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Activation profile

Activations without paper

It's cold on the summit, the pile-up is calling and the phone is in one hand. kQSO needs only the call; it fills in the report itself.

A QSO in a few keys

DD2TC 55

The call and the received report. The sent one stays 59 (599 in CW).

DD2TC 55 T57

Another sent report goes with a T in front.

20m

A band change. Modes the same way: cw, ssb, fm.

1832 OK1ABC

The time by hand, e.g. copying from paper. Otherwise UTC is taken at the first key.

An empty Enter saves. After two characters kQSO offers the calls of stations that often chase activations, and your own earlier QSOs.

Activating OE/SB-257 on a phone: a QSO on one line, 20m to change band, a call from the suggestions.

Summit-to-summit and park-to-park

Type the other station's reference after its call. The keyboard has no dash, so it is typed with a slash and the last slash becomes a dash. kQSO tells the kind of reference by its shape:

SOTAOK/ZC/001
GMAOL/LI/001
POTACZ/0123
WWFFOKFF/0001
TOTAOKR/1001
BOTAB/OK/0123

In the ADIF each reference goes into the field its program reads, so an S2S counts after the upload to sotadata.org.uk.

The line OK1ABC/P 55 T57 OK/ZC/001 and the chips CALL, RST, TX-RST, REF
Received 55, sent 57, the other station on OK/ZC-001.

Nearby references, even without a signal

When you create the log, the locate button offers the references within 25 km. kQSO keeps the SOTA, POTA, WWFF, GMA, TOTA and BOTA lists on the device. The area around you downloads by itself when online; before a trip download an area by locator (e.g. JN69).

You can have several own references, such as a summit and a park at once: OK/ZC-001 CZ-0123.

Export

  • An ADIF of the whole activation plus one file per own reference, as each program wants its own upload.
  • In the apps the file is shared or saved; on the web it downloads.
  • BOTA as wwbota.net asks; WWFF, GMA and TOTA in SIG / SIG_INFO.
A new activation log: own references and the locate button
A new log: own references and the nearby ones on offer.

And everyday operating?

The General profile is for portable operation without an award program, an outing, or a Field Day outside a contest. You exchange a report, a locator and a name: OK1ABC 57 JN79US PETR. A General log can be pushed to Wavelog.

A SOTA activation step by step is in the First steps.