Posted by KA9NWM I stepped away from active development for a couple weeks in the middle of June. Life happens, I got very sick with a new flu variant and wow did it knock me down. It’s a solo project, so when I came back at the end of the month there was a real … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM I keep getting asked some version of the same question: why does Helioclock feel different from a typical hobbyist dashboard project? The honest answer isn’t about ham radio at all. It’s about where I spent the first four decades of my working life. I started as a broadcast meteorologist at a TV … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM The first couple days of June were spent finishing pieces that had been sitting half-done since May, and getting the first real marketing material ready for Huntsville Hamfest. The Markets panel had been on the list for a while, and it turned into a good lesson in trusting your own data before … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM May was the month I stopped thinking about Helioclock as a side project and started building it like a product with a ship date. That framing actually started a little before May 1st. Hamvention in Dayton runs every year in mid-May, for 2026 it landed May 15-17, and around the third week … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM I said in the last post that Helioclock started April 20, 2026. What I didn’t say is that it didn’t start with that name. I said in the last post that Helioclock started April 20, 2026. What I didn’t say is that it didn’t start with that name. Day one was a … Read more
Why I Started Building Helioclock Posted by KA9NWM Helioclock started on April 20, 2026. I want to write down why, while I still remember it clearly. For years, hams running a station clock and propagation display had one real option: HamClock, built by WB0OEW. It did the job it was built to do — greyline, … Read more