[OKDXA] DX Spots you don't want to miss
Dallas Shell
dallas.shell at icloud.com
Tue Sep 13 13:28:20 EDT 2022
Thanks for the information on the app. It is available for iPhone, I just downloaded it.
For real-time information text messages are the way to go. I only check my email once or twice a day.
Thanks
Dallas n5fee
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 13, 2022, at 05:55, Mark Beckwith <dad at megansfamily.net> wrote:
>
> Greetings, DXers.
>
> A while ago I found I wanted to always meet my buddy on the air whenever he was out peak-bagging and doing QRP SOTAs from mountaintops. It was always frustrating to "read about it the morning paper" the next day.
>
> So I went looking for intelligent solutions to this challenge and tried a few phone apps. I settled on HamAlert after trying a few and being frustrated:
>
> https://hamalert.org/about
>
> When Jeff asked about recording his CW pileups, I just opened the app and added ZL7/K5WE to the list, and now I get phone notifications when he gets spotted.
>
> At the moment I am getting a lot of notifications, but that's because Jeff is getting spotted a lot. This will increase the chance I'll find a time when I can record him on CW. (I did not figure out if it is possible to filter out the FT mode spots but it might be).
>
> Highly recommended app. Clean, no ads, no other bloating, easy to use (my secret is I have it on my phone but _I configure it using the above web site on my computer_ because I'm an Old Guy™).
>
> 73 - Mark N5OT
>
> P.S. I'm Android, I have no idea if there is something like it for Apple phones
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