The following is information and screenshots of the setup that got my Digirig Mobile, Digirig cables for Icom, and MacBook Air M2 (OS26) working WSJT-X for FT8 and WSPR on an Icom IC-718. This page was updated 19 September 2025. A Windows version of this workflow will be published by the end of September 2025.… Continue reading DigiRig Mobile, Icom IC-718, MacBook Air M2 and WSTJ-X running FT8 and WSPR
FreeDV on the Mac (Courtesy Peter Marks) The Mac is perfectly positioned to be at the forefront of the increasing use of digital modes in amateur radio on shortwave. The Mac has been used extensively over the years for FT8, FT4, WSPR and more, thanks to the open-source program WSJT-X. The Mac version is updated… Continue reading The Mac and digital ham amateur radio
Welcome to this week in Apple Ham Radio. It’s pretty quiet on the Apple front this week, but there are a few things to mention - the Icom 7300 Mk2 and the Mac, protecting your HT using Apple’s Find My service and a new YouTube playlist on the best of the Mac and Ham Radio.… Continue reading Apple Ham Radio Weekly for Sunday, 7 September 2025
Early one morning last week, I was walking the dog at a local park. It was 6.30 am, and a metre or two off the path, I noticed something unusual. It was a wallet sitting on top of the grass. I assumed it would have been from one of the kids at the local skate… Continue reading If you have an iPhone, you really have few excuses for losing anything – keys, wallets, bags, radios – anything!