How to get an alert when somebody important is on the air - HamAlert

I bring up dxSummit on my phone, plug in the callsigns I'm looking for, and check the results periodically.
A thousand years ago we used "one ringers" and actual phone calls to let each other know.
My how times have changed.
Mike N3PM

 

The camaraderie level has changed a lot in the hobby over the years. It would be awesome to get a call on the local repeater or telephone saying some rare DX is on the air.

 

We met for breakfast at Howard Johnson's.

 

HoJo had the best clam strips and their ice cream was awesome!

 

sounds like a great ego booster for the big amp guys....cant think of anyone on ham radio who is
important to me...to me all hams are equal...but i guess you have to come up with something
so the jerks with ego problems can have their appearance on the air announced so you little people
can worship them...guy who came up with this must have a huge ego problem that he felt he
was being ignored

 

Or...

Maybe it would just be nice to know when a good friend and fellow ham is on the air and available for a ragchew...

 

Reread the OP's topic:

How to get an alert when somebody important is on the air - HamAlert

 

One could interpret the words "somebody important" in more than one way. Important to whom? The OP was lambasted by posters that interpreted it as arrogant yootoobers thinking that they were important just because they are yootoobers. However, the OP specifically replied to me explaining that the system works for ANYONE, not just members of the media.

...and my friends are important to me.

 

Here's what I transcribed from the introduction of the video:

There's a piece of software out there called HamAlert, and I'm going to show you how to set it up to notify you when all of your favorite YouTubers are on the air so you can help us make better contacts and bring more content to you on to YouTube.

Wonderful ... key words being "replied to me".

However, the introduction makes is perfectly clear the intention of the video, and the implied definition of "somebody important".

 

and why do you have to tell others your a extra ? more ego stuff

 

I used to talk to Marlon Brando on both CB and 10.

 

Every person who responds to this thread is equal in importance.

 

I better reply then!

Or maybe I just messed up? Maybe those who do NOT reply are MORE important?

 

Art Bell! Cool. I miss his radio program.
Brando was on evenings when in Tahiti.
73, -Bob