Everything you need to join and run nets on this instance of N1OF Ham.Live Server.
On the login page you can Sign in with email link: enter your email and submit. N1OF Ham.Live Server emails you a one-time sign-in link — open it to finish.
The first time you sign in you'll land on your account page. Accept the policy consent prompt, then set:
Click Save. You're ready to join and run nets.
The home page (Attend Net) lists the nets that are live right now — each row shows the net's name, start time, and frequency. Click a net's name to open it.
Click the star next to a net (on the home page or on the net page) to follow it. When a net you follow goes live, N1OF Ham.Live Server emails you so you can join — provided email delivery is configured on the instance and you've left email notifications on (see Your account & privacy). If a net you want isn't listed, it just isn't running here yet.
A live net shows the station list — everyone taking part, in order, with their role and check-in state. Hovering over a participant's name shows their location.
As a participant you can use the buttons in the control bar at the bottom of the net:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Hand button (✋ / 👊) | Raise or lower your hand |
| Star button | Follow / unfollow this net |
| Autoscroll button | Keep the station list scrolled to the latest activity |
| Signal report field (on your row) | Enter the report you're giving/receiving (unless the net restricts this to Net Control) |
If chat is enabled (by the operator, and in your privacy settings), a Chat panel appears alongside the net. You can send messages, emoji, and images, and edit your own messages.
When you start a net you become Net Control (NCS). You can also grant others the Logger or Relay roles to help. Net Control and Loggers get a control panel for managing the session.
While checked in as NCS or Logger, click the "… Control Panel" button on the net
page. The panel shows who has their hand up, a built-in command cheat-sheet, and a command input
where you type net-control commands (results appear below in green for success, red for errors).
The same commands work in chat with a / prefix — e.g. /i W1ABC to check
someone in, /? for help.
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Left-click a callsign | Highlight / un-highlight that row |
| Right-click a callsign | Check that station out |
| Left-click a profile picture | Raise / lower that station's hand |
If you enabled Auto-Check-In on the net, people are checked in automatically as they
arrive — no manual check-in needed. For someone who'd rather just listen, use the ui
command (undo check-in) to move them back to "lurking" rather than highlighting their row.
Type close in the control panel. N1OF Ham.Live Server generates a CSV report
of everyone who checked in (callsign, role, name, location, check-in time, signal report) and emails it
to all net owners, then tears the session down.
Add a co-owner so a net survives if you ever delete your account, and so others can run it. Use the
"Additional Net Owner" form on the Start Net page (enter their email),
or the owner <email> command during a live net.
On the Start Net page, fill in the Net Submission form:
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Net Name | 4–25 characters, unique |
| Frequency | In MHz; leave blank for reflector-based nets |
| Mode | LSB, USB, Digital Reflector, AM, CW, FM, RTTY, FSQ, PSK-31, FreeDV, Olivia, Hellschreiber, JS8Call, or CUSTOM |
| Mode Details | Required for CUSTOM / reflector modes (e.g. a reflector name) |
| Restrict Sig. Reps | When checked, only Net Control can enter signal reports |
| Auto Check-in | Monitoring/lurking stations are checked in automatically on arrival |
| Notes | A short rich-text description (~5 lines) |
Click Save. To go live, click the power button next to the net in your list, set an optional Countdown Minutes grace period (0–120, to give followers time to join after the start email), and click Start Net!
On your account page (Settings) you can update your display name, callsign, and location.
Under Settings → Your Privacy → Data Privacy Options you can toggle:
If your picture shows a generic default, it's pulled from Gravatar using your email address — set one there and it appears here. If you signed in with Google, your picture comes from your Google account.
A callsign is bound to one account and can't be moved to a new email directly, so to switch emails you delete the account and re-register. If you own nets, add a co-owner first (otherwise a net you solely own is removed with your account). Then:
When a net closes, owners get a CSV report. Because the reports are plain CSV, they're easy to combine — analyze them in a spreadsheet or feed a merged file to an LLM for visualizations.
RepTool is a small companion command-line utility that merges many reports into one.
Put the .csv files in a folder and run:
reptool merge <path-to-directory>
It writes a consolidated MERGED.csv — handy for a monthly roll-up across every net you run.
RepTool is open source (Windows, Linux, macOS, plus source):
RepTool repository.
Every command Net Control and Loggers can type — check-ins, hand management, roles, relays, frequency, handoff, moderation, and closing the net — is in the Net Control Commands reference, which includes a printable cheat sheet. The cheat sheet is also built into the control panel while you run a net.