Ham Dashboard
Amateur Radio Situational Awareness
The Ham Dashboard brings together commonly used amateur radio operating references into a single view. It provides quick access to weather, propagation, space weather, satellite tracking, grey line information, and situational awareness tools without requiring multiple browser tabs.
Values update automatically when source data refreshes.
Live Operational Dashboard
Embedded and automatically updating references for weather, propagation, space weather, satellite tracking, and field operating awareness.
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National radar overview for monitoring precipitation and storm movement.
Solar imagery useful for understanding space weather conditions.
Satellite imagery for observing cloud cover and large-scale weather systems.
Current International Space Station position reference for satellite tracking awareness.
Lightning activity reference for storm awareness and antenna safety decisions.
National weather forecast overview.
Maximum usable frequency reference for HF propagation awareness.
Regional propagation visualization for HF operators.
Current HF propagation conditions, solar activity information, and operating references useful for amateur radio operators.
Day/night terminator map useful for understanding grey line propagation opportunities.
Recent earthquake and seismic activity reference for situational awareness and disaster monitoring.
External Situational Awareness Resources
Additional infrastructure, aviation, outage, and space weather references that open in official external tools because direct embedding is not supported.
NOAA's D-Region Absorption Prediction product provides HF radio absorption information useful for understanding signal degradation during solar events. Because this source does not allow direct embedding, open the official NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center page in a new browser tab.
HF radio absorption map useful for understanding signal degradation during solar events and geomagnetic disturbances.
Open NOAA D-RAPPower outage data is available from PowerOutage.us. Open the official site in a new browser tab.
National power outage reference for situational awareness during storms, infrastructure disruptions, emergency communications, and field operations.
Open PowerOutage.usVerified, real-time wildfire, flooding, evacuation, and emergency incident information is available from Watch Duty. Open the official site in a new browser tab.
Monitor verified, real-time information on wildfires, flooding, evacuation orders, shelters, power outages, river gauges, and related emergency incidents. Watch Duty combines official data with verified reports from experienced emergency personnel using official sources and verified radio communications to provide timely situational awareness during rapidly developing events.
Open Watch DutyService outage information is available from Downdetector. Open the official site in a new browser tab.
Internet, cellular, platform, and service outage reference for situational awareness during communications disruptions, infrastructure failures, and emergency operations.
Open DowndetectorLive aircraft tracking is available through ADS-B Exchange. Open the official interactive map in a new browser tab.
Real-time aircraft tracking reference for situational awareness. Monitor commercial, general aviation, military, emergency, and other aircraft activity using publicly available ADS-B transmissions.
Open ADS-B ExchangeFAA NOTAM Search is available through the official FAA website. Open the search tool in a new browser tab.
FAA Notice to Air Missions search tool for aviation-related situational awareness, airspace restrictions, airport notices, temporary flight restrictions, and operational advisories.
Open NOTAM SearchInteractive maps of electrical, telecommunications, pipeline, water, and other critical infrastructure are available from Open Infrastructure Map. Open the official site in a new browser tab.
Explore interactive maps of electrical transmission lines, substations, telecommunications infrastructure, pipelines, water infrastructure, and other critical infrastructure. This resource is useful for understanding regional infrastructure and improving situational awareness during major blackouts, wildfires, hurricanes, severe weather, and other large-scale incidents.
Open Infrastructure MapU.S. crude oil production, refinery, pipeline, storage, and export terminal data is available from this interactive energy infrastructure map. Open the official site in a new browser tab.
Interactive map of U.S. crude oil production, refineries, pipelines, storage facilities, export terminals, and related energy infrastructure. This resource helps users better understand fuel distribution networks, refinery locations, pipeline systems, and broader energy resilience during infrastructure disruptions or regional emergencies.
Open U.S. Oil Infrastructure MapWorldwide MeshCore repeater, room server, sensor, and node data is available from the MeshCore Network Map. Open the official site in a new browser tab.
Explore the worldwide MeshCore network and locate public repeaters, room servers, sensors, companion nodes, and other MeshCore infrastructure. Search by location, view radio settings, check node status and freshness, and better understand existing off-grid mesh coverage before deploying or expanding your own network.
Open MeshCore MapOperating References
Quick links to commonly used amateur radio operating tools, activity networks, contest schedules, and logging resources.
A real-time digital mode propagation and reception reporting tool. Useful for seeing where signals are being heard and evaluating current propagation paths.
Portable amateur radio operating program focused on activating and hunting stations from parks and public lands.
A global DMR network dashboard used for monitoring digital voice activity, talkgroups, repeaters, hotspots, and network status.
Official ARRL contest calendar listing upcoming amateur radio contests, operating events, dates, rules, and participation details.
A logging and net management tool used by amateur radio nets to track check-ins, net activity, and operator participation.
Quick Operating Reference
Quick-reference tables for Q-signals, RST signal reporting, and UTC offsets. Each panel expands independently — open one or all without affecting the others.
This dashboard is intended as a convenience and situational awareness resource. Always verify critical information using official sources before making safety, travel, emergency, or operational decisions. Data is sourced from publicly available third-party services and may be delayed, unavailable, or inaccurate.