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AI6YR Ben
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Open source your projects, folks...

This popular and cool ham radio clock, the HamClock, will just stop working in June, because the developer of it passed away. (looks like someone is building replacement, open source software for this though).

https://qso365.co.uk/2026/01/the-end-of-hamclock/

#hamradio

Neat clock display
Neat clock display
Neat clock display
QSO365 | An amateur radio blog by G6NHU (previously A QSO per day in 2011)

The end of HamClock

HamClock is closing in June 2026.
#hamradio
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Charles U. Farley
Charles U. Farley
@freakazoid@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@ai6yr I also think the onus is on us to refuse to engage with proprietary software. "How nice for you that you wasted your time making that thing that will die with you."

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AI6YR Ben
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@freakazoid Probably the best thing here would have been for the original author to tap the open data sources, instead of maintaining their own server to feed all this data.

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