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| * If you click on a dot, you'll see details. The two dots at Dakota Ridge are real reports that I got this week when I went snowshoeing there, and the six dots in the water are example of how different "readability levels" can be represented with colour variations. | * If you click on a dot, you'll see details. The two dots at Dakota Ridge are real reports that I got this week when I went snowshoeing there, and the six dots in the water are example of how different "readability levels" can be represented with colour variations: the darkest blue is readability 5, the palest blue is readability 1, and the red dot means the repeater couldn't be tripped at all. |
| * If you click on the layers icon, you can hide a repeater. \\ {{:links:maplayers.png?200}} | * If you click on the layers icon, you can hide a repeater. \\ {{:links:maplayers.png?200}} |
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| * Right click somewhere on the map and select ''Draw a marker'' (or use <key>Ctrl-M</key>). The cursor will change to a cross. | * Right click somewhere on the map and select ''Draw a marker'' (or use <key>Ctrl-M</key>). The cursor will change to a cross. |
| * Left click where you want the marker to be. You will see a blue dot appear and a window open on the right. | * Left click where you want the marker to be. You will see a blue dot appear and a window open on the right. |
| * In the window, select ''VE7RXZ'' or ''VE7SCK'' depending on which repeater you're reporting on. | * In the window, select the appropriate layer (''VE7RXZ (Portable)'', ''VE7RXZ (Mobile)'', ''VE7SCK (Portable)'', or ''VE7SCK (Portable)''). |
| * In the ''name'' field, add your callsign | * In the ''name'' field, add your callsign |
| * In the ''description'' field, add whether you used a handheld or mobile, the power, the antenna, and the date of the report. For example: \\ "//Handheld at 5 W with a 15" rubber ducky. Jan 1, 2025//" | * In the ''description'' field, add the power, the antenna, and the date of the report. For example: \\ "//5 W, 15" rubber ducky. Jan 1, 2025//" |
| * Under ''Shape properties'': | * Under ''Shape properties'': |
| * Pick the ''DarkBlue'' colour if you can use the repeater, and the ''Red'' colour if you couldn't trip the repeater at all. | * Pick the ''DarkBlue'' colour if you can use the repeater, and the ''Red'' colour if you couldn't trip the repeater at all. |
| * adjust the ''icon opacity'' to match the following [[/hambasics/sections/codes#signal_report|readability scale]] as reported by the other operator with whom you talked. \\ <wrap important>Do not use your readability of the repeater because it transmits at 100 W and how well you hear the repeater is not a good indication of who well people on the repeater can hear you at 5 W.</wrap> | * Adjust the ''icon opacity'' to match the following [[/hambasics/sections/codes#signal_report|readability scale]] as reported by the other operator with whom you talked. \\ <wrap important>Do not use your readability of the repeater because it transmits at 100 W and how well you hear the repeater is not a good indication of who well people on the repeater can hear you at 5 W.</wrap> |
| * Readability 5: ''1.0'' | * Readability 5: ''1.0'' |
| * Readability 4: ''0.8'' | * Readability 4: ''0.8'' |
