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Analog radios were the rage once upon a time. In fact, a lot of people still rely on Ham Radios to communicate the old-fashioned way. Here is how you can capture and listen to those analog radio signals with a modern computer.
HAM Radio and Computers
Computers and Mobile phones have arguably re-invented and revolutionized the ham radio hobby as before the personal home computers were not common, ham radio was largely analog with a lot of hardware. Users would manually tune up and down the radio frequencies to search for signals and used paper/pencil to note down the messages. Today, all of this can be done on small screen of your home computer. Even if you do not yet have an amateur radio call sign, you can use software such as Hamsphere to get started and begin talking to other amateur radio enthusiast all around the world. After you have enough experience and obtain your own radio license, you can use more powerful softwares to control your equipment from a computer and gain more enjoyment.
Why use a VPN with HAM Radio software on PC or Mobile Phones?
While using the HAM radio on a PC or a Mobile device, you might face the problem of not receiving signals or your modulator like C4FM is unable to amplify your signal strength. This can happen for a variety of reasons including geo-restrictions, network administrators or the ports being blocked by your ISP. The most commonly used ports by different software are 46100, 46110, 46112, 46114, 46120 and 46122. If any one or all of these ports are blocked on your network, you might face issues to run the radio on your system.
The easiest way to overcome the ban and ports blockage is to use the amateur radio on a VPN connection. A VPN connection will not only encrypt your internet connection but also allows you to open and activate your desired ports on the network with the help of the Port Forwarding feature, so that your software and amplifiers could work seamlessly on the network.
How to setup Port Forwarding on a PureVPN Connection?
- Go to your Member’s Area, select the Port Forwarding tab and then select the desired option (either open all ports or block all but enable following), enter port number 46100, 46110, 46112, 46114, 46120, 46122 and apply settings.
2. Open your PureVPN Application and connect to your desired VPN location.
3. Now, go to your web browser and access the website mentioned below to check your ports status.
www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
Quickly and safely open ports using PureVPN
Opening a port shouldn’t be complicated. With the Port Forwarding add-on, it’s as simple as 1, 2, and 3!
How to open ports behind CGNAT
What if your ISP performs CGNAT? Most ISPs perform CGNAT (Carrier-grade Network Address Translation) to conserve bandwidth and assign a single IP address to multiple users connected to the same internet network. However, CGNAT makes it difficult for you to open ports on the router.
To get around the CGNAT issue, you can use the Port Forwarding add-on to bypass this problem and port forward routers without hassle.
Here’s more information on how to use PureVPN’s Port Forwarding add-on and bypass CGNAT in a few clicks.
Conclusion:
For the best results, it is recommended to open up ports for Hamsphere, allowing you to listen to analog radio signals with ease. You can use PureVPN to easily accomplish this.
PureVPN
June 20, 2023
11 months ago
