SOTA Spotter

Get the Summits on the Air spots directly on your smartphone or tablet.

Bogdan Lazanu · ro.netroute.sotaspotter

Not rated yet 10K+ downloads v2.8.625 11.6 MB Android 7.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v2.8.625 (52)
Updated: Apr 1, 2023 (3 years ago)
APK size: 11.6 MB
Requires: Android 7.0+ (API 24)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Graphics: OpenGL ES 2.0+
Category: Tools (app)
Listed since: Jul 21, 2021 (at least)
Permissions: 17 (4 sensitive)
Website: yo3saw.ro
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

SOTA Spotter is an app by Bogdan Lazanu in the Tools category, listed since at least July 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 17 permissions, 4 of them sensitive, including precise location, approximate location and read media images. The app can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.

What's new in v2.8.625

* Fixed some stability issues

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

SOTA Spotter is a simple application that retrieves spots from sotawatch.sota.org.uk and displays them in an easy to read manner. Summits on the Air (SOTA) is an award scheme for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners that encourages portable operation in mountainous areas. You can learn more about it at https://www.sota.org.uk/ Main features: * Sends spots - via internet or via SMS (useful on summits where cell coverage is not good enough for reliable internet traffic) * Sends alerts (planned activations) * Retrieves spots/alerts * Map of nearby summits * Spot filtering (by band, mode, call sign, association, region and summit) * Notifications (vibrations, ringtone, LED and read aloud)

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Bogdan Constantin Lazanu” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Apr 1, 2023
Antivirus scan result not available
Signed byCN=Bogdan Constantin Lazanu, L=Barlad, ST=Vaslui, C=RO
Signing certificate (SHA-1)3F:D8:6B:9D:B5:E0:0F:9A:3F:DA:D0:FF:03:BE:F4:E3:6F:30:B8:49
File MD5bba7908318961a348f9618a562fdca68
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (17)

SOTA Spotter requests 17 permissions, 4 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Read media images Sensitive android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
Authenticate accounts android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
Download without notification android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) ro.netroute.sotaspotter.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Read sync stats android.permission.READ_SYNC_STATS
Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Write sync settings android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS

Required hardware & features

Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
Touchscreen android.hardware.touchscreen

SOTA Spotter APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the SOTA Spotter APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is bba7908318961a348f9618a562fdca68.