{"id":8,"date":"2013-03-26T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/?p=8"},"modified":"2015-04-01T12:37:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T17:37:23","slug":"welcome-to-the-remote-base-software-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/2013\/03\/26\/welcome-to-the-remote-base-software-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Remote Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;\">Important!\u00a0 <strong>We have released a new software client 6.20230.\u00a0 Please upgrade your existing software immediately to avoid lags in response time and to add CW filters and upgraded menus, plus an improved memories dialog.<\/strong><br \/>\nGo to: <strong><a title=\"W4MQ Remote Base Software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.handiham.org\/local\/blind\/w4mq_remote_base_software.htm\">W4MQ Software<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/handiham.org\/images\/ts480.jpg\" alt=\"TS-480 transceiver used in Handiham stations\" width=\"400\" height=\"202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The W4MQ software is hosted at Handiham.org.\u00a0 It is free for anyone to download and use.\u00a0 Access to the two Handiham stations is available via GUEST login or Echolink for receive only.\u00a0 Transmit use is a Handiham member service.<\/em>\u00a0<em> You may download and install the host software to operate your own internet remote base station.<!--more--><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stan Schretter, W4MQ, wrote the W4MQ Internet Remote Base software and was a recipient of the ARRL Technical Innovation Award.\u00a0 This software, offered as a free service to the amateur radio community, allows\u00a0 users to control an Internet accessable160m through 70cm amateur radio station.\u00a0 Important notice for Mac and Linux users:\u00a0 The W4MQ software has been tested on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and 8 32 and 64 bit. It has been tested on SLAX Linux with WINE, and does run the main rig control client but not the IRB Sound, so Skype for Linux must be used for sound.\u00a0 It may also run under WINE on Intel-based Macs, but this has not been tested.\u00a0 At this time there are no support pages for operation under WINE, but we welcome comments.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are giving the software a new home on the Internet, thanks to Stan.\u00a0 We were saddened to learn of the death of Bob Arnold, N2JEU, who had taken over the hosting on the software for Stan.\u00a0 We will continue the hosting of the installation files as well as a discussion forum.\u00a0 We also plan to do some updates as we move forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.handiham.org\/local\/blind\/handiham_stations.htm\">Handiham Stations:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 These pages refer to the setup for the two Handiham Remote Base stations W0EQO and W0ZSW.\u00a0 Both stations are available to Handiham members as a member service.\u00a0 We do not give transmit access to non-members, but everyone is welcome to try the stations on receive.\u00a0 This may be done by licensed amateurs using EchoLink. If you are blind, you may want to check out our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.handiham.org\/local\/blind\/w4mq_client_software.htm\">Audio Tutorial on the Remote Base<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.handiham.org\/local\/blind\/w4mq_client_software.htm\">W4MQ Client Software:<\/a> <\/strong>This is where you want to begin if you are interested in what the whole remote base thing is about, or if you are interested in installing the software to use someone else&#8217;s existing remote base station via your computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.handiham.org\/local\/blind\/w4mq_host_software.htm\">W4MQ Host Software:<\/a> <\/strong>If you want to set up your own station as a remote base that can be accessed from the internet, you will need the Host software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please send error reports to wa0tda@arrl.net.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hhs_logo_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" title=\"hhs_logo_2\" src=\"http:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hhs_logo_2.jpg\" alt=\"Handiham logo with microphone\" width=\"144\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important!\u00a0 We have released a new software client 6.20230.\u00a0 Please upgrade your existing software immediately to avoid lags in response time and to add CW filters and upgraded menus, plus an improved memories dialog. Go to: W4MQ Software The W4MQ software is hosted at Handiham.org.\u00a0 It is free for anyone to download and use.\u00a0 Access &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/2013\/03\/26\/welcome-to-the-remote-base-software-page\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to the Remote Base<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":827,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}