See https://www.reddit.com/r/HamRadio/comments/yo4moe/i_created_a_hrwa_ham_radio_web_access_server/ for the first version that used FLDigi
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I have successfully ported the RWS (now called VRWS) to VARA! My server is running on 14.110 MHz, 2300 Hz bandwidth (but both 500 Hz and 2300 Hz connections will be accepted).
Using the server, you can fetch raw HTML from a given website, do a DuckDuckGo search, look up the weather for a given city/state, download files from the web, view and create posts that anyone using a copy of my server can see, and check what other people have been doing on the server. More features are being added as fast as I can think of them!
All results from the web are put through a content filter so it stays legal.
You can use VarAC, VARA Chat, and possibly vARIM to connect to the server. All you need to do is send a connection request to "KJ7QQG" OR send out a CQ and if your signal can be decoded by the modem, it will automatically reply. In the future, if the server becomes popular, it will be more practical to just call out a CQ because you will not be able to know what servers are active that you can reach at any given time; calling CQ will prompt ANY server that can hear you to respond.
Here is where you can download the server:
https://github.com/Glitch31415/rws
The version labeled "vrws" is the VARA version, "rws1.3" is the latest version that works with FLDigi.
Start your VARA modem first, then run the .jar file. If you mix up the order, it will instantly error out saying "Connection refused". After you run the file, input your exact callsign (with capital letters) and the server will start. You will be able to see all VARA commands and data as well as special logs that the server will create from the command line that you executed the .jar from.
Are you still at 14110? I´d like to try!
https://www.varac-hamradio.com/forum/varac-hf-discussion-forum/major-vrws-vara-radio-web-services-server-update-testers-and-server-hosters-needed
Video demonstration
My server is back on 14.110 MHz. I encourage anyone with an HF rig that isn't being used much to fire up the server and let it rest on 14.110 with mine, the more coverage the better!
Hello, I was able to install on Windows 11 and when I start the server, it asks for my call and then gives me various input options. When I use another radio to connect to the server, VARA sees the incoming request but it appears that the sever is not responding or picking up. I am using VaraC on the sending PC and radio. I have attached a snapshot where you can see VARA hear the incoming connection but the server will not connect.
Thoughts?
Thanks, K9BRM
I just tested and my server works almost completely bug-free on Vara FM as well! The only problems I saw were sometimes it didn't recognize a disconnect so it would softlock, and sometimes it wouldn't recognize a CQ because the lack of BW information afterwards. But, it is possible for it to see the CQ frame if it's timed right.
My server is not active anymore, but you can still download and run your own servers. I would recommend setting them up on 14.110 MHz
I would like to promote this project on the VarAC extensions section on the website if you are OK with it. please LMK
Irad
Awesome project !!
Hi,
Here is what I get when I run the server and try to connect to it using VarAC in another Radio!
Any ideas of what could be wrong? Nobody else is on the frequency!