Guides

Everything ShackNerd does, and how to use it. Prefer paper or a long flight? Download all the guides as one PDF.

Setting up

• Getting started: download to waterfall in ten minutes
• Remote operation: operate from anywhere, the safe way
• Troubleshooting: what actually goes wrong, in order

Operating

• Operating: tuning, bands, presets, split, meters
• Transmitting: push to talk, voice from your phone, the watchdog
• CW: the keyer, the macros, the decoder and the passband scope
• FT8 and digital modes: the built-in FT8 station, and WSJT-X through the bridge
• Logging: a log that fills and confirms itself, LoTW to eQSL, plus the stats page
• Reverse Beacon Network: see where your CQ was heard

Contributing

• Radio reports: help ShackNerd support your radio

Under the hood

• Network protocol notes: Icom's undocumented UDP protocol, written down, CC BY 4.0
• CI-V field guide
• Provenance