The following is a message from the creator of QSO Transcriber:

My name is Poul Laustsen, callsign OV9PL, and I’m a radio amateur from Denmark.

I’ve just released an iPhone app called QSO Transcriber, which I originally started building because of a problem I experienced myself as a relatively new radio amateur.

During voice QSOs, I found it surprisingly difficult to listen carefully, remember a callsign and signal report, think about what to say next, and operate the radio at the same time. I also experienced some of the microphone anxiety that many newer operators will probably recognize.

QSO Transcriber is intended as a visual support and confidence tool during real radio QSOs.

It can:

• Provide live transcription of voice QSOs
• Detect and highlight possible callsigns and signal reports
• Record QSOs for later review
• Let the operator listen back and correct information before saving it
• Export QSO information in ADIF format
• Process transcription locally on the iPhone rather than sending QSO audio to a cloud transcription service

And a lot more, but it would be quite extensive to have it all here:-).

The goal is not to replace listening, learning or normal operating skills. It is meant to reduce some of the information pressure while operators gain experience and confidence on the air.

I have deliberately tested the app using real radio audio rather than clean studio speech, including weak signals, noise, accents and normal conversational QSOs.

QSO Transcriber is now available in the Apple App Store.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qso-transcriber/id6811510439

Website:
https://qsotranscriber.com/

Source: OV9PL

The following is a press release from hamradiotools.io:

HAMRADIOTOOLS.IO, Nov. 8, 2026. Nexus, the free, open-source (GPL-3.0) amateur radio station program by Seth McCallister, KD9TAW, has released version 1.22.0. During M- and X-class solar flares, Nexus now draws NOAA's D-RAP (D-Region Absorption Prediction) map on its flat map, globe and 3-D globe. Rings around the point under the sun show, band by band, where HF is weakened and where it is out. A flare chip gives NOAA's start and peak times, which bands are out under the sun and at the operator's QTH, and how long until HF recovers. Below M class the map stays quiet.

When NOAA issues a geomagnetic storm watch, Nexus counts it down and reports the arrival only once the solar-wind monitor at L1 measures it.

The release also tells operators which way round the world a path goes. Using the ITU-R P.533 propagation engine, the Path card suggests short path or long path, with a beam heading. The release notes say this is advice from a monthly-median model. The long path is modelled and is never called more than "possible."

Nexus 1.22.0 also adds a Russian translation by volunteer translator loloka.

Existing users: in-app updating did not work on the stable channel before this release. Install 1.22.0 once from the download page, and later updates will come through Nexus.

Nexus is free for Windows, macOS, Linux and Raspberry Pi.

Release notes: https://github.com/kd9taw/Nexus/releases/tag/v1.22.0
Download: https://hamradiotools.io

Source: hamradiotools.io

The following is a press release from Cadenza:

Cadenza is a Morse code training app from independent developer Ivan Terekhin of Trifoil Trailblazer. Available for iPhone, iPad and Android, it combines introductory character practice with exercises for people preparing to use CW on the air.

The trainer uses the Koch method with Farnsworth spacing. Learners begin with two characters, hear them at speed with wider gaps, and add more as their accuracy improves. Practice works offline and does not require an account.

The free version includes alphabet, number and punctuation training, a reference covering prosigns and Q-codes, a two-way Morse translator, and a microphone decoder for clean Morse tones. Daily challenges and progress tracking are also included.

Optional Cadenza Pro adds callsign practice, simulated QSOs, pileups, head copy and sending practice. Users can create custom practice lists for callsigns and contest exchanges. Sending exercises support an on-screen key or a straight key or paddle connected through a compatible USB or Bluetooth keyboard adapter, such as VBand or Vail.

Cadenza is free to download, with optional monthly, annual or lifetime Pro purchases.

Website: https://trifoiltrailblazer.com/en/cadenza
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6785429210
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trifoiltrailblazer.cadenza

Source: Cadenza