Rig Manager
Rig Manager keeps your radios and antennas organized so Hamtrax can attach the right equipment to contacts, activations, and your public Showcase.
Open Tools > Rig Manager, then choose Radios or Antennas. Select an existing profile to edit it, or choose the new-profile option to add another piece of equipment.
Choosing what you are using now
Rig Manager is your equipment inventory; it does not have default switches. Choose a radio or antenna from the picker in Parks on the Air, Activate, or a new-contact form when you are ready to use it. That choice becomes your current equipment everywhere in Hamtrax, so switching tabs never shows a conflicting setup.
Your current selection is saved to your account, but each new contact records its own snapshot. Changing gear later does not rewrite older contacts, and editing an older contact does not change what is currently selected. If you delete the selected profile, Hamtrax clears that current selection instead of silently choosing another profile. Historical contacts keep their saved radio or antenna text, so deleting a profile does not erase what you used for past QSOs.
Equipment photos
Radio and antenna profiles accept JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, and HEIF images up to 10 MB before processing. Hamtrax previews the selected image, then resizes and compresses it during upload.
If a file is too large or uses an unsupported format, the form explains why it was rejected. Upload and deletion failures also show an error instead of silently leaving the profile unchanged.
Where equipment appears
Saved equipment is available in contact forms, activation setup, hunting, and the logbook's bulk equipment editor. Every equipment picker also has an Add new button, so you can create a radio or antenna on the spot — Hamtrax brings you back with the new profile selected. Your public Showcase can also display equipment cards; tapping your own card opens it for editing in Rig Manager, while visitors get a read-only detail view.