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One installer for Windows, with everything included. If your PC still needs the .NET runtime, the installer offers to fetch it.

Latest version
ShackAssistant v1.0.468
5.7 MB · released 4 November 2026
⬇ Download ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.468.zip
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Before you start

What you need

WindowsWindows 10 or 11, 64-bit
.NET.NET 10 Desktop Runtime. The installer offers to fetch it.
HamlibIncluded. It lets the program talk to your radio.
A radioOptional. Any radio Hamlib supports, by cable or over the network.
A serverOnly to share one logbook between several PCs: MySQL or MariaDB. Otherwise nothing.
Installing

Three steps

  1. Run the setup file. Got the .zip? Extract it first. If Windows says it protected your PC, choose More info → Run anyway.
  2. Follow the wizard. The defaults are fine.
  3. Start ShackAssistant, make a logbook and fill in your callsign, operator and locator. The guides take it from there.

To update, run the newer setup over the old one. Your logbooks, settings, templates and macros are kept.

Earlier versions

Older releases

Use the newest version. These are here in case you need to go back.

VersionFileSizeDate
v1.0.455 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.455.zip 5.6 MB 2026-11-01
v1.0.442 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.442.zip 5.6 MB 2026-10-27
v1.0.425 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.425.zip 5.3 MB 2026-10-26
v1.0.423 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.423.zip 5.3 MB 2026-10-26
v1.0.312 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.312.zip 5.1 MB 2026-10-13
v1.0.311 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.311.zip 5.1 MB 2026-10-13
v1.0.300 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.300.zip 5.1 MB 2026-10-11
v1.0.280 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.280.zip 5.1 MB 2026-10-03
v1.0.278 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.278.zip 5.1 MB 2026-10-03
v1.0.236 ShackAssistantSetup_v1.0.236.zip 5.1 MB 2026-09-28

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