Ep. 22: World Radio League Founders: 100,000 Users, JTTY and Morse Mastery
Summary
Andy N0APX and James N0WRL of World Radio League join Everyday Ham to explain how a simple web logger grew to more than 100,000 users. We cover CAT control, FT8 in the desktop app, Winter Field Day live scoring, integrations with QRZ and WSJT-X, and Andy's first JTTY contact. They also introduce Morse Mastery and Ham Radio Prep's move into exam scheduling. Before the interview, Rory and Jim share early Icom ID-5200 impressions and James reports back on the Heil BM-17 headset.
In This Episode
- Around the shack: Rory's California QSO Party trip, and first impressions of the Icom ID-5200 (scan speed, receive, display), including Jim's early ID-5200 vs Kenwood TM-D750A take
- James K8JKU's Heil BM-17 follow-up after many POTA activations, and a New Mexico trip with a CW key
- What World Radio League is: a cloud logger with mobile, desktop and web apps on one account
- CAT control, FT8 in the desktop app, and how the Everyday Ham team used WRL at Winter Field Day
- Andy's first JTTY contact from a pre-release desktop build, and what JTTY is
- Integrations (QRZ, Logbook of the World, WSJT-X, N1MM, free API, custom UDP) and how WRL fits alongside QRZ and LoTW
- How the team builds: roadmap, stability, security and using AI tools without handing over the thinking
- Ham Radio Prep and exam scheduling, plus Morse Mastery for learning CW at your own pace
Mentioned in This Episode
- World Radio League (WRL): https://worldradioleague.com/
- Andy N0APX and James N0WRL (see Guests)
- World Radio League Show, Mondays 2 p.m. Central: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldRadioLeague
- Ham Radio Prep, including lead instructor Jim N4BFR: https://hamradioprep.com/
- Morse Mastery: https://www.morsemastery.com/
- Icom ID-5200: https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=71-005028
- Kenwood TM-D750A: https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=71-002773
- Heil Ham Radio BM-17 single-sided headset: https://heilhamradio.com/product/bm-17-2/
- JTTY and WSJT-X: https://wsjtx.github.io/
- Long Island CW Club: https://longislandcwclub.org/
- N1MM Logger+, QRZ, Logbook of the World
- Winter Field Day, ARRL Field Day, California QSO Party, WRTC, HamCation (February)
- Prior Everyday Ham episode: Rory's California QSO Party video
Guests
Andy N0APX: Product Manager, World Radio League. Part of the Ham Radio Prep team. Licensed about three years ago, Extra since March. Links: https://worldradioleague.com/
James N0WRL: Founder and CEO, World Radio League and Ham Radio Prep. Links: https://worldradioleague.com/Guests