Hamshack Hotline – VoIP for Hams

Well really just a dedicated amateur radio VoIP system.

https://hamshackhotline.com

EDIT 26APR22 – Check out the Wiki at Hamshack Hotline, as many of the questions I’m being asked are covered in detail at their Wiki.

Set mine up April 2022, and I am now 610-000-0781 as Steve K9ZW in the Hamshack Hotline Directory.

I scrounged a Cisco SPA303 of eBay for the purpose.

The Hamshack Hotline Website is a wealth of information on the project

Bought off eBay my phone had been previously provisioned by appeared unused

Okay – easy-peasy setup (there is a video https://youtu.be/-XRUnnjTugQ )

By using one of the “supported phones” I could use their ready-to-go script to make it super easy.

The steps:

• Bought a Cisco SPA303, a NOS one off of FleaBay
• Once the phone arrived (as you need its specific MAC address) I took a picture of is label
• Did the Helpdesk ticket, including sending a picture of my phones label
• Next day by email and on the HelpTest ticket system I was assigned 610-000-0781 as Steve K9ZW
• Ran the script for my phone, and backchecked it just because that is me
• Following day after the email info arrived the line was provisioned at the server level, making my extension active
• Set up my voicemail/greetings next (*97)
• And did a bunch of testing – looks very good! Left a couple voicemails on buddies extensions, one who left me a voice message reply.  The system will email you if have received a voice message.

Not certain if the bridges mentioned on their website are just conference rooms or something else?

There is a bunch of steaming stuff you can check out of course, a latency test server and other extras.  I found all this in the website directory under admins.  My information was added to the directory at their next directory update a few days later as updates are done in batches.

I’ve slapped a NOT A 911 CAPABLE PHONE sort of sticker and also sticker with my extension number on the phone, again just because that is me.

More exploring down the road I am sure.

Thinking thought that I will about jump out of my skin if I am in the radio room and it rings!

Using a “supported” phone model, Hamshack Hotline had a cut, paste & edit in local IP command line script to provision my phone

Phone has been locally provisioned but not so much at the Hamshack Hotline servers – notice the amber button

 

Now fully provisioned the button is green, and I have added stickers to remind me of my extension number and that this is not a E911 phone. (I have a landline in shack for that).

Have some ideas how this Ham-Batphone could be useful!

73

Steve
K9ZW