Good news, and we’ve waited a long time to be able to write this: the backorder situation is over. Every order that was waiting has shipped, new stock is in, and Helioclock orders are going out on a regular schedule again. The long haul When Helioclock took off after Huntsville Hamfest and the video coverage … Read more
Bugs fixed Features added
Good news first: we’ve made very real progress on the order backlog. SKU-3 (Turnkey Appliance) is fully caught up as of today, every outstanding order is in the shipping process. SKU-1 (MicroSD Card) is nearly clear too, just a handful of orders left, and those are going out this week. About 35 shipped yesterday and … Read more
Helioclock v3.6.02 This release has new features and incorporates a number of fixes for errors reported by our customers. THANK YOU. NEW The DX Cluster detail panel’s filter bar (in the full detail view, not the simple mini-panel preview) lets you narrow the live spot list by:
I wanted to take a moment to give everyone an honest update on where things stand. We’ve now crossed the 1,000-order mark. That kind of response has been humbling, and I mean that sincerely. It’s also meant that fulfillment has slowed down more than I’d like, and I want to be upfront about why. Partway … Read more
Helioclock sold out at HHF. Then, when people who missed us at the show turned to the website looking for one, we sold out there too. We’re now sitting on a backlog of roughly 200 orders, and we want to talk straight with you about what that means and what’s coming next. First, thank you … Read more
Helioclock Now Talks to Your RTL-SDR — And We’re Headed to Huntsville Two pieces of news worth sharing this week: Helioclock now has full live RTL-SDR integration built in, and we’ll be showing it off in person at the Huntsville Hamfest / ARRL National Convention, August 22–23. See the Press Release HERE. Your RTL-SDR Dongle, … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM Monday July 27th the press release goes out, so it’s official: Helioclock will make its public debut at the ARRL National Convention, Huntsville Hamfest, August 22-23, 2026, at booth #V55. If you’ve been following along here, none of this is a surprise, but I wanted to put the real announcement in front … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM Once the website was in good shape, the rest of July turned into the busiest, most concentrated stretch of the whole project so far. I want to walk through the real shape of it, because a lot of it was research and rebuilding as much as it was new features. It started … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM For most of the first week of July, I stepped away from the app itself and spent nearly the whole stretch on helioclock.com. It’s easy to underestimate how much time a real product website takes until you’re actually building one page by page. I built it on WordPress, hosted on Pressable, with … Read more