This center has a wide variety of used portable electronics at discount prices. In 2019, on the way back from the Huntsville Hamfest, I stopped by the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama. In short: I absolutely love the Surface Go and it is an example of the one time when an impulse purchase actually paid off! It has a fold-out back stand and when the keyboard cover is closed, it stores flat (and is incredibly thin). The Surface Go is essentially a touch-screen Windows 10 tablet with a magnetically-attached keyboard (typically sold separately). I’ve received numerous questions from readers and viewers about the computer I use for logging POTA contacts in the field and realize that I have neglected to highlight it even though it’s an integral part of my field kit when space allows. Very curious what experience is like on other operating systems! My hope is that others with even more experience can comment. It’s all but replaced N3FJP ACLog as my field logger. You’ll be seeing me use HAMRS more in my field activations. I’ve also used it while offline and it worked beautifully.Īs with any electronic logger, though, I would also keep a paper copy of my logs as a backup.

If you have an internet connection, it can show live spots and even a QSO map with polylines.

I love the fact that it can pre-format the logs to be accepted in some of the most popular field activities like POTA and SOTA. I have only used it on iOS (on my iPhone) and find that it’s overall, quite intuitive. The great thing about HAMRS is that it works on any platform and OS you would take to the field: iOS, MacOS, Android, Linux, and Windows. I can say that I’ve been using HAMRS now for perhaps 3 weeks and have been very pleased. Thanks for your question, Susan–my hope is that others will comment as well. QRPer just seemed like the perfect place to vent and/or explore this! I think I only saw one article (parenthetically mentioned by Scott, KN3A in August). I just had HAMRS recommended to me and wondered if anyone had used it extensively and reviewed it. Many thanks to Susan W(B2UQP), who writes:

Ham radio logging program