Gli ultimi sviluppi di POLO la stanno rendendo qualcosa di veramente notevole.
Shortcut Commands from the Callsign Input Field
When you are in the callsign input field, you can use the following shortcuts, always followed by the [Send]
key or button on the screen:
- Enter a band or mode to change the current band or mode. For example
20m
or CW
.
- Enter a frequency to change the current frequency (and band). For example
14.070
or 14070
.
- Enter a new decimal frequency to change just part of the current frequency. For example, if you are on
14.245
and you type .247
, the frequency will change to 14.247
.
- Enter a time or date to change the QSO time. For example
14:30
or 14:30:25
for time, or 05-09
for May 9th.
- Enter a time difference to change the QSO time. For example, if you are >logging a QSO at
14:30
and you type +15m
, the time will change to 14:45
. If you type -1h
, the time will change to 13:30
. You can use h
for hours, m
for minutes, and s
for seconds, as well as d
for days and w
for weeks.
- Enter
KONAMI
to enable or disable Developer Mode.
Smart Data Entry
In most activation reference fields (POTA, SOTA, etc) you only need to enter letters and number, and PoLo will automatically fill in any dashes and slashes. And in many cases you can skip the prefix too and PoLo will guess it from the callsign.
So for a POTA Park-to-Park contact with, say, LB4FH
in NO-2518
, you can just enter 2518
and PoLo will fill in the rest.
For SOTA reference VK1/AC-001
, all you need is to enter VK1AC001
.
Quick field selection
Use the [space]
key to quickly select the next field in the form. This is especially useful when you are logging a lot of contacts and want to keep your hands on the keyboard.
Also, if the report is just 59
, you can leave the field empty.
Some keyboards also support using the [tab]
key to move to the next field, but this can be less reliable. We’re working on expanding this to more keyboards, but iOS and Android make it harder to deal with these keys than desktop operating systems.
Multiple QSOs at once
You can use commas to enter more than one callsign at a time and PoLo will log them as separate QSOs. This is useful, for example, when you log a POTA Park-to-park contact with multiple operators on the other end.
This also works when editing existing QSOs if you want to duplicate the information for another operator.
Smart Slash
Most phone and tablet keyboards make it hard to enter a slash (/
) character, which is often needed when logging callsigns like WV3H/VE
or VK1AO/P
. A period (.
) can be used instead and PoLo will convert it to a slash
Alcune di queste funzioni sono soprattutto pensate per l’impiego da tastiera… Ma l’abbreviazione delle referenze, la virgola per inserire più QSO contemporaneamente ed il punto per il barrato sono utilissime anche in portatile.
Inoltre veramente a breve dovrebbero debuttare gli spot SOTA.