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Field Spotter is a **web-based spotting tool** specifically engineered for portable amateur radio operations such as POTA, SOTA, and WWFF. It presents real-time activity on an interactive map, allowing users to visualize activator details, park/summit codes, distance, and spot age, with older spots gradually fading for clarity. The interface includes robust filtering capabilities by program, mode, and band, alongside extensive display configurations for map styles, the **terminator (greyline)**, Maidenhead grid, CQ zones, ITU zones, and WAB/WAI grids. Users can customize spot display duration, show QRT and pre-QSY spots, and select from various map providers like OpenStreetMap and ESRI. Authored by Ian Renton M0TRT, Field Spotter also incorporates features for re-spotting and provides convenient popup links to external callsign lookup services, program websites, and WebSDRs, including a 750Hz offset option for CW reception. The platform operates with a strong emphasis on user privacy, collecting no personal data and storing any location or callsign information exclusively on the user's local device, ensuring a secure and private spotting experience for portable ops.

The short-term aurora forecast, based on the OVATION model, predicts aurora location and intensity 30 to 90 minutes ahead, aligning with solar wind travel time. Maps show aurora ovals in green, turning red for higher intensity. Aurora, visible after sunset or before sunrise, impacts technologies like radio communication, GPS, and power grids. It's a mesmerizing space weather spectacle, drawing travelers to the Arctic.

MeshCom 4.0 facilitates off-grid text messaging and data exchange via _LoRa_ radio modules, operating on low-power, low-cost hardware to establish networked communication capabilities. The system transmits messages, GPS positions, sensor values, and telecontrol data over significant distances with minimal power consumption. MeshCom modules can autonomously form a mesh network or integrate into a broader message network through MeshCom gateways, which ideally connect via _HAMNET_ to link disparate radio networks. Recent updates include MCMAP features, support for Lilygo T-Connect-Pro, and new firmware for T-ECHO, enhancing the system's versatility. The project provides basic specifications, detailed protocol information, and installation instructions for MeshCom 4.0, including guides for RAK WisBlock and HELTEC V3 hardware. Firmware and companion Android/iPhone applications are available for download, supporting a range of **10-20 km** line-of-sight communication.

Presents the 9M2PJU QSO Map Tool, a web-based utility designed by Ian Renton for visualizing amateur radio contacts. This tool processes ADIF, Cabrillo, and SOTA CSV log files, allowing operators to plot their QSOs on a selection of base maps, including ESRI NatGeo World Map and OpenStreetMap Mapnik. Users can configure display options such as simple dot markers or xOTA hunter markers, QTH location, outlines, shadows, and geodesic lines, with coloring by band or a fixed hue. The application supports drawing per-band heatmaps and offers overlays for Maidenhead grid squares, CQ zones, ITU zones, and Worked All Britain/Ireland grids. It also provides QSO filtering capabilities and displays comprehensive log statistics, including unique calls, grid squares, CQ zones, ITU zones, and worked DXCCs. Customizable band and mode colors, alongside specific xOTA icons for programs like POTA, SOTA, WWFF, IOTA, and WCA, enhance the visual analysis of operating activity.