SOTA2APRS


SOTA summits nearby moving APRS stations sending the Human-Person APRS symbol symbol around 2024-03-19 05:32 UTC


Reference Name
VK3/VT-004 Bryces Plain aprs.fi aprs-map.info
JA/HS-300 Ougonzan aprs.fi aprs-map.info
OE/NO-181 Rudolfshöhe aprs.fi aprs-map.info
OE/NO-206 Feuersteinberg aprs.fi aprs-map.info
OE/OO-303 Breitenstein aprs.fi aprs-map.info
9A/PH-045 Velanov breg aprs.fi aprs-map.info
JA/SO-116 Bontenyama aprs.fi aprs-map.info
VE7/TN-022 Dufferin Hill aprs.fi aprs-map.info
DM/BM-210 Moritzberg aprs.fi aprs-map.info
OE/NO-171 Troppberg aprs.fi aprs-map.info
OK/LI-021 Kozákov aprs.fi aprs-map.info
OK/LI-052 Vyske aprs.fi aprs-map.info
VK4/SE-111 VK4/SE-111 aprs.fi aprs-map.info
SP/BS-020 Malana Góra aprs.fi aprs-map.info
VK5/SE-005 Mt Lofty aprs.fi aprs-map.info
OH/JS-070 Vuoresvuori aprs.fi aprs-map.info
VK4/SE-095 Spring Mtn Sth Pk aprs.fi aprs-map.info
OE/WI-001 Hermannskogel aprs.fi aprs-map.info

SOTA2APRS is an experimental service that posts the SOTA activations (spots and alerts) and some summit locations to APRS-IS. Web based clients showing the positions on maps include aprs-map.info, APRS.fi or agwtracker.

SOTA2APRS reports

  1. every activator "spotted" on SOTAwatch to APRS-IS with his current frequency as SOTA APRS symbol (or SOTA APRS symbol on some clients).
    • example: ON6ZQ 007.032MHz SOTA activation ON/ON-001
    • SOTA spots that contain the words "test" or "ignore" in their comment are not reported to APRS-IS.
    Activators who would prefer NOT to be listed on APRS when their activations are spotted on SOTAwatch are welcome to let me know -> mailto:info [snail] on6zq [period] be, and I'll make sure their callsign is added to the black-list.
  2. every announced activation ("alert") with the date and time of planned activation as SOTA APRS symbol (or SOTA APRS symbol on some clients)
    • example: ON/ON-001 SOTA activ. planned on YYYYMMDD HHMMz
  3. In addition to spots and alerts, SOTA2APRS also monitors in real time the stations that use the Human-Person APRS symbol symbol (/[), and determines if they are in the vicinity of a SOTA summit and moving.
Only if so, a red X APRS symbol symbol is sent at the location of their nearest summit.
  • example: ON/ON-001 Summits On The Air - www.sota.org.uk

This means that

  • any moving stations that use the Human-Person APRS symbol symbol will be shown with the SOTA summits nearby.
  • in particular, activators carrying an APRS tracker (or an APRS enabled transceiver, or a mobile phone running an application like APRSdroid) will be shown on the map with the location of the summit they are going to as red X APRS symbol.
SOTA2APRS SOTA2APRS
APRSdirect "SOTA view"

SOTA2APRS is purely experimental, and is meant

  1. to make the SOTA related activities known to a larger public
  2. while helping
    • chasers to follow the activators progression
    • activators to be chased and assisted if necessary

It may be adapted or stopped without notice depending on the feed-back I receive.


Note: SOTA2APRS must not be confused with the gateway service APRS2SOTA provided by Stewart G0LGS, allowing users of the APRS network to post spots on the SOTAwatch system.


Here is a diagram describing the flows between SOTawatch, APRS2SOTA, SOTA2APRS and RBNhole.


The SARTrack client is a very advanced Amateur Radio APRS program, perfect to follow the SOTA activators progression.