OS X and the supporting ecosystem is full of useful utility apps that make work, and our hobby, easier. If you’re like me and you print a lot of envelopes, whether for QSL cards or just everyday mail, you […]
Welcome to another edition of the Station Snapshot. This edition comes to us from David Freese, W1HKJ, the 2014 ARRL Technical Excellence Award winner and the developer of the Fl* suite of software, including Fldigi, Flrig, Flamp, Flwkey, and more. David shares the following: “I’m reminded of the adage ‘clear desk – messy mind; messy […]
Welcome to another edition of the Station Snapshot. This edition comes to us from Alan Hawrylyshen, K2ACK, of Santa Cruz, CA. Alan is also licensed as M0WTH and shares the following station information. Among his radios, Alan counts a Kenwood TM-D710A for U/V FM only, a Kenwood TH-D72a also for U/V FM only, an Elecraft […]
This edition of the Station Snapshot comes to us from the world of HamNation and the station of Dale Puckett, K0HYD. Dale was recently featured in an article here on MacHamRadio.com for his work in perfecting an AppleScript used to log QSOs from Fldigi into MacLoggerDX. Dale is also an active contributor to the HamNation broadcast on […]
This week’s Station Snapshot comes to us from Germany. Christian (Chris), DC7VS, writes: “I live in Berlin, Germany. I have ben an Apple user since 1977 and licensed since 1979. I currently have a few Macs that I use for the QRL (Designer). For ham radio I use a good old 17″ MacBook Pro. Mainly I […]
One of the basic features of many logging programs is the support for labels. Whether used for addresses or QSLs, automated labeling saves a lot of time processing QSL cards. MacLoggerDX supports a variety of label sizes and layouts, ranging from 7×2 layouts to 11×3. These are ideal for addresses and/or single QSO labels, but […]
Welcome to the inaugural Station Snapshot on MacHamRadio. It is fitting that our first Snapshot is that of Lee (WW2DX), the owner of MacHamRadio and RemoteHamRadio.com, a member of the W1I 2014 WRTC team, and an avid DXer. Lee (WW2DX) shares the following information and snapshots of his “battle station”. From left to right: Left […]
AppleScript® is one of the many features of OS X that can be used to add so much functionality to your computer. Much of the popular amateur radio software on OS X, such as Aether, MacLoggerDX, CocoaModem and RUMlog, has supported AppleScript for years. Among many other capabilities, AppleScript can be used to automate importing […]
Hello everyone. We’re starting a new feature here at MacHamRadio.com — the Station Snapshots — and we are asking for your input. What we would like everyone to do is to send us an email with information about your station: What software are you running (particularly Mac software)? What hardware? Do you have a favorite […]