RadioMail 2.0 Overview

A quick tour of RadioMail 2.0. See what’s new for sending and receiving amateur radio email on iPhone and iPad, and get oriented before diving into the feature episodes that follow.

Transcript
Aloha and welcome. I'm George WH6AZ, and I made RadioMail, the Winlink email application for iPhone and iPad. This is RadioMail 2.0. It's a completely new app rebuilt from the ground up with everything I've learned over the last few years. Let me show you what it can do. [upbeat music] If you have a UV-Pro radio, turn it on and RadioMail finds it automatically over Bluetooth. Pick a nearby gateway, tap Connect, and your mail goes out over the air. No cables, nothing else required for off-grid email. Any radio with a mic and speaker jack works, too. Plug in a Digi RigLite, check your levels with a monitor, and RadioMail built-in packet modem does the rest. With an IC-705, there is no cable at all. RadioMail finds the radio on your Wi-Fi, sets it up for packet order, and select the right mode and frequency for you. Now you can reach far away gateways over HF while keeping your iPhone in your hand. Not sure which gateway to try? RadioMail ranks nearby stations by how likely you are to connect right now from your location. Slide ahead a few hours to see when a path opens up. And when there is no gateway at all, RadioMail can listen for other operators. Another station connects straight to you, and the message goes radio to radio. No internet needed. Your mail follows you, too. Send from your iPhone while offline in the field, then read and reply at your desk on the Mac. iCloud keeps your mail in sync on all your devices automatically. And Winlink forms finally fit your phone. Turn on the mobile-friendly layout, and forms like the Winlink check-in reflow to fit the screen, so you just type instead of scrolling and zooming constantly. Each episode dives into more details. Pick the one for your radio, and I'll see you on the air. Mahalo and 73.

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radiomail October 31, 2026 · 2 min