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On air · in the field

You are at the park
or running the net.

Big UTC clock on the table and a dead-cell checklist for when the phone dies. Net Scribe when you are running a net. POTAPlus is for hunting and research from home. Keep RF clean — these are internet tools, not scripts for the mic.

Oct 24–25: CQ World Wide DX Contest, SSB weekend (0000Z Sat to 2359Z Sun; 8 PM ET Fri Oct 23 to 7:59 PM ET Sun). Expect crowded phone bands on 160–10 m. Contest logs are due within 48 hours (2359Z Oct 27). Rules at cqww.com.

Start here · at the park

UTC Field Clock & dead cell

Job: big UTC time on the operating table; a QRT path when the phone dies.

When: every activation — clock up before the first CQ, checklist ready before the battery goes.

UTC Field Clock Dead cell / QRT
Optional · nets

Net Scribe

Job: check-ins and ICS-205 / 213 / 214 for a net.

When: you are running or logging a club / ARES net.

Net Scribe Emcomm Public service
Home hunting · research

POTAPlus

Job: needed-park badges, Log / Spot+Log, SFI, and QSY on the pota.app spots page.

When: hunting from home or digging into stats and research in Chrome — not the in-park primary.

POTAPlus install notes

In the field

  1. UTC clock — big time on the table when the phone is busy.
  2. Operate — your logger; Dead cell / QRT if the phone dies.
  3. Close out — when you leave the park, open the Close out hub (Doctor → Recap).

Field Sheet lives under Plan if you still need to print one.