# Where are the spots coming from

**URL:** <https://forum.hamalert.org/t/where-are-the-spots-coming-from/2377>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [January 16, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/where-are-the-spots-coming-from/2377 "2026-01-16T17:06:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![W3GQ](https://forum.hamalert.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@W3GQ](https://forum.hamalert.org/u/W3GQ)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/where-are-the-spots-coming-from/2377/1 "2026-01-16T17:06:29Z")

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I am a brand new user of HamAlert. I have the triggers set up but my question is; where are the incoming spots coming from in order to be processed by triggers?

Does HamAlert have its own source, i.e. DX Summit?

Paul, W3GQ

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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:** [January 17, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.hamalert.org/t/where-are-the-spots-coming-from/2377/2 "2026-01-17T15:45:35Z")

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The spots come from various public sources, as described on [HamAlert - About](https://hamalert.org/about) :

> HamAlert is a system that allows you to get notifications when a desired station appears on the [DX cluster](https://dxwatch.com/), the [Reverse Beacon Network](http://www.reversebeacon.net/), [SOTAwatch](https://sotawatch.sota.org.uk/), [POTA](https://pota.app/), [WWFF Spotline](https://wwff.co/spotline/), or [PSK Reporter](https://pskreporter.info/).

73, Manuel HB9DQM