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.
Radio Sports - Contests
Dxpeditions
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
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
Cloud logging software
- 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
Apple - Mac
- Finder toolbar button to open iTerm or Terminal here
- Finder toolbar button to open in Visual Studio Code