From 2bb85da8d398bed4f3976ab5152de372e02e78ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nic Heath Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:15:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add mylat, mylon, mycounty, and mypota docs. --- notes/protocol.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) diff --git a/notes/protocol.md b/notes/protocol.md index eff65a9..f295807 100644 --- a/notes/protocol.md +++ b/notes/protocol.md @@ -12,9 +12,43 @@ * **qslmsg** QSL Messages valid for the entire log can be entered in the header section of the log. It is not mandatory. * **mywwff** The mywwff keyword is used to register your own WWFF reference number in WWFF Logging. See also chapter WWFF logging. The syntax is: AAFF-CCCC: AA = national prefix, CCCC = 4-digit numeric code (e.g. ONFF-0001). * **mysota** The mysota keyword is used to register your own SOTA reference number in SOTA Logging. The syntax is: AA/NN-CCC: Association/Name-3-digit numeric Code (e.g. G/CE-001). Your own SOTA reference number is mandatory for SOTA Logging. +* **mypota** This registers your POTA reference for POTA logging. POTA is (March 2024) transitioning their references to use ISO country codes. The syntax is AA-##### where AA is an ISO country code and ##### is a 4 to 5 digit number. * **nickname** The nickname keyword can be used for eQSL ADIF uploads. See chapter Uploading logs to eQSL.cc. * **date** The date format is year-month-day (YYYY-MM-DD), e.g. 2016-12-31. Year, month and day may be abbreviated and you may use separators other than dash. +* **mycounty** This is field will populate the tag in your ADIF. It may contain spaces. (e.g. mycounty WY,Laramie County) +* **mylat** This field takes your decimal degrees lattitude and populates the adif tag. +* **mylon** This field takes your decimal degrees longitutde and populates the adif tag. ## Validations * call +* mypota - Any combination of values 0-9 or A-Z one to five times, a dash, and 0-9 four to five times. e.g. US-0609 +* mylat - ±90.0 degrees inclusive. +* mylon - ±180.0 degrees inclusive. + +## POTA Example + +``` +# Header +mycall AA0AAA/7 +operator AA0AAA +qslmsg Please QSL via LotW +nickname Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge +mypota US-0609 +mygrid DN71ci +mylat 41.3724 +mylon -105.752 +mycounty WY,Albany County + +# QSOs +date 2024-03-20 +10m 28.028 cw +1234 w1aw 599 599 @Bob +1235 n0aw 599 599 US-0001 +1237 ab1wx 599 599 +1300 w0ny 319 339 + +15m 21.043 ssb +1311 n9fz 55 55 +1333 kj4ase 59 59 +``` \ No newline at end of file