[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":417},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fnovember-2026-update":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":408,"description":409,"extension":410,"meta":411,"navigation":412,"path":413,"seo":414,"stem":415,"__hash__":416},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fnovember-2026-update.md","What's new in Fieldbook — November 2026","Jack Coble",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":386},"minimark",[10,14,17,26,34,37,40,45,51,54,74,83,90,97,100,107,115,122,127,134,137,142,149,155,158,163,170,177,180,185,192,195,202,215,222,225,233,240,243,246,258,265,268,271,283,290,296,300,305,312,319,326,332,336,343,346,357,361,369,377],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Hi everyone,",[11,15,16],{},"The big feature released for this month is QRZ Logbook Sync. I also spent some time this month on Parks on the Air, with a handful of new features for activating and hunting. After that, there's plenty that's new across the rest of Fieldbook too.",[18,19,21,22],"h2",{"id":20},"qrz-logbook-sync","QRZ Logbook Sync ",[23,24],"app-emoji",{"name":25},"outbox-tray",[11,27,28,29,33],{},"This is the one I've been most excited about. Fieldbook can now send your contacts straight to your QRZ.com logbook. Connect it once in ",[30,31,32],"strong",{},"Settings > QRZ",", and every contact you log or edit goes up to QRZ for you, along with the ones you've already got.",[11,35,36],{},"It works with offline logging too. Contacts you log in the field go up to QRZ once your device syncs.",[11,38,39],{},"You can see how it's getting on at a glance. The QRZ settings page shows how many of your contacts are on QRZ, and each contact in your logbook gets a little indicator that shows its status. If QRZ turns a contact down, Fieldbook tells you why, so you can fix it and send it again.",[41,42],"doc-screenshot",{"alt":43,"name":44},"A logbook in Fieldbook with a QRZ column, showing a status indicator for each contact: uploaded, already on QRZ, waiting or failed","qrz-logbook",[41,46],{"alt":47,"name":48,":phone":49,"caption":50},"QRZ Logbook Sync on a phone: 99% of 1,248 contacts on QRZ, with 12 waiting to go up","m-qrz-logbook","true","See how many of your contacts are on QRZ.",[11,52,53],{},"A few things worth knowing:",[55,56,57,61,64,67],"ul",{},[58,59,60],"li",{},"If QRZ already has a QSO (say, from an ADIF file you uploaded before), Fieldbook leaves it alone. No duplicates, and you keep any confirmations.",[58,62,63],{},"Your private notes never leave Fieldbook.",[58,65,66],{},"Deleting a contact in Fieldbook doesn't delete it from QRZ.",[58,68,69,70,73],{},"Got a logbook you'd rather keep off QRZ, like a practice log? Switch it off, either from the QRZ settings or on the logbook's ",[30,71,72],{},"Edit"," page. Switch it back on later and Fieldbook sends up anything QRZ missed in the meantime.",[11,75,76,77,82],{},"QRZ Logbook Sync is part of Fieldbook Pro. You'll also need a QRZ.com subscription that includes the Logbook API, as QRZ doesn't accept uploads from a free account. The ",[78,79,81],"a",{"href":80},"\u002Fdocs\u002Flogging\u002Fqrz-logbook-sync","QRZ Logbook Sync guide"," has all the details.",[18,84,86,87],{"id":85},"try-pro-free-for-14-days","Try Pro free for 14 days ",[23,88],{"name":89},"wrapped-gift",[11,91,92,93,96],{},"Want to give QRZ Logbook Sync a go before you pay for anything? You can now try Fieldbook Pro free for 14 days. Head to ",[30,94,95],{},"Settings > Subscription"," and start your trial. There's no card needed.",[11,98,99],{},"You get every Pro feature for the fortnight, including QRZ Logbook Sync, contact history, widgets and your POTA activations. The 10,000 QSO limit of the free plan still applies until you subscribe. When the trial ends, you're back on the free plan, with all your logbooks and contacts just where you left them.",[18,101,103,104],{"id":102},"parks-on-the-air","Parks on the Air ",[23,105],{"name":106},"camping",[108,109,111,112],"h3",{"id":110},"spot-yourself","Spot yourself ",[23,113],{"name":114},"satellite-antenna",[11,116,117,118,121],{},"POTA logbooks now have a ",[30,119,120],{},"Spot me"," button. It posts a spot to the Parks on the Air website straight from your station setup, so hunters can find you. All you add is an optional comment. When you change frequency, just tap it again.",[41,123],{"alt":124,"name":125,":phone":49,"caption":126},"The Spot yourself pop-up, with the callsign M7UJC\u002FP, park GB-1578, 14.285 MHz SSB and the comment QRP, calling CQ","m-pota-self-spot","Spot yourself without leaving your log.",[108,128,130,131],{"id":129},"find-parks-near-you","Find parks near you ",[23,132],{"name":133},"round-pushpin",[11,135,136],{},"Not sure of the park reference? Tap the location button in the park box and Fieldbook lists the closest parks to you, with how far away each one is. The park list lives on your device, so this works out in the middle of nowhere, as long as your phone can get a GPS fix.",[41,138],{"alt":139,"name":140,":phone":49,"caption":141},"The My park picker, listing Linder's Field, Chingford Plain and Epping Forest with their distances","m-park-nearby","The nearest parks first.",[108,143,145,146],{"id":144},"know-when-youve-made-it","Know when you've made it ",[23,147],{"name":148},"chequered-flag",[11,150,151,152,154],{},"While you're activating, there's now a counter at the top of the log form, right next to ",[30,153,120],{},". It shows how many contacts