The Cheapest Ham Clock You Can Buy And It's AWESOME!

This Inovato Quadra Comes Pre-Installed With The Famous Ham Clock As Well As Many Other Popular Ham Radio Programs. Just Plug It In And Start Using It Immediately.
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[@johncutter4854]

Mine arrived today - I'm in the UK ordered about 7 days ago... Great addition to my set up.

[@daytonstrongrecovery101]

Bought the bundle a month ago & love it. Literally plug & play. Adjust to your personal preferences & go. Can't wait to use it on my POTA setup portable on battery power.

[@MicroOutdoors]

With the time change, we are - 6 in Tx. -- yea I hate it to... I've had this since they came out just over a year ago. I use it for the ham clock on a cheap Amazon travel / portable hdmi monitor.

[@KB2AT]

I just got one 3 days ago. Love it. Still learning it but way cheaper than a Geochron and does alot.

[@socallars3748]

In the 90s, I drooled over those Geochron systems that cost thousands dollars. Now, I've got that functionality and much more for just a few bucks.

[@joeg7849]

I ordered one. Thanks for the informative channel.

[@SCTaylorTX]

I got one of these for Christmas because of you! Thanks elfin Mike!

[@paulwynneroberts1731]

I bought one a month ago, Mike. postage was more than item but very very happy with it.

[@mattxoverbey]

I saw this on TO’s channel a few months back and snagged one. Great little ham clock computer. Love it.

[@hamradiotube]

Very cool

[@lonekyeagle]

I have had one for a couple of months now and I love it (so far). Right now I am only using it for a ham clock function. Although, I have tested out the internet search capabilities and it does work well. I call it my $49 Geochron, lol.

[@ibuildsheds5654]

Got one thanks and Merry Christmas

[@terryk4331]

Cool I so want one. Will be a nice addition to my mini ham shack.

[@BenButler1]

Got one a few weeks back. Good stuff. Geochron on the cheap. Have is connected to a television that wasn’t being used. Powering the Quadra from the tv usb port

[@adcraziness1501]

It isn't a geochron but then again it is 10% of the price. Plus... the geochron looks amazing but it's SO expensive it makes me nervous. All of that is dependent on geochron remaining online and functional, otherwise what happens in ten years when I dig it out and plug it up? Server not found? Not interested in that scenario and it's a lot easier to say yeah this $50 device might not work in ten years vs a $500 device.

[@WH6FQE]

Wow, I am glad I watched your setup demo. I was just about to order one of these but from your video I see that it will not even do my time zone in Hawaii as -10 or optionally just show UTC time zone. Having time zones from the mainland doesn't help us out here in Hawaii at all, lol

[@jesselannigan2300]

I've had mine since seeing it on Jim W6LG's feed. Its on its own monitor, Wi-Fi to my modem, I got the micro keyboard with it but quickly swapped it for a full size Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse. Much easier to work with. I've got mine set up with Grey Line, FT-8 DX spots, EME and solar conditions, and RS-44 tracking. It's definitely a great tool. Nowhere near as fast as my SSD Optiplex, but it does what it does well.

[@LeeMcc_KI5YPR]

You seemed not to know these in the initial setup. gpsd is a Linux service to get location from a GPS dongle, and makes the time available. NTP sets the time over the network and asks which Internet time server to use, or get time from GPS.

[@hamradiotube]

Oh there's all kinds of stuff I don't know. And I'll be the first to admit it 🤣. Thanks for the info.

[@matthowarth4498]

I just love watching these DORK videos.

[@DutchmanRadio]

Man you seem to review stuff that’s more on the affordable side and I’m all here for it

[@hamradiostationg0dtx583]

Yeah thanks for the inform Mike

[@frankjesko8165]

Basic overview, my eye!!??? This is the BEST overview of what can be done with Hamclock that I've seen yet. I was planning a HamPi car-puter, but WOW!!! Now I definitely know what I'm getting my XYL for Christmas!!! Thanks for the great reviews. POTA ON, love to log ya😁😁 80m-70cm, FTx, SSTV, & PH. CW soon. 2 op weekend activations 73 de NM9X

[@aa3konthego]

As soon as I saw HamClock i knew i wanted it running in the shack. And when the Inovato came out i knew that was the perfect platform. I ordered the Inovato and built HamClock from source code. Something id never done on Linux before. It was a piece of cake. Now that Inovato is coming preloaded with HamClock only makes things better.

[@hamradiotube]

That's why this is such a cool little bit of kit. Source code is not in my wheel house. A computer guy I am not. I know enough to get in trouble, that's about it.

