Hamword Game Timing

Hamword uses the timestamp that comes with each incoming Winlink message. That timestamp is generated by Winlink Express (or another client) based on your computer’s time clock. Having your local time clock slightly ahead or behind the standard can cause unexpected results. So, if a message is received before the message timestamp, it is held until the next grading time to be processed in the correct position.

We have received messages with a timestamp as far as six months behind the server time. This means the user will play a game from that earlier time. To keep users playing in the current week, the server’s received time will be used to process the guess when a message timestamp is over a day off. Ensure your time clock is set to the standard time for best results.

Winlink Contact Statistics Now Available

Several graphs and charts are available at https://hambooks.org/winlink/ to help monitor the Winlink contact activities. This data is retrieved from the Winlink servers and assembled for these presentations. You can use this data to learn where Winlink is popular, what distances to use for your contacts, and how many contacts have been made daily. This data updates each day at 00:00z.

Commercial Radio Study Guide

The N5HZR Commercial Radio Accurate Answers Manual (CRAAM) presents the entire FCC commercial operator license question pools, without the distractors for you to review. This book is available on Amazonor as a Kindle Version, and as an ePub Version, including Apple Books.

Element 7 is effective starting October 6, 2021. Elements 1, 3, 6, 7R, 8, and 9 are from 2009 and are still current today. This manual will help you study for your:

  • Marine Radio Operator Permit (MP)
  • Radiotelegraph Operator License (PG)
  • General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL)
  • GMDSS Radio Operator’s License (DO)
  • Restricted GMDSS Radio Operator’s License (RG)
  • GMDSS Radio Maintainer’s License (DM)
  • Radiotelegraph Operator License (T)
  • GMDSS Radio Operator/Maintainer License (DB)
  • Ship Radar Endorsement.

Ham Study Guide

The N5HZR Correct Radio Amateur Answers Manual (CRAAM) presents the entire FCC amateur radio question pool, without the distractors for you to review. The Technician pool is valid until June 30, 2026; the General pool is valid until June 30, 2023; and the Amateur Extra pool is valid until June 30, 2024. This manual will help you pass the FCC Volunteer Examiner Amateur Radio Element 2, Technician; Element 3, General; and Element 4, Extra tests. The purpose of this guide is to help you learn the answers to all of the test questions quickly, so you can study right before the test session and hold these questions and answers in your short-term memory.