FT4/FT8 10/20/40m (HamClock)

HamClock in Windows

HamClock is a kiosk-style application that provides real time space weather, radio propagation models, operating events and other information particularly useful to the radio amateur. HamClock was introduced in a QST article in the October 2017 issue and has been actively developed and expanded ever since. The User Guide provides detailed operating instructions. Explore the additional tabs for further supporting information. 73, Elwood Downey, WBØOEW

HamClock on a Raspberry Pi 

These instructions assume your RPi is up and running Bullseye. If not, first see the FAQ 4, then come back here. Open a terminal on the target system GUI desktop by clicking on the red Raspberry → Accessories → Terminal. This will give you a command line prompt for the next step.

Download and run the installer script by entering the following commands (use copy/paste to avoid typos):
cd
curl -O https://www.clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/install-hc-rpi
chmod u+x install-hc-rpi
./install-hc-rpi

Answer each question by typing y or n followed by Enter.
If you chose not to install a desktop icon, you can run HamClock from the terminal at any time by typing this command:
hamclock &

If no errors then that's it! Be sure to read the User Guide to get the most from HamClock. If something did go wrong, try working through the manual steps in the next section.

Go through the following steps from Windows10:
1. Open Command Window with CMD (Run as Administrator)
2. At the Command Prompt enter: wsl --install
3. Restart the PC/laptop. 
4. Fill in a username and password.
5. Update UBUNTU $: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade.
6. Run through the following commands at the UBUNTU prompt:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt install curl make g++ xorg-dev libx11-dev zip
cd
rm -fr ESPHamClock
curl -O https://www.clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/ESPHamClock.zip
unzip ESPHamClock.zip
cd ESPHamClock
make -j 4 hamclock (optional: make -j 4 hamclock-web-1600x960
sudo make install
Close the UBUNTU screen.
7. Open a Command Window with CMD (Run as Administrator) In the DOS screen type wsl sudo hamclock &
8. In a Web browser, open http://127.0.0.1:8081/live.html
9. This allows you to continue to view and control HAMCLOCK.
Each time you want to restart HAMCLOCK start at step 7