[@aa3konthego]

@@hamradiotube as long as you don't make all matter in the universe invert, you're good!

[@radioman3229]

First thanks for the great videos. Next a question, I also use HAMRS, but what is the best way to log multiple parks from same contact... and the best way to log multiple callsigns from same contact? NS9T 73

[@adrianmoss4391]

All comes in a bubble jiffy bag had 2 shipped to the UK arrived all 100%

[@jpvoodoo5522]

NTP is the Network time protocol. It synchronizes the computer clock with an atomic clock via a list of time servers. This appears to be using whatever the default servers are. I am only a few minutes into this video. But I assume that this is being used as a time source to the ham equipment, in which case it has to be also synced to a reliable time source.

[@mauriceaustin3442]

Is this what you use Mike? Thannk you for all the content. I really enjoy it

[@hamradiotube]

I just got it. I've been using a Geochron that is absolutely amazing, but they are like $500.

[@thedoobie1]

Ordered. 👍

[@rafaelcambon1]

I got mine months ago and have to manually start up Ham Clock every time. Is there any way to get it run on boot?

[@TheREALJosephTurner]

Looks like a great piece of kit. I have 2 questions about the Ham Clock software itself- Is there an option to display both UTC and local time at the same time? Also, can you display temperatures in both C and F at the same time? These features would come in handy, being able to just glance at the screen when talking to non-USA folks.

[@daytonstrongrecovery101]

It displays both yes

[@K3KTB]

It will display both UTC and your local time when you select DE in the box under UTC. Not sure about C and F, I think it's one or the other.

[@Superfandangoo]

It is the old T95 MINI with the Allwinner H6 Soc 2gb Ram Android TV Box with Armbian firmware flashed on it. It does run hot may need a larger heat sink. great for hamclock

[@MichaelBurmeister-Brown]

It shares hardware with the T95 Mini, but the OS is a customized Armbian with HamClock (& setup script) and other Ham Radio software pre-installed. There is also an installer for additional Ham software. A custom stand/fan is available on the site, too.

[@Superfandangoo]

@@MichaelBurmeister-Brown isn't that what i said, or was I supposed to add a further couple of wiki type paragraphs. e.g. the hampi suite can be added, T95mini is a very uneven product some made with the allwinner H616 and H618 chipset these will not work it needs the H6 the boxes also run hot differently some at 55c others 95c build quality fluctuates. This box is very limited supply now having to produce large orders in china to be made ie 500 @$10 as appears no ready available stock etc etc

[@Superfandangoo]

@@MichaelBurmeister-Brown I now see your the founder of Founder, Inovato LLC. Good little box its just the shipping costs to countries as the UK had me looking further into it. or I'd of purchased one.

[@MichaelBurmeister-Brown]

Yeah, it is a custom item these days. We filter out the hottest ones here when flashing (we flash and test in the US) and don't sell them. We buy in the thousands to try to keep them in stock, which usually works fine. We have been blessed with a couple of fantastic KZbin videos lately, (like this one!) that has massively increased demand. We are doing our best to keep up and have several thousand coming starting next week. We'll flash, test, package and ship as fast as we can! Sorry for any delays....

[@hamradiotube]

Sorry, not sorry lol! I'm humbled you watched the video. Thank you. Now get back to work!

[@michaelhope007]

My survival mode must still be enabled. I could have sworn it said Ham GLOCK bundle.

[@hamradiotube]

lol nope. That’s on my side.

[@shawnthompson520]

Mike how do you find your Map center?

[@dougdukes1039]

Thanks..... you just made the price go up.

[@blugoose86]

Got mine about a month ago. Great little machine.

[@dunskits1]

Where can I get a cool keyboard Mat with the frequencies?

[@woo1517]

Inovato Da Vida Baby

[@KF0KDE]

I just ordered one of everything they had to offer on their site. The computer is slightly backordered though.

[@mrkopecky]

Nice, quit spending my money. Awesome work.

[@KX2U]

I have had that Inovato for about 4 months and although I keep it on in the background all the time on the hamclock I find it very slow and not up to the tasks I need it for. I did get my Raspberry Pi 5 the other day and the power supply and cooler show up today so I am looking forward to installing it into my 3D printed case and getting my radio software installed. This 8gb SBC should be what I need to get the shack up to snuff. I may relegate the old Inovato to some other task perhaps a new NAS?

[@hamradiotube]

It's certainly not going to win any awards for being a fast computer thats for sure! I haven't tried any of the other ham radio software yet though.

