Thank you to M Khanfar for writing in and sharing his new app for the HackRF PortaPack H4M, KhanfarRX. The program aims to make listening to HF on the PortaPack a much better experience. Khanfar writes:

KhanfarRX: Never get lost in the HF bands! A free external app for the HackRF PortaPack H4M (Mayhem firmware).

In this video I show KhanfarRX, an app that makes HF listening on the PortaPack H4M much easier.

It has an easy band plan, a band lock that keeps you inside the band you choose, and a live EIBI browser that shows which shortwave stations are on the air right now.

WHAT KHANFARRX GIVES YOU

• Easy band plan: HAM HF/VHF, broadcast, airband and marine bands in one clean menu
• Stay in the band: tuning wraps around inside the band edges, so you can't drift out. One tap on DisableHF returns to free tuning
• EIBI "On Air Now": see which shortwave stations are broadcasting at this moment and tune in with one touch
• Correct mode automatically: AM/LSB/USB for HF, NFM for marine, AM for airband, WFM for FM broadcast
• Full receiver: live waterfall, RSSI, recorder, gain and squelch, like the stock Mayhem Audio app

Not mentioned in Khanfar's notes is that KhanfarRX also comes with an FT8 Geo map. This plots every received FT8 message on a map displayed by the PortaPack's screen.