Ham Listening

Ham Listening turns your phone into a window on the world's radio. Browse hundreds of public KiwiSDR receivers around the globe and tune the shortwave and amateur bands live — no radio, no antenna and no licence required.

LISTEN ANYWHERE
• Browse hundreds of public KiwiSDR receivers hosted by operators worldwide
• Pick a receiver by country, then by source — or let "Best available" jump to the strongest open one
• Receivers near your grid are sorted first once you enter your locator
• Hear CW, SSB and distant broadcasters, and find out how the bands really sound from another continent
• A bundled receiver list means the picker still works when the live directory is having a bad day

TUNE LIKE A RADIO
• A live waterfall with a fixed centre cursor — drag the waterfall under it to tune, pinch to zoom, tap to jump
• AM, LSB, USB, CW and NFM demodulation, each with the right passband applied for you
• A band-plan overlay showing what each part of the band is for, in IARU Region 1, 2 or 3
• An S-meter and a live audio-FFT spectrum for receivers that offer no wideband waterfall
• Save frequency marks and jump straight back to them
• Direct frequency entry, step keys and adjustable volume

BUILT TO KEEP PLAYING
• Audio keeps running when you switch apps or lock the screen
• Reconnects gracefully on its own when a stream drops
• Works over Wi-Fi or mobile data, and runs on modest data using compressed audio
• Remembers the receiver, frequency and mode you were last on
• Light and dark themes, adjustable font size, weekly tips and in-app version history
• No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics and no tracking

PERFECT FOR
• Shortwave listeners and DXers with no antenna space
• Licensed operators checking how their band sounds from the other side of the world
• Anyone curious about radio who does not own a receiver
• Travellers, apartment dwellers and anyone in a high-noise location
• Teachers and clubs demonstrating HF propagation live

PRIVACY
• Your callsign, grid and email are stored only on your device.
• No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics SDKs, no advertising ID and no tracking of any kind.

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Yousuf AL Balushi — Unixeer, Oman

Recent changes:
Record what you hear. A record button now sits beside the frequency: press it and Ham Listening saves the receiver's audio to your phone, and the 30 seconds before you pressed are saved too, so the callsign you just heard is already in the file. Share, rename or delete recordings from the new Recordings page. There is no time limit, and no microphone is ever used. Also fixed: a packaging fault that could hide the app from devices with no Bluetooth radio.

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