[@KX2U]

I stripped a lot of software off it. The Raspberry Pi5 is surprisingly fast. I am starting to move over my software today and then design a under shelf mount for it. I have a touch screen coming in a few days so I can have that as my control screen and the second display for the wall monitor.@@hamradiotube

[@vinnyboomba9948]

Just ordered mine with keyboard

[@me734]

All this info on an open sourced Raz-PI for 50 smackers, it's a no brainer !

[@jcalbano]

Anyone using shared monitor( ham clock and radio)? If the HDMI is switched and established at ham clock the display is expanded.

[@TheGeekiestGuy]

I had one of these in my cart, but after they went up in price, I'm gonna have to wait. Living in BK29 costs more than folks realize.😅🤙🏽

[@hamradiotube]

BK29 just sounds expensive!

[@ToiToiTrimmer]

I’m about double that distance, so I got you. But, I got one anyway. You should see the price of a radio shipped here. Eye watering stuff.

[@TheGeekiestGuy]

@@ToiToiTrimmer I feel your pain. At least these are an option these days. I know the equivalent options start around $500. 💀😆🤙🏽

[@thecretthauce8843]

Would this work on a MacBook?

[@GreggK6EGG]

good price

[@sdmay1980]

I've had mine for about a month and haven't turned it on yet.

[@mainetomass99]

I couldn’t focus on the video because the entire time I was waiting for you to go back and fix your UTC time 😂

[@hamradiotube]

Haha I didn't even realize I set it to -4 until the edit. And afterwards I was reminded that I am in fact -6 now.

[@StuartM0TTQAmateurRadio]

The DRAP map is showing current D-layer absorbtion. NOAA publishes it

[@hamradiotube]

Ahhh. Good to know, thanks.

[@h2osmokey]

Is a separate monitor needed?

[@socallars3748]

You'll need and HDMI monitor or television to configure it. Afterwards, you can easily access it from any web browser on your LAN. Or remotely over your WAN, if you set up port forwarding in your router. I have a dedicated monitor for, but it functions perfectly in a browser window on my PCs and tablets.

[@pd9rd]

Very Cool! Too bad they don't ship to the Netherlands.. Thanks for the video! 73

[@MichaelBurmeister-Brown]

The rest of Europe is coming by early February. Unfortunately, shipping + duty + tax adds significantly to the price. 😭

[@pd9rd]

@@MichaelBurmeister-Brown Thanks! It might not be that interesting then.

[@ToiToiTrimmer]

From the looks it can take a bit of a good shaking 😳 ordered one $49 ? You guys are lucky. Ordered one, with shipping, $158.72 🥺 Thanks for the video, good work 😊

[@hamradiotube]

$158?!?! Good lord!

[@waakca]

I live about 90 miles from Elecraft. I went to their website to order a battery and the external charger for my KX2. Shipping was calculated to be around $58. One of these days I'll drive over. It'll be cheaper than shipping and I can activate some POTAs on the way over.

[@MichaelBurmeister-Brown]

This is Michael from Inovato. Just so folks aren't confused, we charge $10.74 flat rate shipping anywhere in the USA via USPS Priority Mail with tracking (1-3 days). Don't know how you could have ordered just one in the USA for $158.72. Great video!

[@MichaelBurmeister-Brown]

This is Michael from Inovato. We aren't Elecraft and our shipping is $10.74, flat rate, anywhere in the USA, Priority Mail with tracking (1-3 days)

[@tracymoon4437]

Care to clarify @ToiToiTrimmer? Surely you didn’t just make up paying $109 for shipping.

[@Klaatu-ij9uz]

Okay....I plugged-in the power supply (blue lite turned-on) and plugged-in the HDMI cord from the Quadra into my laptop HDMI port. I don't see the start-up screen like you're showing(??). Where do I go from here?? Thank you.

[@mikedahlhofer5511]

Unplug the hdmi from your laptop and plug it into a TV or monitor.

[@Klaatu-ij9uz]

Well...that's not good. I assumed a laptop's monitor would suffice!😒 @@mikedahlhofer5511

[@hamradiotube]

Well you can't really plug a computer into a computer...

[@G7LJL-Steve_Murton]

Sometimes it’s best to read the manual and then watch the you tube.

[@KX2U]

N4HNH put out a really good HamClock tutorial if anyone wants more detail on it.

[@Haz44Mat]

I have one for 2 weeks now. I wish they had a manual to go with it. Or at least somewhere to download it.

[@hamradiotube]

It’s buried deep in the internet but it’s here. www.clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/ click on the tab that says user guide.

[@KB2AT]

There's one aloso on there website

[@twr4641]

Right now it seems like a cool software running on some cheap hardware. Can I run the software directly on my favorite computer and dump the black box?

[@hamradiotube]

Oh yeah you can run Ham Clock on a Raspberry Pi. Not sure what other OS's though. I've only seen it on Linux based computers, but I also haven't looked. This bundle is just a great deal for people like me who aren't very computer savvy when it comes to stuff like this. It also has a bunch of ham software already installed too.

[@socallars3748]

It can be run on pretty much any Linux box, but the tiny, cheap computer lets one avoid cluttering their main shack computer. While I can and do run other software on it, I pretty much consider it to be a dedicated, Hamclock appliance. @@hamradiotube

[@thelostiowan]

As for comparison here in Minnesota, ram has better rust protection than Chevy or GM.

[@hamradiotube]

I'm not sure what that has to do with this video at all, but real hams drive Ford.

[@KE8ODY-WV-Ares-Ham-Dad-3O4]

If I buy the bundle with dmr and hot spot so I bet this an keyboard

[@John_Henry83]

I hope that I am not picky but, you did not show how you got the display on your monitor. I ASSume you plugged a monitor into the HDMI port and a USB hub into the USB port and then connected a mouse and keyboard to the hub? As I said I hope that I am not being picky but small details like those are thing that KZbin posters tend to forget but when we viewers are watching a video at home we end up scratching our head and saying to ourselves "How did he do that?"

[@hamradiotube]

You got it.

[@ambitiouslawn1678]

Is there a subscription to ham clock or is this free?

[@hamradiotube]

Hamclock is free

[@ambitiouslawn1678]

Awesome!

[@norm_sueb122]

FYI link isn't working.

[@hamradiotube]

Interesting...thanks for the heads up. I just changed it.

[@caseykc7abc499]

$10 + shipping

[@jerryKB2GCG]

Enter DE latitude ? We don’t want y’all moving to Delaware 😊

[@hamradiotube]

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[@ToiToiTrimmer]

@@hamradiotube Sounds exciting 😳🤣

[@garyh8315]

I like the bundle, but the cost more than doubles for export to the UK!!!

[@MichaelBurmeister-Brown]

Yeah, international shipping is expensive, especially as a percentage on an inexpensive item.

[@Klaatu-ij9uz]

So....all it took was plug-in the power supply, then enter my personal WiFi code?? No other cabling required??🤔

[@hamradiotube]

Well you need to plug it into your monitor too, but yes, that's it.

[@grunt_mahoney6027]

Why not setup your own Raspberry pi and download the software...its free Its a lot cheaper than $491.00 ?

[@hamradiotube]

This is $41. Not $491. Don't think you can even buy a PI for that cheap anymore.

[@mike94560]

Or you can just run the App on your Linux computer for free.

[@caseykc7abc499]

You hit 4 not5

[@hamradiotube]

Lol yeah I noticed that when I was editing it. But it was my mistake, I am -6 right now haha!

[@miket7184]

@@hamradiotube And I thought I was losing it! 🤣

[@W9HJBill]

The Quadra is a great bit of kit. Unlike the Raspberry Pi, they didn't jack their price up to insane prices during the pandemic. You can even use them for FT8 and other ham radio control.

[@chublez]

Raspberry Pi foundation never jacked their prices up. 3rd party vendors took advantage and individuals ebayed ones they got their hands on for stupid prices. All that profiteering made it even more difficult for you and me to get one at msrp as scalpers where buying em up to resale.

[@tracymoon4437]

It was scalpers selling them for inflated prices during the pandemic.

[@elijah3807]

A slight bit of looking would have told you that RPI foundation did nothing to their pricing. That was your neighbor, people you run into at the store, the oerson in the car next to you at a stoplight. Just greedy humans.

[@tracymoon4437]

Do you plan to continue with this misinformation @W9HJBill?

[@W9HJBill]

@@tracymoon4437 Considering that the end user CAN NOT buy directly from RPF and can only buy from either scalpers OR the companies that are listed as sellers on their page and when those official companies jack up the price when inventory was short ... YES, I will continue with what you call misinformation ... because it is FACT.

[@PARTner91]

🤘🏻 Metallica

[@GH0ST369]

Mike it is time for you to learn metric. The rest of the world uses it. It is not that hard...

[@kevinverville8608]

Does it require me to get a dedicated monitor? 73 de KC1DBR

[@hamradiotube]

Only if you want a dedicated monitor for it I suppose.

[@k2cjbradio]

Got one a couple of weeks ago and it’s really cool! 73 de K2CJB