Create your account

Signing up takes a few minutes. You need your callsign, an e-mail address you can read right away, and a credit card or PayPal account. Start at remotehamradio.com/join.

1. Callsign and e-mail

Enter your Callsign and E-mail address, confirm you are not a robot, and click Continue →.

Your callsign decides which signup you get. US callsigns, including territories such as Puerto Rico, go through the standard signup. Callsigns from CEPT countries can sign up when CEPT signups are open; see CEPT members. If RHR is not available for your country, the form says so and suggests contacting support.

If the callsign or the e-mail address already belongs to an account, RHR e-mails that account's owner instead of continuing, so a stranger cannot take over your callsign.

2. Verification code

RHR sends a six-digit code to the address you entered. Type it on the Enter verification code page. If you mistype it you see That code is incorrect.

3. Details

The details page has several sections:

• Terms and Conditions. Read and tick every term. They cover the recurring membership fee and per-minute airtime, that the per-minute rate is fixed for a connection whether you transmit or receive, how to identify from stations outside the US, identifying as HH2AA from Haiti, and that improper identification means permanent removal. See Identifying yourself on the air.
• Choose a Plan. PremiumDX monthly or yearly. Each card shows the price and any included one-time airtime credit. See Membership and pricing.
• Account Information. Create a password of at least 8 characters with a lowercase letter, an uppercase letter and a digit.
• Billing Address. Name, street, city, country and ZIP or postal code are required.
• How did you hear about RemoteHamRadio? Optional.
• Promo Code. Optional. If you followed a promo link the code is already filled in. See Promo codes.

4. Review and pay

Review Your Subscription shows your plan, account and billing address. Click Make Changes to go back, or enter your payment details.

Your card or PayPal account is kept on file for the subscription and for monthly airtime charges. You can change or remove it later, and cancel at any time; see Payment methods and receipts.

Click Subscribe Now for $…. If the payment fails nothing is created, and you can correct the payment details and try again.

After you sign up

• You are signed in and land on your account page with Signup is complete – welcome!
• Your membership starts today. Any airtime credit included with the plan is already in your account as New user credit.
• You have access to the full network of stations, with airtime limited to your credit until your license is verified.
• Upload your license within 7 days. Until RHR verifies it, you operate on airtime credit only. After the deadline, new connections are blocked until a license is on file. See Verify your license.
• A welcome e-mail arrives with the next steps.

Next: Your first QSO.