# How do i stop POTA alerts?

**URL:** https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 9, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419 "2026-04-09T22:26:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![G5TV](https://forum.hamalert.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@G5TV](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/G5TV)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419/1 "2026-04-09T22:26:25Z")

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Hi all,

I constantly receive POTA alerts for states i do not have triggers set for. I have a trigger set for HI, ID and NV all ssb but i constantly receive pota alerts from other states. How can i stop them please?

Regards Brent G5TV

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### Author: ![HB9DQM](https://forum.hamalert.org/user_avatar/forum.hamalert.org/hb9dqm/32/5_2.png) [@HB9DQM](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/HB9DQM)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419/2 "2026-04-10T06:12:38Z")

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Could you post an example of an errant spot as a screenshot from the HamAlert app, with the spot details opened please?

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### Author: ![KJ7R](https://forum.hamalert.org/user_avatar/forum.hamalert.org/kj7r/32/519_2.png) [@KJ7R](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/KJ7R)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419/3 "2026-04-13T21:51:30Z")

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Maybe they’re from trails that cross multiple states. If that’s it there’s nothing you can do I don’t believe.

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### Author: ![G5TV](https://forum.hamalert.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@G5TV](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/G5TV)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419/4 "2026-04-15T20:26:41Z")

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Yes on investigation, I think that is exactly right. Thanks for the reply.

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### Author: ![G5TV](https://forum.hamalert.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@G5TV](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/G5TV)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419/5 "2026-04-15T20:28:35Z")

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I think KJ7R is right. Many thanks.

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### Author: ![W4DNR](https://forum.hamalert.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@W4DNR](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/W4DNR)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419/6 "2026-04-18T20:24:43Z")

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I do not want any POTAs to send alerts to my phone. How do I filter out POTAs ? W4DNR

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### Author: ![HB9DQM](https://forum.hamalert.org/user_avatar/forum.hamalert.org/hb9dqm/32/5_2.png) [@HB9DQM](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/HB9DQM)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/how-do-i-stop-pota-alerts/2419/7 "2026-04-19T15:39:32Z")

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> [@W4DNR](#):
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> How do I filter out POTAs ?

Add a “Source” condition to your trigger(s), select all sources that you are interested in, but don’t select POTA. You may still receive a small number of alerts when a POTA station gets spotted on the DX cluster (including a POTA reference in the comments), and at the moment that cannot be completely filtered out, but it will be much less than if you accept spots from the POTA spot source (pota.app).