Welcome to hamclockbackend.online

Online backend for hamclocks.

This page is under construction.

Thank you for using hamclockbackend.online.

This site is dedicated to the memory of Elwood Downey, WB0OEW/SK2026, the creator of the original open-source HamClock project.

hamclockbackend.online provides a community service to help keep HamClock devices operational beyond the original project's sunset and to provide a mechanism to continue to provide hamclock zip files with updated functionality.
It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the original HamClock project, Elwood Downey, Clearsky Institute.

"HamClock" is a trademark of Bruce Edrich. For more information about HamClock, see HamClock.com.
This is an independent, unofficial backend provided by the amateur radio community for fellow hams.

License

HamClock software stored on this server is made freely available under MIT License. Here is a copy of the license provided with HamClock; however, Elwood Downey is SK and emails sent to the address in the license are returned with a reply that Elwood Downey is no longer living.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Elwood Charles Downey

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any 
person obtaining a copy of this software and associated 
documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the 
Software without restriction, including without 
limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, 
publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of 
the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software 
is furnished to do so, subject to the following 
conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice 
shall be included in all copies or substantial portions 
of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY 
KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 
THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL 
THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, 
DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF 
CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN 
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS 
IN THE SOFTWARE.

Note well "THE SOFTWARE" refers only to what is running 
on the client side. It does not include the backend 
services, without which HamClock is nearly useless. 
Backend services costs me real money but I provide it 
free of charge for the benefit of the amateur radio 
community. Users who build HamClock for their own 
personal use are welcome but if you make money from 
HamClock, please contact me before proceeding to discuss 
terms at ecdowney@clearskyinstitute.com.