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A workbench for the ham shack.

Free, browser-based tools for amateur radio operators — run nets, trim antennas, size feedline, find your grid. Built by hams, for hams.

The tools
Net operations · Hosted here

Roll Call

Net logging & control — schedule recurring nets, log check-ins with automatic FCC callsign lookups, give your club a live view of who's on the air, and get a printable report when you close the net.

Open Roll Call Net schedule
Antennas

Your wire is resonant — just not where you want it. Enter where the SWR dips now and where you want it, and get the exact length to cut or add, per leg.

/tools/antenna-trimmer
Feedline

How much of your power actually reaches the antenna? Loss by cable type, length, frequency, and SWR — plus the SWR your radio really sees.

/tools/coax-loss
Location

Your Maidenhead grid square from GPS or coordinates, and distance & bearing between any two grids — for contests, satellites, and QSO logging.

/tools/grid-square
Propagation

Live NOAA solar data turned into a plan — a 24-hour, band-by-band heatmap of what should be open at your grid, and the best bets right now.

/tools/propagation
Satellites

Upcoming amateur satellite passes over your grid for the next 48 hours — AOS, peak elevation, and where to point the antenna.

/tools/satellites
Reference

Auto-find the repeaters near your grid, pick the ones you use, and print a wallet-size card for the go-bag.

/tools/repeater-card
Field ops

Fast POTA/SOTA field logging — type a callsign, hit Enter. Park lookups, P2P tracking, and clean ADIF export for upload.

/tools/activation
Field ops

POTA Spots

Who's activating a park right now — live spots with band, mode, and distance-from-you filters.

/tools/pota-spots
Propagation

Space Weather

The sun's mood, translated — flux, Kp history, flare class, and solar wind, refreshed from NOAA.

/tools/space-weather
Operating

DX Spots

The worldwide DX cluster feed, filtered by band — what's being worked right now.

/tools/dx-cluster
Operating

Azimuthal Map

The world as your beam sees it — a printable great-circle map centered on your grid.

/tools/azimuthal
Antennas

Antenna Height Advisor

Takeoff angle per band at any height — see what raising the wire ten feet actually buys.

/tools/antenna-height
Antennas

Toroid & Coil Winder

Turns counts for chokes, baluns, and loading coils — toroids by AL value, air core by Wheeler.

/tools/toroid
Feedline

Coax Stub Calculator

Quarter- and half-wave stub lengths by velocity factor — harmonic notches and phasing lines.

/tools/coax-stub
Propagation

Radio Horizon

How far two stations can talk line-of-sight on VHF/UHF, from both antenna heights.

/tools/radio-horizon
Field ops

Battery Runtime

Will the battery last the activation? Capacity, draw, and duty cycle in — honest hours out.

/tools/battery-runtime
Field ops

Go-Kit Checklist

A pre-departure checklist for field ops — check it off as it goes in the bag, printable.

/tools/go-kit
Reference

dB Converter

Watts, dBm, S-units, and gain chains — decibel arithmetic without the mental gymnastics.

/tools/db-calc
Reference

US Band Plan

Where your license class can operate, band by band — Technician, General, or Extra.

/tools/band-plan
Reference

QSL Card Designer

A clean, classic QSL card with your station details — print on cardstock and mail it.

/tools/qsl-card
Learning

Exam Prep

The real FCC question pools as flashcards and practice exams — misses repeat until they stick.

/tools/exams
Learning

CW Trainer

Learn Morse the Koch way — full-speed characters, Farnsworth spacing, graded copy.

/tools/cw-trainer
Shack clock

The shack clock, in your browser — UTC and local time, solar indices, and propagation conditions at a glance.

openhamclock.com
Event planning

Plan your club's ARRL Field Day — stations, bands, operator shifts, and logistics in one place.

fielddayplanner.com
On the bench — coming next

Net Preamble Library

Clubs share their opening scripts — browse, copy, and adapt into Roll Call.

Club Pages

Your club's nets, repeaters, and reports on one public page.

Who Hears Me?

Your reception reports from PSK Reporter, mapped — waiting on upstream API access.