Best Ham Radio Software For Mac & iOS

This Is A List Of MY FAVORITE Mac Ham Radio Software & iOS Ham Radio Apps
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Mac:
Chirp: (I use the Legacy version) chirp.danplanet.com/projects/...
WSJT-X: wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html
Grid Tracker: gridtracker.org
HAMRS: hamrs.app
RUMlogNG: apps.apple.com/us/app/rumlogn...
TQSL: lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/default
iOS:
QRZ Callsign Search: apps.apple.com/us/app/callsig...
Repeater Book: apps.apple.com/us/app/repeate...
Ham Alert: apps.apple.com/us/app/hamaler...
HAMRS: apps.apple.com/us/app/hamrs/i...
HamAntCal: apps.apple.com/us/app/hamantc...
AntScope: apps.apple.com/us/app/antscop...
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[@gtretroworld]

RUMlogNG looks very good,I’ll be sure to give that a try.Thanks for the Video

[@Marty48034]

As another Mac/iOS guy, thank you. Even though I have many of these, I saw stuff that I didn't know. Appreciated.

[@thecarys563]

RUMlogNG killer feature for me is syncing log between iPhone iPad and Mac. Field entries on iPhone SOTA, iPad POTA show up on my computer so I can check, correct and export/upload wherever!

[@JarrettGreen]

Finally got some new stuff coming out for HAMRS. You’ll be one of the first to know :)

[@hamradiotube]

Ooh, now with even more gain?!? lol

[@theramblingsoflarry9290]

Thanks I am a new Mac user and I needed this video

[@jpb5385]

Awesome stuff! Thank you!

[@iPigee]

Excellent video!!! Thank you.

[@JamesHannibalKH2SR]

I love being able to do ham radio stuff on my Mac and iPhone! Especially now that you can natively run nearly any ham radio iPhone app on your Mac if it has a M1 chip. I hope new and exciting software continues to be developed for the platform. 73!

[@JohnMerryman]

Great help getting started with digital on my MacBook! Thanks for the work.

[@hamradiotube]

Glad to help!

[@m0aze611]

Great vid, I’ve been a Mac user for 30 years and accept that there isn’t that much out there when compared with Windows. You’ve given me some excellent references that I will exploit. With the exception of Elecraft the big three manufacturers decide to constantly ignore Mac OS - shame. 73 Mike

[@boots_n_coots]

Thanks Mike. VERY helpful info for us Mac freaks.

[@laszlokovacs8827]

Another great video. I am a MAC centric ham. Buddy of mine called me HAMMAC. Love HAMRS. Its my primary logger. I'll give RUMlog a try. You could do an interview with the creator of HAMRS, Jarrett Green. Looking forward to see how HAMRS progresses.

[@hamradiotube]

Everything you said is good lol! We're all in.

[@thormusique]

Mike, I can't thank you enough for this! I'm a longtime Mac user and am always lamenting how most hams treat the Windows world as a foregone conclusion for all things ham. At one point I even tried using a new Windows laptop exclusively for radio, but I just wanted to smash the damn thing. (And I've even worked with Windows machines for decades now.) As a friend of mine likes to say, 'Windows is for pretending to do stuff; Mac and Linux are for actually doing it. ;-) Cheers and 73!

[@chuckrann6282]

Same feelings. I am replacing a 2011 iMac and actually looked at PC's to do ham logging and felt sick. So Mike helped me make up my mind to go the iMac od Mac Book Pro route. RUMlogNG looks to be my answer along with QRZ app on an iPad or iPhone. 73 my friend.

[@citizencane3492]

An Extra, a Mac user, a guitar player, a cat lover … subscribed.

[@wild-radio7373]

This is very helpful :) I got my first iPad a few days ago!♡ am hoping it's powerful enough I can start livestreaming :)

[@hamradiotube]

I would imagine so. The only downside I'd see from streaming from an iPad is the inability to really connect anything to it or use any sort of streaming software like OBS. My iPad is like 12 years old so I'm def not streaming from that lol!

