ACURA Virtual Ham Shack
Step inside the ACURA virtual ham shack, a radio room that runs right in your browser. Every screen in the room shows live club data. In addition, each radio and gadget opens a real tool on this site.
ACURA Sponsors the Holy Spirit High School Ham Radio Club
The Atlantic Coast United Radio Association will be sponsoring the Holy Spirit High School Ham Radio Club. This is possible in part thanks to a grant from The East Coast Amateur Radio Service (ECARS). As a result, the club’s name hangs on the wall of the virtual ham shack above.
How to Use the Virtual Ham Shack
- Move your mouse to look around the room. On a phone, swipe sideways.
- Click or tap any screen, or anything with an amber dot. The room then zooms in on it.
- Next, click the HF radio to turn it on. Then scroll to tune, or type a frequency.
- Click the Morse key and hold the space bar to send code. The shack decodes what you send.
- Finally, press the gold button on any card to open the full tool.
What Is Live in the Virtual Ham Shack
The wall screens are not pictures. Instead, they pull the same live feeds as the rest of this site. For example, the left monitor shows which ACURA repeaters are up right now. Likewise, the big map shows APRS stations and mesh nodes heard around South Jersey. The small sign counts down to the next club net.
On the desk, the laptop lists Parks on the Air activators as they are spotted. It also picks the best HF band from today’s solar numbers. Meanwhile, the monitor turns red when the National Weather Service issues an alert for Atlantic County.
The HF radio on the desk is real, too. It plays live audio from the club SDR receiver, so you hear actual signals on the bands. In addition, the meter and waterfall on its screen follow the real signal. For the full console, open the ACURA live SDR receiver. New to the hobby? First, read what ham radio is from the ARRL.
More ACURA Ham Radio Tools
- ACURA Mission Control: the whole club on one live wall.
- Repeater Status Board: see which repeaters are on the air.
- Morse Code Trainer: learn the code at your own pace.
- Practice Exams: get ready for your license test.