Community Picks

Community Picks highlights noteworthy articles, open-source repos, and community-driven projects spanning HAM radio, IT, and software development. Each item is something I’ve found useful or technically interesting, shared here for others who enjoy learning, experimenting, and building.

FlexRadio

• SmartUnlink - makes your FlexRadio visible over VPN connections by Brian Keating
• NetKeyer - a cross-platform GUI FlexRadio CW Keyer.

Text To Speech for HAM Radio Contesting

• N1MM with Piper TTS for AI generated messages by Kari Lehtimaki, OH2XX

HAM Radio Logging software

• DXLog - Overall the best contest logging software (sadly enough windows only)

• N1MM+ - One of the best overall contest logging software programs

• RUMLogNG - The best overall Mac OS logging software for everyday logging and contesting

• Wavelog - spinoff from Cloudlog

• Cloudlog

• WaveLogStoat - UDP ADIF bridge (FlexRadio to WaveLog)

• WaveLogGate - CAT and UDP ADIF bridge (FlexRadio to WaveLog)

Blog posts …

• Blog post with opinions on logging software by WW0CJ (January 2025)
• Wavelog - my logging software of choice by Filip Melik, OK1GOD

MAC and HAM

Best software picks for HAMs using a Mac:

• RUMLogNG - The best overall Mac OS logging software for everyday logging and contesting
• iDigi - CW, RTTY, FT8, FT4, WSPR, PSK, … decoding and sending

Talks and presentations

• Curated list of talks by Jan Van Ryswyck
• IARU HAM Radio Code of Conduct

Apple - Mac

• Finder toolbar button to open iTerm or Terminal here
• Finder toolbar button to open in Visual Studio Code

Navigation

• GPXSee - GPS log file viewer and analyzer that supports all common GPS log file formats.

Fonts

• CodeFace - overview of programming fonts

Hardware projects

• Halibut HaliKey - CW and PTT USB-C interface
• USB C cable tester by Petl