About Web Radio Control

Add web browser-based remote access to your existing station hardware.
Operate on phone, CW and digital modes.
Supports PC and Mac on desktop, Android and iOS on mobile.

Web Radio Control allows you to operate your amateur radio station using a web browser. The actual software runs at your station on a Raspberry Pi, a credit card sized computer. You don’t need expensive radio equipment: a radio transceiver capable of computer control and a wire antenna are enough to get started!

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FOR PERSONAL USE

Never miss a contact! Keep access to your personal station with you wherever you go.

Operate from anywhere using a mobile phone, a tablet or a desktop computer. Only Internet access and a web browser needed!
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FOR HAM RADIO CLUBS

Spark activity among club members and bring the bands to life! Enable remote operation on the club station.

Web Radio Control has a built-in reservation calendar to give each operator exclusive, uninterrupted remote access to the station.
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Web Radio Control user showcase

Juha OH3NHF uses Web Radio Control to operate his Yaesu FTDX101 rig. He has built the morse key USB adapter for Web Radio Control to smoothly integrate CW into his remote setup.

Juha OH3NHF Tampere, Finland

Karstin OY1DZ uses Web Radio Control with JTDX and LogHX applications for working digital modes, such as FT8.

Karstin OY1DZ Hoyvík, Faroe Islands

Remote station QTH of Karstin OY1DZ in Hoyvík, Faroe Islands.

Karstin OY1DZ Hoyvík, Faroe Islands

Club OH7AB has set up a dedicated Icom IC-7300, an antenna switch and one of the OH7WP station towers for Web Radio Control remote operation. The club has a quiet, remote QTH with multiple antenna towers, so the club members benefit greatly from remote access!

Club Pohjois-Karjalan Radiokerho, OH7AB Joensuu, Finland (photo by Vesa OH7XI)

Club OH7AB hardware rack for the remote station containing an Icom IC-7300, rotator controller, antenna switch controller and power supplies. All controlled by a Raspberry Pi running Web Radio Control.

Club Pohjois-Karjalan Radiokerho, OH7AB Joensuu, Finland (photo by Heimo OH7TY)

Jari OH3UW operates club OH3AA station with a compact laptop-based setup. He is an active CW operator and has built the Web Radio Control USB morse key adapter, which also allows use of a foot switch for phone/voice QSOs.

Jari OH3UW Hämeenlinna, Finland

Juha OH3NHF using two Web Radio Control instances for picking the best signal reception, comparing his local and remote station OH4TQ.

Juha OH3NHF Tampere, Finland

Club OH3AA provides their club members an Icom IC-756ProIII rig, a rotating tower and a set of HF and VHF antennas for remote control.

Club Hämeenlinnan Radioamatöörit, OH3AA Hämeenlinna, Finland (photo by Mikael OH3BHX)

Club OH3AA has built custom hardware based on Raspberry Pi and Arduinos to control their tower rotator and antenna switch.

Club Hämeenlinnan Radioamatöörit, OH3AA Hämeenlinna, Finland (photo by Mikael OH3BHX)

INSTALLATION

Hardware installation overview

To set up remote control, you will need only a Raspberry Pi and Internet connectivity at your station. Web Radio Control uses the Raspberry Pi USB ports for controlling radio transceivers and antenna rotators. Many recent radios and rotator controllers have a USB port allowing direct connection to Raspberry Pi.

If your radio does not have a USB port, you can use a dedicated digital mode interface for USB connectivity. USB sound cards and serial port adapters are another option for connecting your radio to the Raspberry Pi.

You can also control antenna switches and relays either via the Raspberry Pi GPIO connector or via local network (LAN).

Remote access to the station requires an Internet connection with a public IP address. While a 3G connection is sufficient for remote control, a 4G/5G or a fixed broadband connection is recommended for lower audio latency. See detailed hardware requirements

FEATURES

Radio control

Operate any supported radio transceiver using a clean and simple user interface. Add related antenna rotators and antenna switches to the same view for quick access. Web Radio Control provides additional features for assistance, such as band plan view, audio spectrum waterfall and a VFO dial for touch screens.

NEW IN VERSION 0.13:
  • See band activity on remote RF spectrum scope and waterfall display (currently for Icom SDRs only).
  • Quickly recall frequency, mode, filter and repeater settings using software-based memory channels.
  • DTMF dialer for sending commands e.g. to repeaters

Morse keyer

Use the morse keyer features to operate on CW. The keyer supports CW from typed text either in real time or from text macros. Alternatively, you can use a physical morse key by building a specialized USB morse key adapter based on the Arduino microcontroller platform.

Rotator control

Web Radio Control provides simple tools to control both azimuth and elevation rotators. You can also save and recall the rotator direction for fast access to commonly used rotator directions.

Antenna and relay control

Set up remote control for antenna switches and any general-purpose relays (for mains power control, for example). Web Radio Control supports signaling via Raspberry Pi GPIO pins and LAN network (HTTP).

Built-in reservation calendar

NEW IN VERSION 0.13
This new release allows you to take full advantage of a shared/club station with remote control:
  • Give a personal user account for each operator.
  • Use the built-in reservation calendar to let operators enjoy exclusive, uninterrupted access to the station using reservations.
  • Control user access to the station and configure suitable limits to station reservations using administrator features.

Station administrators can additionally create reservations on behalf of other operators and set up limits for reservations, including the maximum reservation time per week for an operator.

Quick access to reservations

NEW IN VERSION 0.13
  • Easily check radio reservation status using the sidebar, which provides quick access to creating reservations.
  • Reserving a radio also reserves all rotators and antenna switches linked to the radio, preventing other operators from using them!

Documentation links

Hardware Requirements

Installation & Configuration

User Guide

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