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CQ Desk — live map, spots & space weather

This is one of HamLike’s flagship tools: an interactive dashboard with a world map (PSK paths, greyline, POTA, SOTA, ISS), NOAA space weather, an HF band snapshot, sun & moon at your location, callsign lookup, live spots, and curated ham radio news — no app install.

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CQ Desk is in active development (beta). If something looks off, we appreciate your patience — and we’d love to have you try it.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2485 for Friday, June 13th, 2025

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2485 for Friday, June 13th, 2025

https://www.arnewsline.org/news/2025/6/12/amateur-radio-newsline-report-2485-for-friday-june-13th-2025

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https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2485.mp3

  • - SPECIAL EVENT IN IRAN HIGHLIGHTS PERSIAN GULF HISTORY
  • - INDIANA EMCOMM GROUP SWITCHES FROM ANALOG FM TO DIGITAL
  • - WHIDBEY ISLAND BROADENS ITS RADIO SAFETY
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    Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2484 for Friday, June 6th, 2025

    Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2484 for Friday, June 6th, 2025

    https://www.arnewsline.org/news/2025/6/5/amateur-radio-newsline-report-2484-for-friday-june-6th-2025

    https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2484.mp3

  • - 2 FCC COMMISSIONERS LEAVING AGENCY
  • - STEPP-IR TO END AMATEUR ANTENNA PRODUCTION
  • - WEATHER RADIO STATIONS GO OFF AIR FOR UPDATES
  • - DXPEDITION TEAM RETURNS TO SABLE
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    New Profile Upgrades Are Live!

    🚀 New Profile Upgrades Are Live!
    Your HamLike profile just got a serious glow-up.

    You can now:

    🧭 Add a Bio – Let folks know who you are. Call sign, favorite mode, what radio you’re running — or just something weird

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    #General
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    pi star thing

    So I need to learn about these things i thing
    Some kinda node thing so I can do node stuff with my Yaesu FT70DR
    So who can point me the right direction?

    #Ask-A-Ham
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    text by @W8FIK

    DMR Fusion C4FM digital confusion

    So I resisted trying any of this
    Im old man, Old school...
    one day someone convinced me to try it
    I ordered a Yeyhoo FT70dr on sale and a bunch of accessories of course

    so I got it all going, watched 47,000 youtube videos
    I have tried somethings
    whats this wiresx stuff anyway?
    They said i could go to other rooms and talk to people all over
    but
    In order to do this I have to change the local repeater to anther "room"
    This makes some hamms unhappy yes i changed it back after i was done
    they say I need a hotspot or something so

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    #Fusion C4FM
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