Meet KATWARN's Open Source sibling
mowas-pwb is a MOWAS Personal Warning Beacon service which sends emergency broadcasts from Germany's 'Modulares Warnsystem' to DAPNET, Telegram and email accounts. You can install this program on platforms such as the Raspberry Pi and have it send you an alert in case an official warning message has been issued for your location(s).
mowas-pwb has been created to complement the existing programs KATWARN, Nina and BIWAPP in order to enable additional communication channels such as mail, pager or Telegram messenger.
- Supports messaging to Telegram, Email and DAPNET accounts
- Monitors 1..n static lat/lon coordinates for MOWAS events
- Licensed ham radio amateurs can track their current APRS position, too (dynamic position monitoring)
- Users can specify a minimal warning level which needs to be met by a MOWAS event for triggering alerts.
- Emergency alerts can be sent to DAPNET users with high priority settings.
- In case of an emergency,
mowas-pwbautomatically switches to shorter 'emergency' run intervals. See processing logic for further details
🇩🇪 International users: mowas-pwb supports automatic translation of German MOWAS content into your native language.
- Supports all current MOWAS categories (tempest, flood, wildfire, earthquake, emergency announcements)
- All MOWAS categories can be enabled or disabled in the program's configuration file
- You can easily add new MOWAS categories if they are made available through the official government feeds.
- Installation and Configuration
- Supported Command Line Parameters
- Additional info on processing logic, known issues et al
- Legal information
- APRS is a registered trademark of APRS Software and Bob Bruninga/WB4APR. Thank you Bob!
- aprs.fi services are provided by Heikki Hannikainen/OH7LZB - thank you Hessu!
- MOWAS feeds are provided by the Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe