A simple amateur radio logger designed specifically for portable activities, like Parks on the Air (POTA), Summits on the Air (SOTA) Field Days, etc.
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in United Kingdom
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Implemented all the suggestions I’d made previously
This app is great. It’s progressed from being quite buggy and lightweight to a really serious contender for #1 logging app.
I use this to log my contacts once I get off the hill, but I feel like I could probably use it in real time now that it’s matured.
I like being able to enter the times retrospectively, and I also like the extended keyboard for entering callsigns. It could be useful to have it on the MGR as well, as it seemed to only be available on the callsign.
Works very well but could use a few additions
This app is fantastic - I’ve been using it for SOTA and it works exceptionally well and looks good - logs can be uploaded right to the SOTA website.
A couple things I’d like:
* When I set my call sign as /P, it seems to need to be modified on EVERY QSO, which is very time consuming. I just edit the ADI file after now.
* There is no notes field for a QSO - why not? Seems pretty critical!
* The name field seems to default to all capitals - sort of annoying.
Numerical Keyboard
Absolutely spot on - extended number keyboard - now I can ditch my physical keyboard and reduce weight whilst portable. this app after a shaky start is going from strength to strength, thank you
A brilliant lightweight logbook for use in the UK
I’ve been looking for a lightweight IOS logbook I can use out in the field for SOTA events for ages. At last, I have found it. HAMRS meets the requirements of a fast and easy logger and then some. The fields are large and easy to see in daylight, as is what I type - something that’s been a problem with other logbooks I’ve tried.
Creating multiple logs for multiple summits is so easy and when I activated three summits in one day recently it really helped that if you name each logbook according to the summit you’re activating the name of the log sits large and proud at the top of the screen - enabling you to ‘remember’ the summit reference with ease during contacts.
I say lightweight, but it does have some great additional features; it’s funny how I know the names of the stations I’m contacting and their locations within seconds of making contact and those stations are often asking me, ‘have we worked before?’. No, it’s just my logging software pulls certain data from online callbooks if you’re fortunate enough to have internet access.
Uploading files to the SOTA database is very easy and I can import the adif files it generates into my main RUMlogNG logbook with ease. Being on an Apple infrastructure makes this a doddle as the files are saved to my cloud drive so they’re on my desktop computer before I get home.
I have also used the software for operating away from home on field days and when camping on holiday. The different templates adapt the logbook to the particular use to which it’s being put, so irrelevant data entry fields are revealed/hidden according to the template chosen.
This software works on my iPad, iPhone, MacBook, Mac Mini and Windows laptop. This means that I will be using it for our next club event and getting my fellow club members familiar with it.
This logbook is worth every penny. Sure, I have a wish-list as long as my arm, but if it were to be implemented fully then it’d no longer be lean, quick and lightweight and I’d be complaining. It fits the bill exactly and is great for use in the UK, and anywhere else outside the US I suspect. Enjoy.
Looks promising but…
Looks to be a great log book for portable use, however it is very USA and Canada centric and not of great use outside that continent. Export ADIF??
Won’t be using and will return to RumLog which is a little over the top for out in the field use but does the job.
So save your money if you are outside N America.
