Stations
Stations are FreqLoader's reason for being.
Stations are broadcasting entities with a name and associated frequency, something you can tune into using a radio or other device.
Your station entries can be as simple as a name and frequency but you can enter a lot more information if you desire, including:
- Operator call sign
- Language of transmission
- Average signal R-S-T
- Equipment used to receive
- A category to store the entry in
- Station description and notes
- Location of transmitter
Each station and log entry is stored within a category, to ease locating entries and keep things organized.
There is no cap on the number of categories you can create, within the limits imposed by the physical device (disk space and memory constraints).
The Edit button in the upper right of the category display view, when pressed, causes the standard red edit controls to appear next to each category. Tap that, and the Delete button will show.
If the category contains entries, you will be asked whether the program should delete them as well or move them. If you select "Move", they will be placed in the default category (which is created if it does not already exist).
The Edit button in the upper right of the category display view, when pressed, allows you to edit the categories. Tap the name of the category you wish to edit and the editor will appear.
If the category contains entries and you rename it to a name that already exists, the entries within will be moved into the destination category.
Every station or log entry is associated with a category, otherwise there would be no easy way to access it and it could be "lost" in your database.
Hence, any entry that doesn't have a category associated is dropped into the default category. When you install the application, this category is named "Unfiled". You can modify this behavior in the application setup.
If you only want to move a few entries to another category, edit them and set the category manually.
If there are many, or you want to move all the entries in one category to another, you can either delete the category and elect to move them to the default category or you can simply edit the category and rename it with the name of the destination where you want to move the entries to.
The Edit button in the upper right of the entries list view, when pressed, allows you to edit the entries. Tap the name of the entry you wish to edit and the editor will appear.
There's also an Edit button available when you are viewing the details of a given entry. Tapping it will bring up the editor as well.
When viewing the contents of a category, tap the Edit button in the upper right corner. The standard red edit control will appear next to each entry. Tap that and the Delete button will show allowing you to remove the entry.
Entering a long string of digits on a mobile device can be difficult and error prone. To ease the process of entering frequencies, which will certainly come up a lot with FreqLoader use, a picker is used.
Since we're talking about numbers in the millions or billions (e.g. 1.34 GHz), it would be insane to try and scroll all the way to a desired frequency.
Thus, the frequency picker has been divided into multiple components to minimize the need for scrolling. The components are:
- GHz units
- MHz hundreds (100 MHz, 200MHz, etc.)
- MHz remainder (1-99 MHz, combine with above to make any number)
- kHz hundreds (100kHz, 200kHz, etc.)
- kHz remainder (1-99 kHz combined with above to make any number)
- Hz hundreds (100Hz, 200Hz, etc.)
- and Hz remainder
There is also a Ch. column to allow you to associate a channel with the frequency.
Radios (and other devices), antennas and accessories may be selected using a combined picker similar to that used for frequencies.
The entry editor only allows you to select existing equipment. If the device is not currently setup, backtrack from the picker to the editor, switch to the Setup tab, setup the equipment in question and go back to the picker to select it.
If you have many stations set up, selecting a particular station in the log entry editor can be a pain.
To ease the process, the details view of each station includes a QuickLog link at the top of the screen. Tapping QuickLog creates a log entry associated with that station, and moves you to the logging tab to edit the newly created entry and add additional details.
Half the fun of discovering a something new is sharing it with others.
FreqLoader has a host of sharing facilities built-in to exchange with friends, groups or anyone nearby. So much so, that an entire section of this FAQ is dedicated to sharing.
Private notes are transferred when "sharing with nearby".
On the other hand, when station entries are shared through the site, with friends or groups, this information is stripped from the entry and not shared.
If you want to ensure everyone can see the information you've entered, put it in the description field instead.
