Speaker 1: At the end of August, Hamshack Hotline will no longer
Speaker 1: be a thing. But there's something new on the horizon
Speaker 1: that was just announced and we're going to talk about
Speaker 1: it today. So maybe about a month ago I got
Speaker 1: this Hamshak Hotline public announcement of fond farewell to our
Speaker 1: valued community. It's with the heavy heart. They will announce
Speaker 1: the sunset of the Hamshak Hotline project, effective on August
Speaker 1: twenty ninth, twenty twenty five, the end of this month.
Speaker 1: I'm recording this video the first week of August, so
Speaker 1: probably try to get it posted pretty quickly. What began
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen is a simple idea in the humble
Speaker 1: closet of K one Wiz quickly grew into something none
Speaker 1: of us could have imagined, an expansive global communications network
Speaker 1: built by and four amateur radio operators. So if you
Speaker 1: don't know what Hamshak Hotline is, and I'm sad to
Speaker 1: say this, but I never actually got to use it.
Speaker 1: We did some local comms with VoIP phones on an
Speaker 1: Ardent network at a field day exercise one time several
Speaker 1: years back, but I never actually set up Hamshak Hotline.
Speaker 1: I have a phone it's right back there. You can't
Speaker 1: see it right now. It's behind my cigar Humador. I
Speaker 1: have a VoIP phone and I'd always wanted to set
Speaker 1: that up, But you know, it's like I've got a
Speaker 1: list of about one hundred and fifty things on the chalkboard,
Speaker 1: and one hundred and forty of them I'll probably never
Speaker 1: get to, and this is one of the ones that
Speaker 1: I never quite got to. But whenever something like this,
Speaker 1: whenever a project like this closes hand, radio operators are
Speaker 1: usually pretty good about stepping up, taking the reins of
Speaker 1: the old project and spinning up something new, maybe adding
Speaker 1: to it, maybe improving upon it, something like that. So
Speaker 1: I got this email from Jeff Inn eight EMA. So
Speaker 1: thank you Jeff for sending this over to me. This
Speaker 1: is right in my wheelhouse of things that I like
Speaker 1: to talk about on this channel, and it says right
Speaker 1: here at this ham Shack Hotline winds down for immediate
Speaker 1: release on August first. That was just a couple of
Speaker 1: days ago the time of this recording. Hamshack Hotline users
Speaker 1: are invited to apply for services at ham'sover IP in
Speaker 1: response to recent service changes and anticipated out is affecting
Speaker 1: a Hamshack Hotline users. Hams over ip Inc. Is extending
Speaker 1: a warm invitation to all amateur radio operators effective by
Speaker 1: the transition to apply for service on Hams over ip
Speaker 1: HOIP network. Now, I thought this was a new service,
Speaker 1: and it sounds like when I read that statement, it
Speaker 1: sounds like maybe this has been around a while. So
Speaker 1: maybe maybe this has been a competitor to Hamshack Hotline. Brother,
Speaker 1: I've never heard I've never heard of this, so to me,
Speaker 1: this is new. Guess what. I don't know everything and
Speaker 1: there's stuff that I've never heard of before, believe it
Speaker 1: or not. As a volunteer driven nonprofit platform, Hams over
Speaker 1: Ip was founded by Hams for Hams with a mission
Speaker 1: to offer a reliable, secure, and modern VoIP network exclusively
Speaker 1: for licened amateur radio operators worldwide. With robust infrastructure, active
Speaker 1: adult development, and welcoming community, hip is proud to support
Speaker 1: the continued growth of digital amateur communications. This is this
Speaker 1: is a press release that was sent out. You guys
Speaker 1: might have even seen this right now. As Hamshak Hotline
Speaker 1: service winds down for many, Hams over Ip stands ready
Speaker 1: to welcome operators who want to continue to join the
Speaker 1: seamless radio over IP connections the Hamshack Hotline. As I
Speaker 1: understand it was a VIIP phone over a private network
Speaker 1: that was set up by Ham radio operators. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure how radio plays into it. See this is what
Speaker 1: I don't know because I've never used it. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure how radio plays into it. Because you can do
Speaker 1: it over Arden and Arden's done over Ham radio frequencies,
Speaker 1: or it can be And that's that's really fun to do.
