See Us at Orlando HamCation® & New v6.9 Release

If you're attending Orlando HamCation® this weekend (February 13–15), we'd love to see you there. You can find our booth across from Gigaparts. I'll be presenting a forum session on Friday, February 13th at 11:45 AM in Tent 1, where I'll be demonstrating many of the new features included in v6.9 — including the latest CQ DX Marathon enhancements and award tracking improvements.

Ham Radio Deluxe® v6.9.0.17616 Released

I'm pleased to announce that we have just released Ham Radio Deluxe® v6.9.0.17616 — a significant update featuring 76 improvements and fixes.

What's New in This Build

• New Worked Status Indicators (WSIs) for CQ DX Marathon and related Filters and Alarms
• Updates to DXCC and WAS awards, including additional bands and satellite awards
• LOTW downloaded credits for awards other than DXCC
• Added Canadaward support
• Fixes for QRZ lookup for non-subscribers
• Stability and performance improvements across the suite

Important: This Update Is Free

If you have ever purchased Ham Radio Deluxe®, you can install this latest release at no charge. We do not sell "versions" or "upgrades." You are never locked to the version available at the time of your purchase. Whether you bought HRD last month or years ago, you can move to v6.9.0.17616 today at no cost.

A Brief Word About Our Support Process

We want to clarify our support workflow to ensure transparency. Most tickets submitted are configuration questions. When a genuine software bug is confirmed, it is logged in our development system and the support ticket is marked as "Closed."

"Closed" does not mean ignored. It means the issue has successfully transitioned from the Support desk to the Engineering queue. This ensures our developers focus on fixing the code rather than managing redundant support tickets. If a bug affects multiple users, we link them to a master record for quality control.