{"id":62571,"date":"2025-04-19T06:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T10:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62571"},"modified":"2025-04-19T06:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T10:43:29","slug":"franks-adventures-with-hamsphere-5-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/franks-adventures-with-hamsphere-5-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank\u2019s Adventures with HamSphere 5.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Frank, who notes that he\u2019s just published a post exploring the world of virtual amateur radio via HamSphere 5.0\u2014a platform that simulates real-world radio propagation using the internet and VoIP. He shares his experiences since 2012, highlighting thousands of contacts, numerous awards, and how the platform has deepened his appreciation for radio.\u00a0

Click here to read Frank’s article: https:\/\/icomjapan.blogspot.com\/2025\/04\/what-is-virtual-amateur-radio-via.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Frank, who notes that he\u2019s just published a post exploring the world of virtual amateur radio via HamSphere 5.0\u2014a platform that simulates real-world radio propagation using the internet and VoIP. He shares his experiences since 2012, highlighting thousands of contacts, numerous awards, and how the platform has deepened his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[10744],"class_list":["post-62571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-hamsphere-5-0"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ghd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30870,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/guest-post-why-are-kolkata-dxers-upbeat-on-world-radio-day-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":62571,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: “Why are Kolkata DXers upbeat on World Radio Day 2018?”","author":"Thomas","date":"February 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Sandipan Basu Mallick (VU3JXD), who shares the following guest post: Dear Thomas, On the even of World radio Day, 10 DXers of Kolkata, India gathered while the radio enthusiast around the world are coping with bad news for the hobby. 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