Hamshack Hotline (HH) is a FREE dedicated VoIP telecom service for the Ham Radio community.  Typically, phones are established in ham shacks, EOCs, Clubs & club members, ARES, and other Ham related areas and functions.  It is not the intention of HH to replace traffic carried over the radio in an emergency or other tactical operation, but rather to augment it, by offloading managerial tactical operations and providing a full-duplex path for such communications when the spectrum is occupied, conditions diminished, or otherwise unavailable.   HH also supports FAXing of information (with appropriate equipment) which allows tactical offices to share documents & data between tactical locations.   In a non-tactical use, HH is an effective resource for off-air troubleshooting when you need to coordinate a troubleshoot of a radio circuit off-air and between multiple SMEs.   In addition to all this, conference bridges on the HH network allow large groups of Hams to coordinate & meet in real-time anywhere in the world.

Getting on board HH is easy!  Once you have acquired a supported SIP capable phone (The Hamshack Hotline Network prefers to register hardware phones first), jump over to the HamChack Hotline site and open a ticket.

A private bridge has already been setup for ClayARES. Once your are setup with HamShack Hotline, email Scott Roberts, KK4ECR for details on adding the ClayARES Bridge to your phone.

For more information visit the HamShack Hotline Site.