diff --git a/tests/hamlibmodels.c b/tests/hamlibmodels.c
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+/* Example showing host to list all models */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <hamlib/rig.h>
+
+char *list[1000]; // as of 2023-01-17 we have 275 rigs so this should cover us for long time
+
+int nmodels = 0;
+
+static int hash_model_list(const struct rig_caps *caps, void *data)
+{
+    char s[256];
+    sprintf(s, "%s %s", caps->mfg_name, caps->model_name);
+    list[nmodels] = strdup(s);
+    ++nmodels;
+    return 1;  /* !=0, we want them all ! */
+}
+
+int mycmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
+{
+    const  char **s1 = (const char **)p1;
+    const  char **s2 = (const char **)p2;
+    return strcasecmp(*s1, *s2);
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    rig_set_debug_level(RIG_DEBUG_NONE);
+    rig_load_all_backends();
+    rig_list_foreach(hash_model_list, NULL);
+    qsort(list, nmodels, sizeof(list) / 1000, mycmp);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < nmodels; ++i) { printf("%s\n", list[i]); }
+
+    printf("%d models\n", nmodels);
+
+    return 0;
+}