OE5REO
November 4, 2025, 6:48pm
1
Hello all!
Today I did my first SOTA activation without pen and paper just using PoLo for logging. It worked great.
Here is a question:
When I enter just one number into the RSTS / RSTR fields it behaves like this:
9 → 5/9
8 → 5/8
7 → 5/7
6 → 5/6
5 → 5/5
4 → 4/4
3 → 3/3
2 → 3/2
1 → 3/1
Because normally I have no noise level on the summits I like to give 5/9 → 5/3 → 4/2 → 3/1 reports. Is there any chance of editing these settings somewhere?
Looking forward to the next SOTA activation tomorrow using PoLo again.
73 Martin
OE5REO
VK1AO
November 4, 2025, 11:10pm
2
Please see this post which shows how the shortcuts evolved and their current state.
In SOTA CW pileups, the QSO rate can be 2-3 per minute. When logging, every second counts. Usually, the only variable in RS[T] is the signal strength S. That’s what I write down when using paper & pencil.
I would like to propose an RST auto completion as follows:
A single-digit entry in an RST field is completed with R=5 and (CW only) T=9.
2 examples: 5 in CW becomes 559, 7 in SSB/FM becomes 57.
Thanks & 73
Markus HB9BRJ
There is not personal customisation available, sorry.
Alan
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