[@wild-radio7373]

@@hamradiotube oh :) okay. I will temper my expectations then! I got the iPad for drawing mostly, but started to imagine I could do all sorts of things once I learned how, so this heads up from your learned experience saves me time♡ thanks luv!

[@wild-radio7373]

@@hamradiotube ...now- if Jason would just send out another beacon!... haha♡ 73 hamFam

[@hamradiotube]

@@wild-radio7373 Lol is he out there doing that now?

[@wild-radio7373]

@@hamradiotube I was reminded of it last night during Josh's afterchat, but by then it had already been like 17 hours past. He has not sent out a second beacon yet, so I wonder if someone has already found him :) He was at Buddypole out in Hillsborough!!! I was block, literally BLOCKS from him and didn't fund out soon enough! Haha I was SO close!

[@chuckrann6282]

Mike. Thanks for this information. I am a Mac user since the early 80's. After a hiatus since 1996, I am back into Ham radio. My TS 440 gettting a new memory battery and the IC -10 chip set installed so ready for computer controlled operation. Interested in a few of these mentioned apps. especially **Rumlog**. I have the IF-232 box but that technology is too old now. Do I invest in a Signal Link and go that route? Also buying a new iMac or Mac Book Pro, and these have fewer connectivity options. to ham gear. What do you think?

[@wildbill1]

I have chirp and have used it to program some cheap mobile rigs. However I was told not to use it to program my yaesu ftm 400. Was told chirp was known to brick yaesu and to stick with Rt systems. I don’t know this to be fact, but it is what I have heard from another ham. Anyway good video mike! I have most of the apps on my iPhone. LOVE ham alert for catching those DX stations

[@KN6UAW]

Just FYI, the 1.0.6 version of HamRS does not run on an Intel Mac without overriding Mac security every time the computer is rebooted. This requires a change in the HamRS implementation to resolve.

[@oncomics1128]

1) brew install chirp BUT THEN help->Load Module for that missing radio module. Chirp will go get it if you know the module number from the chirp-next site. After that, brew upgrade chirp is your friend

[@brettvk4bde]

Hey mike what software do you guys use for ssh, putty etc for your mac. thanks

[@jolebole-yt]

Hey Mike. I'm a Mac users too. At 5:45 you said when you clicked on the contact the app changed the freq on your radio. I'm guessing some cabling between the Mac and the radio is needed? Can you share what cable/radio combo you use for RumLog? Also I recently installed HAMRs on my iPhone, iPad and now my Macbook Pro. Is there a way to sync all the logs between your devices that have HAMRS? I could not see a sync option within the app. Thanks!

[@hamradiotube]

Just a usb cable. And no unfortunately HAMRS doesn’t sync between devices.

[@hectormarchand9462]

Great review of Mac and iOS apps, Mike! I just recently sent you an email describing a Mac app that I found that works with a GPS dongle to allow you to set your Mac clock off of the GPS’ time with an app-provided SNTP server. Hope you find it useful… -W1AQP

[@hamradiotube]

I've literally never needed to sync the clock on my Mac.

[@hectormarchand9462]

@@hamradiotube- I use it for POTA when when there's no internet to keep the Mac clock synced for operating digital modes. I'm surprised that you haven't needed that.

[@brickerhaus]

I have never needed that either, but wouldn't hurt to know how to do that. What is the name of the app?

[@truckinguy92]

For some reason I couldn’t get HAMRS to work on my MacBook Pro. It said something like the certificate was out of date. But not 100% sure about that.

[@outnaboot]

Awesome video...I can never go back to using Windows!!!

[@hamradiotube]

Thanks so much! glad to help.

[@MrJimmy440]

Again a great video !! Question , You do FT-8 on a MAC i take it ? Where are you getting your drivers from ? I have been trying since last summer to get Yaesu 891 drivers for a MAC AIR Laptop. Also, wIth my Windows 10 Lenvo, I can't get the CAT control to work. I've looked for months on end to get it to work with NO Luck. I was told to do it oa MAC, but when I tried, t tried, I COULDN'T find any drivers compatible with MAC . Can you point me in the right direction. TYVM , Jim K2WPA

[@hamradiotube]

google Silicon Labs USB to UART

[@MrJimmy440]

@@hamradiotube Will do TYVM !

