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Your Showcase

Your showcase is your ham radio identity in Hamtrax. It displays your callsign, equipment, activations, social links, and operating stats. Other operators can look you up by callsign to see your public showcase, so it's worth setting it up the way you want.

Viewing Your Showcase​

Open the Showcase tab from the sidebar. You'll see your own showcase along with visibility controls that let you choose what sections others can see. At the top is a collapsible "About your public showcase" accordion (collapsed by default) that explains how the showcase works. Below it are two buttons: Preview opens your showcase as others see it, and Copy Link copies your public showcase URL to the clipboard so you can share it anywhere.

What's on Your Showcase​

Your callsign is displayed prominently at the top alongside your avatar. Below it you'll see:

  • Username -- Your @username, if set.
  • Display name -- Your name and licensing agency (e.g., "John Smith, FCC").
  • Location -- City, state, and country from your callsign lookup.
  • License class -- Your license level (e.g., Amateur Extra, General).
  • Local time -- Calculated from your grid square or coordinates.
  • Badges -- Founder badge (if applicable) and live "ON AIR" indicator when you're activating.

Equipment​

Your radios and antennas from the Rig Manager. Each piece of equipment shows its make, model, power rating, and image. You can star a default radio and antenna, and add new equipment directly from here.

Links to your profiles on YouTube, Instagram, X, Facebook, Discord, Mastodon, Reddit, or your personal website. These display as a scrolling carousel of branded pills. Tap the pencil icon to edit them inline.

Activations​

Your POTA activation folders displayed as activation cards. Each card shows the park reference, park name (auto-resolved from the POTA database), park location (state/country), date, cover photo, QSO count, and photo count. Cards with attached livestream URLs show a livestream badge. Tap a card to open a detail modal with the full photo gallery, notes, livestream link thumbnails with video titles, and QSO table. On your own showcase, the detail modal includes an edit button for updating notes, photos, and stream URLs.

Activity Stats​

Automatic stats from your logbook: total contacts, POTA parks hunted, and POTA parks activated.

Public Visibility Controls​

Each showcase section has a visibility toggle that controls whether it appears on your public showcase. Sections marked Public are visible to anyone who views your showcase; sections marked Hidden are only shown to you.

Below the collapsible info accordion you'll find a Preview button that opens your showcase as others see it, and a Copy Link button that copies your public showcase URL to the clipboard.

Editing Your Showcase​

Showcase information is managed through different parts of the app:

  • Callsign, name, and avatar -- Go to Settings > Account to update your profile identity.
  • Equipment -- Tap any equipment card to edit it in the Rig Manager, or use the + New Radio / + New Antenna buttons.
  • Social links -- Tap the pencil icon on the Social Links section to add or update your links inline.
tip

Your operating statistics and activation cards update automatically as you log QSOs. You don't need to edit these -- they're always current.

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Your showcase is public by callsign. Anyone using Hamtrax can search for your callsign and view your showcase. Your email address and account details are never shown. Use the visibility toggles to control which sections appear publicly.

Looking Up Other Operators​

You can view any operator's showcase by searching for their callsign. There are two types of external profiles:

  • App member -- A Hamtrax user. Shows a full bento-grid layout with social links, activity stats, activations, awards, and equipment. If they're currently on the air, you'll see a live "ON AIR" indicator.
  • Non-member -- Not on Hamtrax. Shows basic information from FCC/QRZ (name, location, license class, QSL manager), current activity from spotting networks, POTA stats, and a link to their QRZ page.

To look up an operator:

  1. Use the Search tab in the app.
  2. Enter a callsign.
  3. Tap the result to view their showcase.