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Amateur radio on a smartphone – using free wifi Ian, G3ZHI writes: Many places today offer free wifi, banks, supermarkets food outlets, public libraries, trains and buses etc, you do not even have to be a customer to pick up their wifi signal on your smartphone using wifi scan. You can usually access the signal in the street so the wifi provider does not have to be open if its on 24x7. Here is a sample of useful amateur radio programs that are free from the smartphone play store, there are many more you might like to try just search for them. repeater book - this shows a list of local repeaters with the nearest at the top also shows frequencies ctcss and if irlp/echolink enabled echolink – talk to fellow hams around the world echolink finder – finds your local echolink gateway irlp finder – finds your local irlp gateway aprs viewer – maps stations positions that are sending out beacons qrz – lookup the address of a ham skype - send live video to someone you maybe talking to on the radio Ian, G3ZHI