Station Settings

Station Settings define your identity as an operator. These fields are attached to every QSO you log and included in ADIF exports and QRZ uploads.

Opening Station Settings

Click Station Settings in the navigation bar. The modal has three collapsible sections:

  1. MY ADIF Fields (expanded by default) — your station identity
  2. Log Modes (collapsed) — which modes appear in the mode dropdown
  3. Advanced (collapsed) — QRZ integration, preferred names, storage

Identity Fields

These are the "MY" fields that ship with every QSO. Fill in at minimum your callsign, name, and grid square.

Field Input ID ADIF Tag Placeholder Notes
My Call Sign myCallInput STATION_CALLSIGN W2RE Required for complete QSOs
My Name myNameInput MY_NAME John Doe
My Grid Square myGridInput MY_GRIDSQUARE CN87ab 4 or 6 character Maidenhead
My State/Province myStateInput MY_STATE CA
My City myCityInput MY_CITY San Francisco
My Country myCountryInput MY_COUNTRY — Defaults to "United States"
My Rig myRigInput MY_RIG Yaesu FT-991A
My Antenna myAntennaInput MY_ANTENNA End Fed Half Wave
My Power (Watts) myPowerInput TX_PWR 100 Numeric, 1–1500
My ITU Zone myItuZoneInput MY_ITU_ZONE 6 Numeric, 1–90
My CQ Zone myCqZoneInput MY_CQ_ZONE 3 Numeric, 1–40
My DXCC myDxccInput MY_DXCC 291 Numeric, 1–999

QRZ Auto-Populate

If you have QRZ credentials configured, a QRZ badge appears next to the My Call field. Click it to look up your own callsign on QRZ. This auto-fills:

  • My Name, My Grid, My State, My City, My Country
  • My DXCC, My CQ Zone, My ITU Zone

It also stores your address data for map plotting (the purple pin on the QSO Map).

Fields like rig, antenna, power, and activation references are not populated by the QRZ lookup — these are personal to your operating setup.

Activation References

Set these when you're activating a park, summit, or WWFF area. They're included in every QSO as MY_POTA_REF, MY_SOTA_REF, or MY_WWFF_REF. Leave them blank when you're not activating.

Field ADIF Tag Placeholder Help Text
My POTA Reference MY_POTA_REF US-1234 Leave blank if not activating a park
My SOTA Reference MY_SOTA_REF W6/CT-001 Leave blank if not activating a summit
My WWFF Reference MY_WWFF_REF KFF-1234 Leave blank if not activating a WWFF area

Dual-Activation Note

If both My POTA Ref and My WWFF Ref are set when you export an ADIF file, the app will prompt you to choose which program to use for the MY_SIG/MY_SIG_INFO fields. Both dedicated fields (MY_POTA_REF, MY_WWFF_REF) are always included regardless. See ADIF Import & Export for details.

Log Modes

Expand the Log Modes section to choose which modes appear in the mode dropdown on the logger form.

Default enabled: SSB, CW, FT8

All available modes: SSB, CW, FT8, VARA HF, FT4, SSTV, OLIVIA, PSK31, HELL, RTTY, AM, FM

Check or uncheck modes to match your operating habits. The mode dropdown updates immediately when you save settings. There's also a reset button to restore the defaults (SSB and CW).

Preferred Names

The Preferred Names feature lets you assign custom display names to callsigns you work regularly. Open the manager from Station Settings > Advanced > Preferred Names > Manage.

How They Display

  • In QRZ lookups: The preferred name appears in bold above the QRZ legal name, e.g., "Sparky" (KK7QAS) with the QRZ name shown smaller below.
  • In collapsed logbook rows: Shown in italics after the operator name, e.g., John Smith (a.k.a. "Sparky").

Managing Names

The modal includes:

  • Search/filter bar — type to filter by callsign or name. The entry count badge updates to show filtered vs. total.
  • Manual add row — enter a callsign and name, click + or press Enter.
  • Inline edit — click the edit icon on any row to modify the name in place.
  • Delete — remove individual entries.

CSV Import

Click Import CSV to load preferred names from a file. The expected format is:

CALL,NAME
W1AW,Hiram
KK7QAS,Sparky

Import features:

  • Header row (CALL,NAME) is auto-detected and skipped
  • N3FJP compatible — strips ** suffixes from names and ignores extra columns (like QSO counts)
  • Handles quoted fields containing commas
  • Callsigns are converted to uppercase
  • Names are merged with existing entries — imports won't overwrite names you've already set

CSV Export

Click Export CSV to download all preferred names as a preferred-names.csv file, sorted alphabetically by callsign.

Advanced Settings

The Advanced section includes:

Setting Default Description
Auto QRZ Lookups On Automatically look up callsigns as you type in the logger
Auto QRZ Uploads Off Push QSOs to QRZ Logbook automatically after saving (15s countdown)
Storage Method IndexedDB Choose between IndexedDB and localStorage (see Settings Reference)

Changing the storage method takes effect after a page refresh.

Debug Mode

A toggle in the Station Settings footer enables debug mode, which reveals additional sections:

  • Data Migration — manually migrate QSOs from localStorage to IndexedDB
  • Storage Debug — inspect storage backend state
  • WKmini Debug — serial port diagnostics (only visible when a WinKeyer is connected)

Most operators will never need debug mode.

Data Storage

All station settings are stored in a single station-data JSON object in your browser's localStorage. This consolidates what used to be many individual keys — if you're upgrading from an older version, the migration happens automatically on first load.

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