Compatibility
What HAMORA works with.
HAMORA app
| Platform | Requires | Status |
|---|---|---|
| iPhoneiPhone only for 1.0. iPads can run the iPhone version. | iOS 16.4 or later | Built — Pending Release |
| AndroidPhones. Being tested through Google Play. | Android 7.0 or later | In Testing |
HAMORA Bridge
| Platform | Requires | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit · Pi 3, 4, 5 or Zero 2 W | In Testing |
| Debian and Ubuntu | 64-bit, with Python 3.11 or later | In Testing |
| macOS | macOS 13 or later | In Testing |
| Windows | Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit | Planned |
Installers are published on the Download page only after they pass testing, with checksums.
Programs HAMORA works with
Hamlib (rigctld)
Reads your radio for HAMORA. What is Hamlib?
Free. HAMORA Bridge can run it for you, or HAMORA can connect to one you run.
Hamlib (rigctld) websiteWSJT-X
FT8 and FT4. What is WSJT-X?
Free. HAMORA follows its decodes and logs its completed QSOs, directly or through the Bridge.
WSJT-X websiteDire Wolf
APRS from your radio’s audio. What is Dire Wolf?
Free. Used through HAMORA Bridge, receive-only. A hardware KISS TNC also works.
Dire Wolf website
Radios
PlannedHAMORA reads radios through Hamlib, which supports hundreds of models from Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, Elecraft and others. HAMORA is designed to read the frequency and mode of radios Hamlib supports, but we don’t claim support for any specific model until it has been tested.
HAMORA hasn’t been tested with physical radios yet, so we don’t publish a list of tested radios. One is planned after physical-radio testing, together with radios reported working by operators.
Remote control and transmission: hardware
None of these exist in HAMORA today, and none is guaranteed to ship. Each would need its own security, safety and legal review first. Their plan and price aren’t decided, and they aren’t included in the planned Cloud Relay price. HAMORA today is read-only and receive-only, and Cloud Relay’s first stage is read-only monitoring.
| Stage | Your station would need | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Read-only remote monitoring | HAMORA Bridge · A HAMORA account | In Testing — public release on hold |
| Remote frequency and mode control | A radio with CAT control supported by Hamlib · HAMORA Bridge · A verified callsign | Security-Gated |
| Remote PTT | A radio with CAT or serial PTT · HAMORA Bridge · A verified callsign | Security-Gated |
| Remote RX audio | A radio with a USB audio codec or an audio interface · HAMORA Bridge | Future / Security-Gated |
| Remote voice TX | Everything remote PTT and remote audio need | Future / Security-Gated |
| Remote digital-mode transmission | To be confirmed | Planned — scope not confirmed |
Not available, not guaranteed
No remote control or transmit capability exists in HAMORA today. Each stage ships only if it passes its own security, safety and legal review, and some may never ship.
Plan Not Decided
No plan or price has been decided for remote control, PTT, receive audio, voice or digital-mode transmission. They aren’t included in the planned Cloud Relay price, which covers read-only monitoring.
Supported hardware
Remote control would work only with radios and interfaces that support it: CAT control through Hamlib, PTT by CAT or a serial line, and a USB audio codec or audio interface for sound. Not every radio will be supported.
Operator authorization
Only a verified callsign holder, on a phone authorized at the station, could control or transmit. It would be off by default and turned on by the operator at the station, never from the app alone.
Emergency PTT release
The design releases the transmitter automatically if the connection or the app stops responding, after a maximum transmit time, or with an emergency stop.
Transmission safety
Checks would run on HAMORA Bridge at the station, not only in the app: within what the radio supports, never retuning during a transmission, and every action recorded.
Amateur-radio regulations
Remote operation is regulated differently in each country. You remain responsible for your licence conditions and for operating lawfully, including station identification and any remote-operation rules where you and your station are.