GLPSKHeatmap vs FT8 Hero Remote

PSK Heatmap fetches real-time spot data from PSK Reporter (pskreporter.info) and renders a propagation heatmap centered on your Maidenhead grid locator. Key Features: • Globe map showing TX (transmit) and RX (receive) spots in real time • Band filter: 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m • Heat-chart with spot count and unique station count per band x distance bin • Delta column shows change from previous fetch (spot count & station count) • Auto-refresh at configurable intervals (5-60 min); resumes on foreground • GPS-assisted grid locator detection • Quick links to ionospheric weather sites (NOAA, Solar Ham, etc.) Ideal for ham radio operators planning DX contacts or monitoring band conditions. Data source: open data provided by PSK Reporter (pskreporter.info). Internet connection required.

FT8 Hero Remote is the iPhone and iPad remote for the FT8 Hero desktop app. Operate your own FT8 station from anywhere while the radio stays in the shack. The FT8 Hero desktop app runs beside WSJT-X on the shack computer and relays what the radio hears. This app shows it to you live: every decoded station, who is calling CQ, who is calling you, the band, the mode, the period clock — and takes back what you tap. • Tap a CQ to answer it. WSJT-X arms the transmitter and Auto Seq runs the contact. • CALL CQ presses WSJT-X's own Tx 6. STOP TX is never refused. • Band Activity and Rx Frequency lists, exactly as WSJT-X shows them. • Change band and mode, select any of the six messages, Monitor, Decode, Tune. • Confirm WSJT-X's Log QSO dialog from wherever you are. Contacts go to your QSL World logbook and, with a key, to QRZ Logbook. • A live picture of the waterfall. • Safety built in: a dropped connection halts the transmitter, only one operator at a time, and nothing keys the radio without a paired device. Pair once by scanning the QR code the desktop app shows. No account, no port forwarding, no dynamic DNS: the shack dials out, the phone dials in, and they meet at the relay. Requires the free FT8 Hero desktop app for Mac, Windows or Linux from ft8hero.com, running beside WSJT-X 2.5 or later (or JTDX). Five contacts are free; after that a licence from ft8hero.com keeps the station on the air.