Good Morning! I did some testing this morning with K6KAR on 40 meters. My objective was to send a web Page URL link in a Broadcast. While I was able to send a URL there was no simple way to use the URL for the stations receiving the Broadcast. The only option I am aware of today in the current release (V6.6.13) is to use the Copy All command. However that copies everything in the broadcast including the date and time stamp information. Then paste that into a browser and then remove all the extra data, The ideal solution would be to make it possible to click on the URL link and launcher the browser.
Next we tried connecting to each other. I then sent a URL as part of my text. http://kb0fxkiwisdr.hopto.org:8073/ This link was successfully sent and received. However when K6KAR tired to click on the URL he received the following error: Error opening File - The system cannot find the file specified.
I believe it would be a nice enhancement to allow URLs to be sent in Broadcasts and Direct Connections and to be able to launch the intended web page directly from that link. I would be happy to test any beta code that is developed for this enhancement.
73 - Mike - KB0FX
Released in V7. 73s!
Hi Mike.
Links are clickable inside a chat.
I did test the link you provided. apparently the port number at the end of the URL is messing up with this. But normal links without port numbers works just fine. Not going to address this niche scenario at the moment.
As for beacons - I agree this is a missing functionality. I have added it and it will be released in the next version.
73s!
Irad
Moving this to Feature Request.