TOTA has become part of ScoutCAT, a mobile application developed by Casey Stanton, K3SBP. ScoutCAT is a free mapping and planning application for outdoor amateur radio activities, available for iOS and Android. Alongside POTA, SOTA, WWFF, WWBOTA and LLOTA, it now also supports TOTA – Towers On The Air.
ScoutCAT displays references from the various programmes on a map, allows users to find nearby locations and plan activations. The database can be downloaded to the phone and the application can also be used offline, which is particularly useful when operating in the field.
The integration uses the new TOTA Towers API v1 and includes not only tower locations and references, but also activation history and statistics. This makes it possible, for example, to find towers that have never been activated, have not been activated during the past year, or have never been activated on a particular band or mode.
The integration was developed through direct cooperation between TOTA and the author of ScoutCAT, taking only a few days from the first contact to the production launch.
A new section covering club (collective) and special call signs has been added to the TOTA Rules.
The rules now describe their registration, activation procedure, ADIF log uploads, and the allocation of activator points to the actual operators using the OPERATOR field.
Details and an example of a correct ADIF record can be found in the “Club and Special Call Signs” section of the Rules.
The Towers On The Air (TOTA) programme continues its international expansion. From 8 August 2026, Malaysia will officially join the programme.
Malaysian towers will use the 9MR prefix and, from that date, can be activated and hunted under the same rules as towers in all other TOTA countries.
Special thanks go to the National Coordinator 9M2PJU – Piju, who prepared the Malaysian tower database within just a few days, making this exceptionally fast launch possible.
We look forward to welcoming Malaysian radio amateurs to the international TOTA community and wish them many successful activations.
Great news for all activators and hunters!
With the latest update of Ham2K Portable Logger, the Towers On The Air (TOTA) activity is now fully integrated directly into the application.
What does this mean in practice?
✅ Native support for TOTA references while logging QSOs
✅ Automatic recognition and handling of tower references
✅ More convenient field logging during activations
✅ Faster and more accurate log uploads
TOTA is now officially among the fully supported international activities in one of the most widely used portable logging applications today.
Special thanks to the Ham2K development team for the excellent cooperation!
So – charge your batteries, pack your antenna… and head to the next tower! 🏰📡
Author of the project "Towers On The Air"
Ivan, OK2IH
Website Author - OK2IH
contact: info@wwtota.com
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| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| Users | 983 |
| Activators | 330 |
| Awards | 1058 |
| QSOs | 68325 |
| Towers | 5194 |
| Top HF activator | OE3BIY (112 twr) |
| Top VHF activator | OE3BIY (129 twr) |
| Top HF hunter | LY2KM (302 twr) |
| Top VHF hunter | OK1CTT (180 twr) |
| Activated unique | 1348 rozhleden |
| Successful activations | 2990 |
Počet registrovaných uživatelů: 983
| Země | Počet uživatelů | Podíl (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 224 | 22.79 |
| Spain | 170 | 17.29 |
| Germany | 142 | 14.45 |
| Austria | 109 | 11.09 |
| Poland | 73 | 7.43 |
| Belgium | 38 | 3.87 |
| Slovak Republic | 34 | 3.46 |
| Puerto Rico | 31 | 3.15 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 2.24 |
| Portugal | 21 | 2.14 |
| Dominican Republic | 12 | 1.22 |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 1.12 |
| United States | 10 | 1.02 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1.02 |
| France | 9 | 0.92 |
| England | 6 | 0.61 |
| Argentina | 6 | 0.61 |
| Romania | 5 | 0.51 |
| Italy | 4 | 0.41 |
| Hungary | 4 | 0.41 |
| Australia | 4 | 0.41 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 0.41 |
| Chile | 3 | 0.31 |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.31 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.20 |
| Russia | 2 | 0.20 |
| Sweden | 2 | 0.20 |
| Canada | 2 | 0.20 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 0.20 |
| Albania | 1 | 0.10 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0.10 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.10 |
| Guantanamo Bay | 1 | 0.10 |
| Israel | 1 | 0.10 |
| Moldova, Republic of | 1 | 0.10 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0.10 |
| Azores | 1 | 0.10 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 0.10 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.10 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.10 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0.10 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0.10 |
| Greece | 1 | 0.10 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.10 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.10 |
| China | 1 | 0.10 |
| Ceuta & Melilla | 1 | 0.10 |
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