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New platform combines an operator’s license, station, location and live band conditions to answer a practical question: “What can I do with my radio today?”

July 2026 — HAMgpt, a new AI assistant created specifically for amateur radio operators, is now open to the public at hamgpt.co.

Unlike a general-purpose chatbot, HAMgpt is built around the real operating situation of each ham. It can take into account the operator’s license class, country, grid square, radios, antennas and operating history, then combine that station profile with live propagation, space weather, DX activity and current on-air conditions.

Availability

HAMgpt is available now at hamgpt.co.

A free, ad-free tier is available with daily usage limits. HAMgpt Plus offers higher limits, additional live-data lookups and deeper personalization based on the operator’s station and logbook.

There are no ads on either plan.

About HAMgpt

HAMgpt is a personal AI copilot for amateur radio operators. Instead of providing only generic explanations, it combines an operator’s license class, location, radios, antennas and logbook with live band conditions and on-air activity to provide practical, station-specific guidance.

HAMgpt is the sister project of DXLook, a live amateur radio propagation and activity platform. Both products are built and operated by Rodrigo Vazquez, AK6FP / LU6ERV.

Website: https://hamgpt.co

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  • Level 3 (lowest level): This level implies that, with modest augmentation, the lead agency or program can address the primary needs of the response. In the United States, many small natural disasters or environmental responses fall into this activation level. An example is the CDC response to the 2016 water contamination crisis in Michigan.

 

  • Level 2 (intermediate level): This level implies substantial augmentation is required for the lead agency or program to meet response requirements. For CDC, the response to the 2011 Japan earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster was a Level 2 activation.

 

  • Level 1 (highest level): This level requires an agencywide response and often includes domestic and international partners. As an example, CDC has recorded four Level 1 activations: Hurricane Katrina (2005), influenza A (H1N1) pandemic (2009–10), Ebola virus disease outbreak (2014–2016), and Zika virus outbreak (2016–2017).

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The following is a message from W3ND, the Central Pennsylvania Repeater Association:

Special Event Station – August 15th, 2026

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad

136 Brown Street
Middletown, Pennsylvania

The W3ND radio club has stepped back in time aboard a 1920s vintage rail coach. This railroad operates daily and for passenger and freight needs.

Look at their special events on their website. https://www.mhrailroad.com

With radio in hand, join us on the airways from 12 noon to 4 pm. –4UTC at 14.260 & 7.190 MHz SSB, 14.025 & 7.050 CW, and IRLP station 7060.

QSL cards may be requested on the form on the W3ND website, and one will be mailed to you.

Public viewing is available from the Race Street entrance. Rides are available with the purchase of a ticket. KB3YRC

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The following is a message from TA4OHN:

aprs.world is a free, modern web map of the worldwide APRS network — a fresh alternative to the classic trackers. Live APRS-IS firehose, station pages for every callsign, weather and telemetry graphs, and two-way APRS messaging straight from the browser. The interface is available in 11 languages, no login required for the map.

There’s also an Android companion app that goes beyond viewing: paired with a Bluetooth KISS TNC, it transmits real APRS packets over RF from your phone.

hamradio.my covered the project in May.

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An international group of operators will be on the air throughout the month in a mutual celebration of International Cat Day and International Dog Day.

The combined special event stations will be active from the 1st of August through to the 31st of August, to call attention to the needs of abandoned, abused and homeless pets around the world – and to advocate for adoption and humane treatment. In the spirit of friendship and the shared love of animals, they will be looking to raise awareness and hear one another’s stories.

The hams calling CQ are animal-lovers themselves who know the power of rescue because many have been deeply involved in organized animal-welfare efforts or have included a rescued dog or cat in their family.

International Dog Day (and in the US, National Dog Day) is August 26 every year. International Cat Day is August 8.

International Dog Day began as an amateur radio event in 2022 and has grown since then. Stations for dogs and cats will be on the air this year from Latvia, the UK, the US, the Netherlands, India and Germany.

Throughout the US, a growing team of radio amateurs will share the callsign K0DOG, calling CQ as members of the Dog Day Radio Amateur Radio Club. All operators will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. Dog-station callsigns will include YL1DOG, GB4DOG, VU2MGS, DLØDOG, KØDOG and PDØØDOG, among others. Cat stations will be calling CQ as DL0CAT, GB4CAT and DAØCAT.

This year’s certificate for successful chasers will be a colorful downloadable document with endorsement stamps added for each unique callsign worked. A numeric counter will appear on each of the endorsement stamps for operators making more than one contact with a unique callsign. KØDOG also plans to make downloadable eEQSL cards available.

The website https://hamlog.online/iddicd2026/ will give hunters for both events a chance to claim their awards as they earn them and to see who is currently on the air. Until August, the website will be counting down the days until the event begins.

You may also visit the websites dogdayradio.org and catdayradio.org for updates about both events. Both websites contain information about the special-event callsigns and how to find their operating schedules — and a chance to meet the dogs and cats who inspired them.

Be aware that all special-event operators will be working like dogs – and cats – because they want to hear and share as many rescue stories as they can.

Source: Daily Ham

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The Kuwaiti satellite QMR-KWT-2 will transmit special SSTV images celebrating the 5 year launch anniversary of the QMR-KWT-1 satellite.

QMR-KWT 2 builds on the achievements of QMR-KWT 1, which was launched in 2021 as Kuwait’s first education-oriented CubeSat mission. That earlier project provided students with hands-on exposure to satellite development and operations, laying the groundwork for the expanded capabilities of the second mission. ⁠—SatellitePro Me

Look for images to be transmitted between 6:30 UTC August 1st and 19:30 UTC August 2nd. The download frequency will be 436.950 MHz.