SYSTEM FLOW
One message. Different ways to move.
HamLink treats the message as permanent and the route as temporary. Write text once. HamLink Bridge on your PC turns radio signals into that same text — and can send it radio-to-radio through country relay stations.
01
Normal Day
When the internet works, HamLink behaves like modern email.
You↓Internet↓HamLink↓Recipient
02
Local Internet Failure
Your Bridge reaches an authorized gateway by radio.
You↓Bridge↓Radio↓Gateway↓Recipient
03
No Immediate Gateway
A relay accepts custody and forwards later.
You↓Relay↓Stored↓Gateway↓Recipient
04
Radio becomes text
Bridge listens on a country frequency and decodes digital modes to plain text only.
SDR↓Decode↓Text↓Radio Traffic
05
Radio to radio
Two Bridges on the same local channel exchange text with no internet.
PC-A↓Frequency↓Radio↓PC-B
06
Country to country
Stations between countries store the text and hop it to the next Bridge.
Qatar↓Turkey↓Germany↓UK inbox
What HamLink Bridge does
- Installs on the PC beside your radio (and later a phone companion).
- Loads your country / regulatory profile — never one worldwide frequency.
- Tunes an RTL-SDR (receive) or Hamlib radio (receive + transmit).
- Converts digital ham signals (AX.25, FT8, PSK31, RTTY) into text only.
- Shows that text in Radio Traffic and can forward it to the next station.