The Future of Ham Radio in 2025: How I Use AI to Build Stations, Create Content, and Innovate
Ham Radio & Artificial Intelligence (AI): How I Use It in 2025
By Ray Higgins – W2RE
If you told me just three years ago—while I was climbing towers, stringing hardline, and building mountaintop super-stations—that one day I’d be working side-by-side with Artificial Intelligence, I would have laughed. But here we are in 2025, and AI has become one of the most powerful tools in my ham radio arsenal.
Not to replace ham radio.
Not to cheapen it.
But to supercharge it.
Today, AI helps me run multi-million-dollar infrastructure, grow the hobby, create content that reaches half a million people a day, and inspire the next generation of operators. And that’s only the beginning.
⭐ Why Ham Radio & AI Actually Belong Together
Ham Radio has always been about innovation.
From spark gap… to tubes… to solid-state… to SDR… to remote stations… and now AI.
AI isn’t the end of ham radio — it’s the continuation of the same story.
Tools evolve. Operators adapt. The curious thrive.
In 2025, the combination of AI + ham radio is unlocking possibilities that were science fiction just a few years ago.
⚡ How I Personally Use AI Every Day
1. AI Powers the Content That’s Growing Ham Radio
In 2025, my platforms exploded — 500,000 views a day, 10 to 15 million a month.
Why?
Because we added smart, tasteful AI-generated satire and storytelling.
Elvis singing a ham radio song.
Reagan yelling at Nixon for DQRM.
Samuel Morse declaring “Morse Code is dead” (relax CW guys — I’m one of you!)
These fun pieces don’t replace ham radio… they attract new eyeballs to it.
And thousands have joined the hobby because AI helped make ham radio exciting again.
This is a video we created using SORA. Here is Ronald Reagan scolding Nixon for DQRM… even the Presidents get into Ham Radio action!
AI meets South Park… and W2RE is stirring up the whole neighborhood! 🤣📡
This is pure entertainment with one goal — getting kids’ eyeballs on Ham Radio 👀⚡
And guess what? It works.
The next generation is watching… and they’re getting curious! 🚀
💡 The Four Ham Radio Apps I Built Using AI — Without Writing a Single Line of Code
One of the biggest misconceptions about Artificial Intelligence is that you need to be a programmer, engineer, or Silicon Valley superstar to use it.
Let me set the record straight:
I, Ray W2RE, do not know how to write a single line of code.
But I do know how to prompt AI — and in 2025, that’s just as powerful.
Using AI, I’ve built four full-featured ham radio apps that thousands of operators now use every week. These tools drive traffic to HamRadio24-7, help new operators learn, and make life easier for anyone building antennas, cutting wires, or planning a station.
And AI made it possible.
1. HamRadio24-7 CW Trainer (AI-Powered)
This has become one of the most popular tools I’ve ever released.
The CW Trainer uses AI to help operators:
Practice real Morse code at adjustable speeds
Experience simulated pileups
Hear QSB, QRN, and “real-world” noise patterns
Get personalized training sessions based on their skill level
Train anywhere with a PC or laptop. Web-Based
In 2025, learning CW doesn’t have to be slow or intimidating — AI gives you real practice, real feedback, and real progress.
And yes — I use my own CW Trainer every single day.
I used to train with Morse Runner… now I use the HamRadio24-7 version I built in a single weekend using AI.
It’s just as effective — and I can improve it anytime I want.
AI is that good.
2. Guy-Wire Calculator (Tower Builder’s Best Friend)
You know I live in the world of towers — Rohn 45, Rohn 55, big rotating systems, Maine oceanfronts, Catskill mountaintops, the whole deal.
So I built a tool for the community.
The AI-assisted Guy-Wire Calculator helps hams:
Calculate proper guy-wire lengths
Estimate anchor positions
Check spacing for multiple levels
Visualize layout for safety
Reduce mistakes during installation
Slope and incline calculations
Hundrends if not thousands of dollars and hours of labor get saved because this tool delivers exact measurements instantly.
3. Dipole Calculator (Perfect Cuts Every Time)
Every ham has made the same mistake:
Cut the dipole.
Trim the dipole.
Trim again.
Trim one side too much.
Start over.
Not anymore.
My Dipole Calculator, built entirely with AI assistance, lets anyone:
Enter the band
Get exact cut lengths
Perfect for beginners.
Perfect for experts.
And perfect for POTA, SOTA, or home installations.
4. Coax Loss Calculator (Know Your Signal Path)
Coax loss can destroy a good station.
AI helped me create a calculator that solves that problem.
Operators can now input:
Coax type (LMR-400, 600, hardline, Heliax, etc.)
