How to...
Use this page to pick a goal, then follow the tutorials in order.
Read Things to Know before You Begin first if you have not already.
Start Friends and Family sharing
Share your shack with a few fellow hams. You do not create a club.
- Start an account - Once you have an account continue on to step 2.
- Adding a Friends and Family Plan
- Adding a Radio to an Account
- Creating a Friends and Family Offering
- Invitees use Operating a friend's radio
Note: The owner of this account does NOT need subscribe to any other plans, and uses this account to operate. To operate, a client needs to be installed and paired to the account. (see "Use iShareRadio to Operate" below.)
Start a club
Create a club so members can share and operate club stations.
- Start an account - Once you have an account continue on to step 2.
- Creating a Club
- Adding a Radio to an Account
- Creating a Club Offering
- Members use Operating a club's radio
Note: The owner of the club does NOT need subscribe to any other plans, and uses this account to operate. To operate, a client needs to be installed and paired to the account. (see "Use iShareRadio to Operate" below.)
Optional later: Types of club members and roles in club and Creating a Share Group.
Use iShareRadio to operate
Operate a station you have been invited to. You do not need a paid plan.
- Start an account Do this if not already have an account. If a club owner, you can use that account and do not need to create another account.
- Install of Client software and pair the client
- If you were invited by a friend: Operating a friend's radio Note The owner does not need an invite to their own shack.
- If you were invited to a club: Operating a club's radio Note A club owner is already a member of the club.
Share a shack on the Marketplace
List a station so other operators can find and book it.
- Complete Start Friends and Family sharing or Start a club, including an Offering
- Marketplace — how operators find public offerings
- List on the Marketplace — publish a public offering
Add a Station Controller to an account
- Start an account
- Install of Client software, or the Station Controller installer
- Station Controller installation
- Pair the Station Controller
For detailed installer steps, see Station Controller installer.