Ham Radio Internet Linking and VoIP Applications
Find software and tools that connect amateur radio stations and repeaters worldwide using Voice-over-IP technology.
Internet linking connects amateur radio stations and repeaters over the internet, extending the reach of local VHF/UHF signals globally. This technology allows hams to make QSOs with operators far beyond their radio's normal range, using Voice over IP (VoIP) to bridge distances. Its particularly useful for mobile operators, those with antenna restrictions, or for linking nets across different geographic areas.
Operators can find various software tools for internet linking, including clients for popular systems like EchoLink and IRLP, which connect individual stations or repeaters. There are also specialized applications such as Winlink and PSKmail for sending email and data over HF bands, even without a direct internet connection at the radio site. Programs like AllScan provide web-based control and monitoring for AllStar nodes, while EchoMac offers Mac users access to the EchoLink network.
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AllScan is a free and open-source web app for AllStar nodes that provides Favorites Management features, AllStarLink Stats integration, and connection monitoring and control functions. Shows your favorites in a Dashboard summary table with Keyed status, Connected Node count and other statistics. Continually scans the status of each favorite using ASL's Stats API data showing which favorites are active and have recently been active. Allows favorites to be connected with a single click (optionally automatically disconnecting any currently connected nodes first). Allows the Favorites Table to be sorted by Node#, Name, Description, Location, etc. Favorites can be added/deleted simply by entering the node# and clicking a button. These features finally give AllStar nodes similar memory management and scan capabilities that analog radios have had for decades. AllScan is mobile-friendly and optimized for ease of use on both small and large screens. AllScan follows the latest web development standards, with PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS cleanly partitioned, runs on both ASL and HamVOIP, and is very easy to install, configure, and update. -
CQiNet is a family of programs that combine Ham Radio with the Internet using Voice over IP (VoIP) technology. Two programs are currently in the family, "theBridge" and echoLinux. Thebridge is a iLink/EchoLink compatable conference bridge that runs under various versions of Unix as well as Windows. EchoLinux is a EchoLink client program for the Linux operating system. -
EchoLink allows Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet. The program allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, from computer to station, or from computer to computer. Fully Compatable with I-Link. Download from here. -
Browser-based EchoLink application for licensed amateur radio operators, enabling connections to stations, repeaters, and conferences via the internet. -
EchoMac is a program for MacOS X users that permit access to the Echolink system -
EchoMac is a client program for OS X that allows connection to the Echolink system -
EchoMac is an apple macintosh client for EchoLink internet radio network. -
This is a Ham Radio Software Transceiver for Amateur Radio. Software works in Windows, Mac and Linux. HamSphere is a community for Ham Radio operators and other radio enthusiasts. Amateur radio equipment is not needed. The Transceiver uses java technology and covers all virtual Ham Radio and Amateur radio bands from 160 to 6 meters. -
Echo Link client for Linux and general purpose voice services system for ham radio use. The svxlink server consists of a core that handles the connection to the tranceiver. The core can be configured to act as a repeater controller or to operate on a simplex channel -
Linking VHF and UHF radios and repeaters around the world using a secure Voice-Over-IP system, with no hackers! -
A new HF transmission protocol for Winlink 2000 -
Guide to configure ICOM IC-7300 for WinLink and WinMor.