Self-Spotting a Parks on the Air Activation via Winlink

If you find yourself in an area that has no cell phone service and need to spot yourself for a POTA (Parks on the Air) activation, here’s how you can get yourself spotted via Winlink.  Obviously, you need a Winlink gateway to get to, so Vara HF will probably work the best in this situation.

Compose a message in your Winlink Express client.

TO: potagw@outlook.com
SUBJECT: SPOT {your callsign} {park designator} {mode} {frequency} {any comments}

Example: SPOT KM6ZPO K-TEST 14321 K-TEST SSB 20230324 @ 0925

Don’t add anything to the message body.

If you did this correctly. two things …

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