I'm looking to get into DX spotting on my phone while traveling for work. Currently using QRZ's web cluster on my mobile browser but it's a bit clunky. There's a DX Spots app that shows live feed of the cluster network on all bands and modes with many filters to choose from, but wondering what others are using?

Also curious about HamAlert - it's a companion app to hamalert.org that lets you get push notifications when desired stations appear on the Reverse Beacon Network, SOTAwatch, POTA, the DX cluster or PSK Reporter. Anyone have experience setting up triggers for specific DXCC entities or contest stations?

What's your go-to setup for mobile spotting and alerting? Looking for something that won't drain battery but keeps me informed of good openings.

HamAlert is the ham app I've been looking for since I got my license - syncs with clublog to identify your unconfirmed entities and notifies when they are spotted. Works perfectly and has already resulted in 2 additional ATNOs. The key is setting up specific triggers rather than trying to catch everything. I have mine set for needed DXCC on 20/40m only.

I use the DX Spots app daily and it works well for basic monitoring. Would love to see UTC time in the app and a dark mode option though. For alerts, I tried HamAlert but had issues with triggers not working consistently - only getting alerts for 2 prefixes in my list despite knowing these prefixes are being spotted on the cluster.

QRV is your essential ham radio multitool built for DX success - it aggregates critical tools and reliable, fast-updated data into one single, clean platform. Premium features include live spots from PSK Reporter and customized notifications where you can pick your bands and DXCCs of interest. Been using it for POTA hunting and it's excellent.