Newbie without a call sign to register for sdr.hu and similar HAM or SDR sites

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• WA2ZKD

  January 2018

  see:

  
  

  https://swarl.org/materials/swl-call-signs/swl-call-signs
• lollisoft

  January 2018

  Thank you,
  
  I started to register me and see if it works.
  

  
• G8JNJ

  January 2018

  Hi Lothar,

  
  

  Happy New Year.

  
  

  As Jim has suggested the SWARL is a good option if you don't wan't to create your own ID.

  
  

  Note copied from the KiWi Quick Start Guide.

  
  

  http://kiwisdr.com/quickstart/index.html#id-sdr_hu
  

  
  

  "Currently the form requires a ham radio callsign to be entered. But a lot of Kiwi customers will of course not be hams. We suggest creating a "pseudo" callsign following the conventions used by the WSPR extension. Namely using a callsign of "SWL" (abbreviation for shortwave listener) followed by your grid square, either 4 or 6 characters. We've tried this and it seems to work and, like a callsign, is useful in that it gives an indication of where you are in the world." 
  

  
  

  Good luck with your KiWi.

  
  

  Regards,

  
  

  Martin - G8JNJ
• lollisoft

  January 2018

  I got it registered. Despide it is not near my real position, it may result due to the grid position. I'll check that later. http://kiwisdr.lollisoft.de:8073
  
• WA2ZKD

  January 2018

  what is your Callsign?
• lollisoft

  January 2018

  I am followed the tip to use a SWL with the grid id: SWL-JO40gd. I hope to be able to change it with an official SWL id later :-)