# Add Tiles trigger
**URL:** https://forum.hamalert.org/t/add-tiles-trigger/2422
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [April 23, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/add-tiles-trigger/2422 "2026-04-23T00:48:50Z")
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### Author:  [@HB9DQM](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/HB9DQM)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/add-tiles-trigger/2422/2 "2026-04-23T07:03:44Z")
Hello Facundo,
HamAlert is currently receiving requests from various sources to add support for new, emerging outdoor/award programs. I suspect that Agentic Coding has been a major driving force behind this trend because it has lowered the technical barrier to entry.
While it’s nice to support everything (at least from the point of view of the concerned users), there are also disadvantages, like UI clutter, reference designator conflicts and maintenance issues. Sometimes there are even multiple (rival) programs for a given entity category. Each of them comes with their own reference structure, entity list and spotting platform, all using bespoke APIs.
I think before adding more of them, we need to define objective criteria for such programs to be supported by HamAlert, to avoid overloading the UI and codebase with niche things that are of interest only to a handful of users.
I’m still not sure which objective criteria to use when deciding whether adding a particular new program to HamAlert would be warranted. It will likely have to be a mix of maturity (e.g. been around for at least a year), user base (e.g. at least 1000 active users) and spot activity (e.g. at least 500 spots per month). Discussion welcome.
See also:
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> I've had an initial attempt at adding \[WWBOTA\](https://wwbota.org/) to HamAlert.…
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> Would welcome feedback if you think it'd be acceptable to add this, and if I'm going about the right way of adding it?
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> I've not currently tested this, as wasn't initially sure how to run this, but thought I'd share as draft for initial consideration.
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> Thanks for Ham Alert and making it open source :smile:
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> Get API key from info@rozhledny.eu.
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> Fixes #21
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> I did basic testing on the l…ocal instance and it seems it works, i.e. I was able to refresh the WWTOTA dbase and get the WWTOTA spots from the cluster.
That said, the issue of adding a “Grid Square” condition (not related to any specific award program) comes up often, and I totally understand that. The challenge there is where to obtain accurate grid square information for a station even if the particular spot source (DX cluster etc.) does not provide it. See also:
> [@Add Grid Square trigger](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/add-grid-square-trigger/2420):
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> As I near the 488 grid square goal for FFMA on 6m and above, the Lower48 grids are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Would it be possible for a selector where I can enter the basic 4 character grid squares for those I need? I have found HamAlert to be really useful to fill in my wanted DXCC Challenge Points as well as a few ATNO’s, and hope to be able to use it to close in on that 488 number for FFMA as well. Thanks.
> [@DX Gridsquare Tracking](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/dx-gridsquare-tracking/1387):
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> Is it possible to set up triggers for MODE and GRID. I can find MODE but cannot locate GRID. Attempting to complete worked all USA grids with PSK31.
73,
Manuel HB9DQM
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