Run length
Frequency
And instantly see:
Estimated loss
Power delivered to the antenna
Whether they need a better line
This tool is saving hams from expensive mistakes — and helping them design cleaner, more efficient
🧠 The Truth: AI Did the Coding — I Did the Vision
I didn’t write one line of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, or Python.
Instead, I:
Explained what I wanted
Described what hams needed
Provided real-world station experience
Gave AI every detail of how the tools should work
Asked AI to fix errors, improve layouts, and polish the interface
AI wrote the code.
AI built the calculators.
AI debugged the logic.
AI helped me test everything.
I just told it what to build.
And that’s the future.
In 2025, any ham with an idea and a clear prompt can create tools that move the hobby forward. AI is the great equalizer — it hands you the capability without requiring a computer science degree.
These are the four ham radio apps I built in just two months using AI. Yes… two months. You can read all about these apps in previous blogs written.
📸 How I Use AI to Transform My Photos — Before & After
AI isn’t just helping me build apps… it’s changing the way I create content.
When you’re running multiple businesses, building mega stations, traveling to installs, and producing daily posts, you need tools that make your life easier — fast.
That’s where AI steps in.
With a single prompt, I can take a raw, dull, or low-contrast photo and turn it into something vibrant, sharp, and ready for tens of thousands of eyeballs on social media.
I can bring out the sky, fix lighting, enhance tower details, sharpen faces, boost color, and even repair image flaws that would’ve taken a professional editor an hour to fix.
Here’s a perfect example — before and after.
AI brings the photo to life. Clean, crisp, punchy. Exactly what’s needed when you’re building a brand that reaches half a million people a day.
I’m not a photographer…
I’m not a Photoshop expert…
I just know how to prompt AI — and in 2025, that’s all you need to tell your story visually.
AI isn’t replacing creativity.
It’s amplifying it.
🤖 The AI Agents I’ve Created — My 24/7 Digital Team
One of the biggest game-changers for me in 2025 isn’t just the AI apps I’ve built…
It’s the AI agents I’ve created to work alongside me, day and night, across my entire business ecosystem.
These aren’t simple chatbots.
These are digital workers — trained with my voice, my ideas, my workflows, and the way I build and run things.
They’re the future of productivity, and I’m already using them today.
🧩 Why I Built My Own Agents
I run multiple businesses:
RemoteHamRadio
HamRadio 24-7
DX-Launcher
Radio Echo Communications
My media operations
My real estate & investment portfolio
One person can’t manage all of that manually…
But a team of AI agents can.
These agents handle tasks that would normally require a full-time staff — and they do it instantly, accurately, and around the clock.
⚡ Meet My AI Agents
1. ZERODRAFT — My Writing & Blog Engine
ZERODRAFT helps me:
Draft articles
Build blog posts
Create captions
Polish emails
Generate scripts for videos
Write product descriptions
If you’re reading something polished on HamRadio24-7…
ZERODRAFT probably touched it.
2. PIXEL-WRANGLER — My Photo Enhancement AI
Any time you see a boosted photo — clearer sky, better colors, sharper towers — that’s PIXEL-WRANGLER at work.
It handles:
Color correction
Contrast fixes
Sky replacement
Background cleaning
Detail sharpening
Prep for social media formats
This agent alone has saved me 500+ hours of editing in the last year.
3. SYNTHA — My Video Production & Idea Generator
SYNTHA helps me:
Craft short-form video ideas
Write voiceover scripts
Organize clips
Optimize storytelling
Build “viral-style” formats
When you see funny AI satire like Elvis calling CQ or Reagan yelling at Nixon about DQRM — SYNTHA helped structure it.
4. BLUECHIP — My Financial & Investment Assistant
BLUECHIP helps me manage the business side:
Analyze investments
Track income streams
Run ROI estimates
Compare STR performance
Model stock portfolio changes
Help forecast revenue
In 2024 I spent 1,000 hours learning long-term investing.
In 2025, BLUECHIP now works with me to put that knowledge into action.
📈 Why AI Agents Matter in 2025 (and Beyond)
With these agents:
I get more done in one day than most people do in a week
I can run multiple companies without burning out
I can create content for 500,000+ people a day
I can build apps, write blogs, and develop tools instantly
I can spend more time on towers, stations, and real-world projects
AI isn’t replacing me.
It’s multiplying me.
🏁 Final Thoughts: 2025 Is Only the Beginning
AI changed my life.
It helped me build businesses, automate half my workload, scale media, educate the next generation, and inspire people who never knew ham radio existed.
I don’t need to work another day in my life — but this is my purpose.
My legacy.
This is what I’m leaving behind.
The towers… the technology… the youth programs… the remote stations…
and now the AI tools that will define the next era of amateur radio.
Buckle up. We’re just getting started.
