Brian Mathews AB6D
Level: Intermediate
Category: HF Digital Modes, SOTA, POTA, Software and Services, Field Operation
Time:
UTC: September 10, 2023, 5:00 pm
Duration: 2 hours
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Have you tried activating a SOTA peak or POTA park but had trouble self-spotting? Do you feel ‘dirty’ self-spotting an amateur radio activity with non-amateur cell-phone or satellite methods? Do you wish you had a simple way to find Summit-to-Summit (S2S) and Park-to-Park (P2P) opportunities in the moment? SOTAMAT is a new way of executing SOTA, POTA, and messaging commands in the field when you have no cell service, no APRS, no computer, and no satellite device. It integrates technologies such as PSKreporter, FT8, PSK31, SMS, eMail, Garmin inReach, Zoleo, Bullitt, SOTAwatch, SOTL.as and the POTA app. It's signature feature is the ability to generate specially coded FT8 messages using your cell phone speaker into an HF radio microphone, and have a worldwide network of skimmers execute your SOTA and POTA commands, or send messages. See breathtaking examples of Paul Mower, VA6MPM, use SOTAMAT to activate the very remote peaks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
