Hamshack Hotline Public Announcement

A Fond Farewell

To our valued Hamshack Hotline community,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sunset of the Hamshack Hotline project, effective August 29th, 2025.

What began in 2018 as a simple idea in the humble closet of K1WIZ quickly grew into something none of us could have imagined - an expansive, global communications network built by and for amateur radio operators.

From those early beginnings, Hamshack Hotline evolved into a robust VoIP system supported by multiple servers around the world, with over 7,000 interconnections at its peak.

This incredible journey was made possible by the generosity of donors worldwide and the tireless commitment of the Hamshack Hotline Team, who volunteered their time and expertise to support and grow the network. Your trust and participation helped shape Hamshack Hotline into a valuable and widely respected resource for the ham radio community.

However, with success came scale - and with scale, came increasing demands. As the network grew, so did the workload on our small team. Balancing this effort with our responsibilities to family, careers, and life outside the shack has become increasingly challenging. WeâεTve always taken great pride in the reliability and service standards of Hamshack Hotline, and we recognize that we can no longer maintain those standards at the level our users deserve.

After much thoughtful discussion and reflection, the Board of Directors has unanimously voted to sunset the project, giving our community ample time to transition to other services by the end date.

This was not an easy decision. We know how much this network means to many of you - and it means just as much to us. Hamshack Hotline was built with love, run with dedication, and supported by an incredible community that made it all worthwhile.

In the spirit of giving back, the remaining cash reserves of Hamshack Hotline, after settling final operating expenses, will be donated to a charity that supports veterans. WeâεTll announce the recipient of this donation soon.

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank each and every one of you for being a part of Hamshack Hotline. Whether you joined us on day one or just discovered the network, your involvement helped shape something truly special in the amateur radio world.

73,

The Hamshack Hotline Team

âε¿Where Hams Connectâε¿ - 2018âε"2025

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It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sunset of the Hamshack Hotline project, effective August 29th, 2025.

Sorry to see you go!

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paul wrote to TheCivvie <=-

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sunset of the Hamshack
Hotline project, effective August 29th, 2025.

Sorry to see you go!

I guess costs were too high for them to continue and a lot of the gateways they had seemed to die away

TC

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On 11 Jul 2025, TheCivvie said the following...

Hamshack Hotline Public Announcement

A Fond Farewell

To our valued Hamshack Hotline community,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sunset of the Hamshack Hotline project, effective August 29th, 2025.

The HSHL squabbles will end, but at the expense of dumping everyone who supported them?

Rather surprised they didn't arrange a wholesale port-over to a survivor service?

Seems those survivor services are led by ex-HSHL refugees, so I guess pride again got in the way.

Many are doing Hams over IP, and some another AW (any wire? not certain).

I'll move my equipment to HoIP at some point, but I am not going to ask the five-six hams I help set up to send their gear back for me to rework. This time they figure it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqkYvf0XhAQ is a video with about everything you need to know.

73

Steve
K9ZW

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k9zw wrote to TheCivvie <=-

I'll move my equipment to HoIP at some point, but I am not going to ask the five-six hams I help set up to send their gear back for me to
rework. This time they figure it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqkYvf0XhAQ is a video with about everything you need to know.

I will browse to that now in a bit

TC

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k9zw wrote to TheCivvie <=-

I'll move my equipment to HoIP at some point, but I am not going to ask the five-six hams I help set up to send their gear back for me to
rework. This time they figure it out.

You reminded me that I forgot to setup my voip phone, not that I am getting it sorted fast :)

TC

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