Speaker 1: I must admit that was really fun to do. So
Speaker 1: now they're saying this press release right here is saying
Speaker 1: seamless radio over IP connection. So I wonder how they
Speaker 1: integrate it into radio? Are they using it on VHF
Speaker 1: on HF? Not sure? Hams over IPE because a nonprofit
Speaker 1: organization committed to supporting spanning amageur radio VoIP technologies. Services
Speaker 1: provided by Volta VULTR, located in multiple countries are designed
Speaker 1: to provide low latency, optimized performance for worldwide users. So
Speaker 1: we can go to hamsoverip dot com and we are
Speaker 1: brought to this website here and again this is something
Speaker 1: this is new to me. Twenty twenty two. Okay, so
Speaker 1: the copyright down at the bottom of the website says
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. This has been around for a while,
Speaker 1: and it says it's got K four AVG down here
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the website as well. Let's scroll
Speaker 1: down right there. See the bottom of the web page.
Speaker 1: It shows all that. So here we go. Ham radio
Speaker 1: operators from all over the world have volunteered their time, skills,
Speaker 1: and resources to create a new and dynamic Ham radio
Speaker 1: voiceover IP service for our Ham radio community. Featured searchable
Speaker 1: BLF integration phone book up to ten endpoints per extension
Speaker 1: IAX trunks. So in other words, it probably supports all
Speaker 1: star SIP trunks, which is which is EchoLink, and other
Speaker 1: things conference bridges for individuals, clubs and groups. We've got
Speaker 1: to submit a ticket donate to the project on our
Speaker 1: discord hams over IP phone Book hip wiki. Probably something
Speaker 1: in here on how to get started? How do we
Speaker 1: get started with this? So here is my issuance of
Speaker 1: challenge to you guys. First of all, let me tell
Speaker 1: you about Ham Radio prep. If you want to do
Speaker 1: this Ham radio, this wild wild Ham radio thing that's
Speaker 1: done over IP. If you want to do this weird
Speaker 1: Ham radio thing, check out hamm Radio Prep. They are
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Speaker 1: levels of licensing and HAM Radio They offer MCom classes.
Speaker 1: They just come out with a new satellite class. We're
Speaker 1: gonna be talking about that very soon. Check out Ham
Speaker 1: Radio Prep link in the description blow thank you for
Speaker 1: supporting the channel, guys. So here's a here's a here's
Speaker 1: a not a challenge really, but a request. So down
Speaker 1: here a wiki maintenance, wiki website. We've got Jordan Cave
Speaker 1: for AVG got Jesse W six w H six a
Speaker 1: V and Dave M seven. TLBM seven is a European
Speaker 1: call sign English. I believe let's get you guys onto,
Speaker 1: because I've I'm not I'm not familiar with this, okay.
Speaker 1: I The great thing about running a YouTube channel, guys,
Speaker 1: is that I get to learn new stuff all the
Speaker 1: time too. And before I make a video on it.
Speaker 1: This is an announcement. I just read a press release.
Speaker 1: That's all I did. I read a press release. I'm like, oh,
Speaker 1: so some Wain's taken over. I knew hamshak hotline was
Speaker 1: shutting down. That notice came across my email about a
Speaker 1: month ago, and I was gonna make a video on it.
Speaker 1: And I've been traveling and been this, been that. But
Speaker 1: this Ham's over IP thing, which looks like the websites
Speaker 1: at least to three years old, I've never heard of it.
Speaker 1: I didn't know there was. It sounds like they're a
Speaker 1: competitor to Hamshat Hotline, which makes sense, and they're ready
Speaker 1: to ready to go for everybody that's out there that's
Speaker 1: coming off of Hamshak Hotline, which is going to be
Speaker 1: shut down at the end of August. So here's my
Speaker 1: invitation to you guys at hamsover IP. I invite you
Speaker 1: to come on to a live stream my livestream every
Speaker 1: Sunday at seven pm Central Time. Invite to you guys
Speaker 1: that have something to do with hams over IP. We'll
Speaker 1: get my phone set up, we'll talk about how to
Speaker 1: do it over a radio. We'll talk about how to
Speaker 1: do it over secured Internet connection or secured Ardent connection
Speaker 1: perhaps something like that. We can talk all about Ham's
Speaker 1: over IP on the live stream. Hope you guys will
Speaker 1: reach out to me. KC five hwbgmail dot com. I
Speaker 1: am good on QRZ as well. Seventy three all, let
Speaker 1: me know if you already. If you guys who are
Speaker 1: watching this video already use this system and are familiar
Speaker 1: with it, I'd like to hear from you as well.
Speaker 1: Have you used this system for? How long have you
Speaker 1: used it? What do you think about it? Like I said,
Speaker 1: I get to learn stuff new all the time. I've
Speaker 1: never heard of this, So learn something new today and
Speaker 1: I'm happy. Seventy three guys will catch you next time.