[@KJ5AJB-jz3dx]

I didn't need any drivers to get mine to connect to my Xiegu G90. The Mac picked up the interface automatically @@MrJimmy440

[@theramblingsoflarry9290]

Question about CHRIP I can get frequency on the A VFO but not on the B VFO How do I get on the B VFO

[@tray8411]

Glad I found this channel,,I hate windows... For a newbe this is great

[@Orthodoxuk]

I can see wsjt-x but how are you connecting the program to your radio, especially on IOS?

[@ct2irw]

Rumlogng does have qrz integration, 2nd tab on the station info window...

[@hamradiotube]

Yeah I've since discovered, and use that after making this video! And you don't need the paid membership for it to work either I've found out. I'm so in love with RUMlogNG.

[@diverdown922]

Mac user here as well. Do you ever use RT Systems for Mac to program your radios? If so, how do you like it?

[@hamradiotube]

Absolutely not. I would rather program my Yaesu radios manually than get raped by RT systems.

[@diverdown922]

@@hamradiotube LoL, I guess now we know how you really feel about RT Systems!

[@hamradiotube]

It's ridiculous that we should have to pay those prices just to program our radios. The FT5 is already $500. Yaesu at the very least should make programming software available for it for free. But, they would probably make the worst programming software in the world given their track record for making their radios really hard to navigate the menus.

[@will6051]

How to or where to get IOS for my I Pad.

[@ohalloranjc]

What do you charge to program my AnyTone AT-D878UV Handheld Radio? I will also pay the shipping and pay you on Zelle at Chase.

[@LambertMatias]

Good stuff! Grid Tracker is awesome. I'm gonna check out Ham Alert, thanks. Cheers and 73 de W3LAM

[@tjcampbell811]

👍

[@GreggK6EGG]

RUMlog is great once you can get it to work!

[@HamRadioWithKE0MAD]

It is definitely cantankerous but awesome once you've got it figured out.

[@hamradiotube]

Dude. I read the F'n manual to get it to work. Don't even come at me lol!!

[@HamRadioWithKE0MAD]

And I suppose you ask for directions when you're lost. Come on Mike we have a legacy to hold up here lol

[@GreggK6EGG]

@@hamradiotube hahah manual?

[@hamradiotube]

Fortunately I don't get lost. I've a pretty good sense of direction.

[@dougdaniels]

Hmmm, didn't know there was a "Ham Shit" folder on iOS.

[@LambertMatias]

Lol😂

[@BonnerRepublik]

11:16 "Metric or...um...the dumb one" 🤣

[@AlvinMcManus]

Well, since I don't and never have in 40+ years used an Apple computer of any kind I guess I won't be watching this. Not that you are not entertaining enough it's just now applicable to my situation. (Still gave you a 👍)

[@hamradiotube]

You never know, you might buy a Mac one day!!

[@brickerhaus]

@@hamradiotube Being someone that worked for SimplyMac. I always love this kind of person. I have sold many an Apple product to people like this. They are completely amazed when I talk to them later. It's OK to drink the KoolAid. I promise its good. 😇

[@ryank5tar]

Never touched a Mac. Threw you a like anyway.

[@chuckrann6282]

You should try a Mac. It is a lot more intuitive and easier to work with. It also syncs info with an iPhone, iPad. Been a Mac user since early 1980's. Replacing my 2011 iMac soon with another soon.

[@KD9ZHF]

Is HAMRS dead?

[@Outdoormorefamily]

Yet no updates yet. HAMRS is falling behind. We need something that works and has consistent updates

[@hamradiotube]

What else do you need though? HAMRS does exactly what it was designed for. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[@Outdoormorefamily]

@@hamradiotube valid point.

[@steveblanchard7293]

Love to have a free rtty/SSTV/Fax for the Mac

[@ramonbennett8416]

Awesome as always!! 73 KN6JHC