Because Ham Radio Deluxe is developed in Microsoft Visual Studio, Ham Radio Deluxe must conform to Microsoft's operating system requirements for their supported operating systems to ensure that our software is supportable.

The recommended minimum system requirements for Ham Radio Deluxe are defined by Microsoft's minimum requirements for your operating system.

Microsoft's operating systems requirements can be found here:
- Windows 8.1 (Microsoft extended support until January 10, 2023)
- Windows 10
- Windows 11

While these requirements tell you what Microsoft thinks is the minimum requirements for their Operating System, that doesn't give you enough room to run many programs - Ham Radio Deluxe or otherwise. We recommend adding 2GB of memory to what Microsoft recommends.

Microsoft ended extended support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. Therefore, Ham Radio Deluxe is no longer supported on Windows 7.

Microsoft ended extended support for Windows Vista on April 11, 2017. Therefore, Ham Radio Deluxe is no longer supported on Windows Vista.

Microsoft ended extended support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Therefore, Ham Radio Deluxe is no longer supported on Windows XP.