# Show distance in alert messages

**URL:** https://forum.hamalert.org/t/show-distance-in-alert-messages/570
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [February 4, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/show-distance-in-alert-messages/570 "2024-02-04T00:22:45Z")
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### Author: ![WB6EDK](https://forum.hamalert.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6bbea6/32.png) [@WB6EDK](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/WB6EDK)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/show-distance-in-alert-messages/570/1 "2024-02-04T00:22:45Z")

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Knowing how far you are being heard with a distance value in the alert message would be extremely useful. Call signs are pretty much useless since they can be anywhere unless you look up each call sign independently.

Also I have noticed on the iOS app audible notification it seems to be sending a cw BX. Is this supposed to be DX?

Great app, I use it all the time to spot friends and monitor my JS8 station propagation. Again having a distance derived from grid square values would be a great addition.

Brooks  
WB6EDK