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Running multiple online Software Defined Radio (SDR) Sources simultaneously can be a powerful tool for amateur radio operators, but requires organizing and monitoring each SDR instance separately. This also involves familiarizing yourself with the SDR software interface to efficiently navigate them.
The hams.live system provides an easy to use client-server based alternative supporting and syncronizing multiple SDR Sources.

hams.live is great for everyone, but especially in the following circumstances:

Space and/or local restrictions for antennas
Noise from local Radio Frequency Interference
Limited or no receive coverage in certain directions


The system provides better chances to receive transmitted signals than even the BEST receiver at your location, because it supports copying the signal from MANY locations. The system elements are OBS Studio software on a user’s computer, and web services running under a common domain. Users can identify, efficiently manage and connect to hundreds of freely available SDR Sources worldwide. The SDR Sources could easily be accessed using only a web browser, and some have tried doing this. The chance of receiving information from a transmitter potentially increases greatly if there are SDR Sources in place at location(s) with favorable radio propagation conditions. Finding the best available SDR Source for a given situation has become a challenge for many….but not with hams.live!
Customizable graphical user interface
Multiple operating systems (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Available in over fifty different languages
Embedded browser control with optional direct interaction
Control of multiple audio Sources (including transceiver feed)
Audio noise filtering and EQ with adjustable levels
Frequency/mode synchronization across all SDR Sources
SDR Sources organized geographically with Grid Squares
Display of multiple active SDR Sources with S-Meters
Integrated USA callsign lookup
Available audio/video recording capabilities
Support both cloud based and peer-peer audio/video streaming