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  • Ham Clock EOL

    From Sean Rima@2:263/1 to All on Fri Jan 30 11:44:57 2026

    Hello everybody!

    Just for folks that might use HamClock, the software will cease to function after June 2026. The software is end of life from a message posted on the Web site.

    The developer has sadly passed away. RIP to Elwood Downey, WB0OEW SK.


    Sean


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  • From Errol Casey@1:153/150 to Sean Rima on Fri Jan 30 20:47:48 2026
    --- Original Message ---
    From: Sean Rima
    Date: 2026-01-30 11:44:57
    Subject: Ham Clock EOL

    Hello everybody!
    Just for folks that might use HamClock, the software will cease to function after June 2026. The software is end of life from a message posted on the Web site.
    The developer has sadly passed away. RIP to Elwood Downey, WB0OEW SK.
    Sean

    This is very SAD. RIP!

    Wish the software could continue . It seems like a great program I'm not ral active as a ham, but did install the software when I heard about it.


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  • From Sean Rima@2:263/1 to Errol Casey on Sat Jan 31 10:32:14 2026
    Hello Errol!

    30 Jan 26 20:47, you wrote to me:


    Hello everybody!
    Just for folks that might use HamClock, the software will cease to
    function after June 2026. The software is end of life from a
    message posted on the Web site. The developer has sadly passed
    away. RIP to Elwood Downey, WB0OEW SK. Sean

    This is very SAD. RIP!

    Wish the software could continue . It seems like a great program I'm
    not ral active as a ham, but did install the software when I heard
    about it.

    Yeah it will be missed

    Sean


    ... TCOB1: binkd only binkd.rima.ie
    --- FMail-lnx 2.3.2.6-B20251227
    * Origin: TCOB1 A Mail Only System (2:263/1)
  • From Matt Jurcich@1:154/120 to Sean Rima on Sat Feb 7 23:57:06 2026

    Looks like someone has started up a "OpenHamClock" project to continue the product...

    https://github.com/accius/openhamclock

    -m
    ◄

    Hello Errol!

    30 Jan 26 20:47, you wrote to me:


    Hello everybody!
    Just for folks that might use HamClock, the software will cease to
    function after June 2026. The software is end of life from a
    message posted on the Web site. The developer has sadly passed
    away. RIP to Elwood Downey, WB0OEW SK. Sean

    This is very SAD. RIP!

    Wish the software could continue . It seems like a great program I'm
    not ral active as a ham, but did install the software when I heard
    about it.

    Yeah it will be missed

    Sean


    ... TCOB1: binkd only binkd.rima.ie
    --- FMail-lnx 2.3.2.6-B20251227
    * Origin: TCOB1 A Mail Only System (2:263/1)

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  • From Sean Rima@2:263/1 to Matt Jurcich on Fri Feb 20 10:42:50 2026

    Hello Matt!

    07 Feb 26 23:57, you wrote to me:


    Looks like someone has started up a "OpenHamClock" project to continue
    the product...

    https://github.com/accius/openhamclock

    That is great news

    Sean


    ... TCOB1: binkd only binkd.rima.ie
    --- FMail-lnx 2.3.2.6-B20251227
    * Origin: TCOB1 A Mail Only System (2:263/1)
  • From Errol Casey@1:153/150 to Matt Jurcich on Mon Mar 16 12:42:07 2026
    On February 7 2026, Matt Jurcich wrote:

    Looks like someone has started up a "OpenHamClock" project to continue
    the product...

    https://github.com/accius/openhamclock

    Great to hear. Will have to check this out. I'm not as active a HAM as I should be hi hi.

    But it was a great program, and would like to have something similar available.

    --
    Errol Casey
    Sysop, Too Lazy BBS

    ... ANSI is not dead, it just blinks slowly

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