Fetch solar conditions from HamQSL #92

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     <h4 class="mt-4">What data sources are supported?</h4>
     <p>Spothole can retrieve spots from: <a href="https://www.dxcluster.info/telnet/">Telnet-based DX clusters</a>, the <a href="https://www.reversebeacon.net/">Reverse Beacon Network (RBN)</a>, the <a href="https://www.aprs-is.net/">APRS Internet Service (APRS-IS)</a>, <a href="https://pota.app">POTA</a>, <a href="https://www.sota.org.uk/">SOTA</a>, <a href="https://wwff.co/">WWFF</a>, <a href="https://www.cqgma.org/">GMA</a>, <a href="https://wwbota.net/">WWBOTA</a>, <a href="http://www.hema.org.uk/">HEMA</a>, <a href="https://www.parksnpeaks.org/">Parks 'n' Peaks</a>, <a href="https://ontheair.nz">ZLOTA</a>, <a href="https://www.wota.org.uk/">WOTA</a>, <a href="https://llota.app">LLOTA</a>, <a href="https://wwtota.com">WWTOTA</a>, the <a href="https://ukpacketradio.network/">UK Packet Repeater Network</a>, and any site based on the <a href="https://github.com/nischu/xOTA">xOTA software by nischu</a>.</p>
     <p>Spothole can retrieve alerts from: <a href="https://www.ng3k.com/">NG3K</a>, <a href="https://pota.app">POTA</a>, <a href="https://www.sota.org.uk/">SOTA</a>, <a href="https://wwff.co/">WWFF</a>, <a href="https://www.parksnpeaks.org/">Parks 'n' Peaks</a>, <a href="https://www.wota.org.uk/">WOTA</a> and <a href="https://www.beachesontheair.com/">BOTA</a>.</p>
+    <p>Spothole can retrieve solar and propagation condition data from <a href="https://www.hamqsl.com">HamQSL</a>.</p>
     <p>Note that the server owner has not necessarily enabled all these data sources. In particular it is common to disable RBN, to avoid the server being swamped with FT8 traffic, and to disable APRS-IS and UK Packet Net so that the server only displays stations where there is likely to be an operator physically present for a QSO.</p>
     <p>Between the various data sources, the following Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are supported: Parks on the Air (POTA), Summits on the Air (SOTA), Worldwide Flora & Fauna (WWFF), Global Mountain Activity (GMA), Worldwide Bunkers on the Air (WWBOTA), HuMPs Excluding Marilyns Award (HEMA), Islands on the Air (IOTA), Mills on the Air (MOTA), the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Socirty (ARLHS), International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW), Silos on the Air (SIOTA), World Castles Award (WCA), New Zealand on the Air (ZLOTA), Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award (KRMNPA), Wainwrights on the Air (WOTA), Beaches on the Air (BOTA), Lagos y Lagunas On the Air (LLOTA), Towers on the Air (WWTOTA), Worked All Britain (WAB), Worked All Ireland (WAI), and Toilets on the Air (TOTA).</p>
     <p>As of the time of writing in November 2025, I think Spothole captures essentially all outdoor radio programmes that have a defined reference list, and almost certainly those that have a spotting/alerting API. If you know of one I've missed, please let me know!</p>
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     <p>Spothole is open source, so you can audit <a href="https://git.ianrenton.com/ian/spothole">the code</a> if you like.</p>
     <h2 class="mt-4">Thanks</h2>
-    <p>This project would not have been possible without those volunteers who have taken it upon themselves to run DX clusters, xOTA programmes, DXpedition lists, callsign lookup databases, and other online tools on which Spothole's data is based.</p>
+    <p>This project would not have been possible without those volunteers who have taken it upon themselves to run DX clusters, xOTA programmes, DXpedition lists, callsign lookup databases, solar conditions and propagation modelling software, and other online tools on which Spothole's data is based. The vast majority of these are not profit-seeking and are made purely for the love of the hobby and to help others in the community. Spothole is standing on the shoulders of giants, who deserve a huge amount of thanks for all the work they put in.</p>
     <p>Spothole is also dependent on a number of Python libraries, in particular pyhamtools, and many JavaScript libraries, as well as the Font Awesome icon set and flag icons from the Noto Color Emoji set, and MIT-licenced GeoJSON files for CQ and ITU zones from HA8TKS.</p>
     <p>This software is dedicated to the memory of Tom G1PJB, SK, a friend and colleague who sadly passed away around the time I started writing it in Autumn 2025. I was looking forward to showing it to you when it was done.</p>
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