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