you've made today, so you can see at a glance when you've got enough for a successful activation. It turns green when you get there.",[11,156,157],{},"It counts the same way POTA does, so working the same station twice on the same band and mode only counts once. Tap the counter for the details, and to download today's file for POTA.",[41,159],{"alt":160,"name":161,":phone":49,"caption":162},"Today's activation on a phone: GB-1578 Epping Forest at 7 of 10 QSOs, 3 more needed, with 1 P2P, 1 duplicate and an Export button","m-pota-activation","Tap the counter for the details.",[108,164,166,167],{"id":165},"every-activation-in-one-place","Every activation in one place ",[23,168],{"name":169},"trophy",[11,171,172,173,176],{},"With Pro, there's a new ",[30,174,175],{},"Activations"," page in the logbook menu. It lists every park you've activated and on which day, which ones were successful, and how many parks you've hunted.",[11,178,179],{},"Each activation has its own download button. The file is named the way POTA asks for, so it's ready to upload to pota.app straight away.",[41,181],{"alt":182,"name":183,":phone":49,"caption":184},"Activations on a phone: 4 of 7 activations valid, 6 parks activated and 3 hunted, with each park and day listed by month","m-pota-activations","Every park and day, with a file for each.",[108,186,188,189],{"id":187},"park-details-in-the-spots","Park details in the spots ",[23,190],{"name":191},"national-park",[11,193,194],{},"POTA spots has had a tidy up, and you can now tap a spot to see more about the park. There's a map of where it is, its grid square, and what the activator's been saying.",[11,196,197,198,201],{},"With Pro, Fieldbook also keeps track of the parks you've worked. The ones you haven't get a little sparkle in the spots, and the ",[30,199,200],{},"New parks"," switch shows just those, so you know who to chase.",[203,204,205,210],"doc-screenshot-row",{},[41,206],{"alt":207,"name":208,":phone":49,"caption":209},"Live POTA spots on a phone, with the callsign, frequency, park and mode for each activator, and a sparkle on the new parks","m-pota-spots","New parks get a sparkle.",[41,211],{"alt":212,"name":213,":phone":49,"caption":214},"The details of park GB-0012, Knocking Hoe National Nature Reserve, on a phone: a map of the park, a New park badge, and the activator G4ABC\u002FP on 14.285 MHz SSB","m-pota-park","Tap a spot for the park.",[18,216,218,219],{"id":217},"a-fresh-new-look","A fresh new look ",[23,220],{"name":221},"sparkles",[11,223,224],{},"Fieldbook has had a full redesign, with a new logo to go with it. Everything should feel cleaner and more consistent, especially on a phone. Pop-ups now slide up from the bottom of the screen on mobile, so the buttons are always within reach of your thumb.",[11,226,227,228,232],{},"The marketing site has had the same treatment, and there's now a full set of ",[78,229,231],{"href":230},"\u002Fdocs","guides"," for every part of the app.",[18,234,236,237],{"id":235},"worked-before","Worked before ",[23,238],{"name":239},"handshake",[11,241,242],{},"As you type a callsign, Fieldbook now tells you if you've worked that station before. A small count appears in the callsign box. Tap it to see when you last worked them, which bands you've worked them on, and whether this would be a new band. If you've already logged them today on the same band and mode, it turns amber so you don't log a duplicate.",[11,244,245],{},"It checks every logbook on your device, so it works with no signal too.",[203,247,248,253],{},[41,249],{"alt":250,"name":251,":phone":49,"caption":252},"The callsign G4KXT typed into the log form, with a green 6× count next to it","m-worked-before-field","The count shows in the callsign box.",[41,254],{"alt":255,"name":256,":phone":49,"caption":257},"The details for G4KXT: worked 6 times, a new band on 15m, the bands worked and the last six contacts","m-worked-before","Tap it for the details.",[18,259,261,262],{"id":260},"a-better-import","A better import ",[23,263],{"name":264},"inbox-tray",[11,266,267],{},"Importing an ADIF file now has a review step. Before anything is added, Fieldbook shows you how many contacts are new, how many you've already got, and any records it couldn't read. You can then go ahead, or pick different files.",[11,269,270],{},"Every import is also kept with the logbook, so you can download the original file or run it through again later. Imports made on one device now show up on your other devices after a sync, too.",[203,272,273,278],{},[41,274],{"alt":275,"name":276,":phone":49,"caption":277},"The import review on a phone: 42 new contacts to import from wsjtx_log.adi, 3 records already logged, and an Import 42 contacts button","m-import","Check what's new before you import.",[41,279],{"alt":280,"name":281,":phone":49,"caption":282},"The details of wsjtx_log.adi: 312 contacts added, 3 records that couldn't be read, and buttons to download, reprocess or delete the import","m-import-details","Every import is kept with its logbook.",[18,284,286,287],{"id":285},"logbook-icons-and-colours","Logbook icons and colours ",[23,288],{"name":289},"artist-palette",[11,291,292,293,295],{},"If you've got a few logbooks on the go, they can all start to look the same. You can now give each one its own icon and colour. Open a logbook's ",[30,294,72],{}," page and tap the icon at the top. There are over 60 icons to pick from, and they all work offline.",[41,297],{"alt":298,"name":299},"The Logbooks page on a desktop, with five logbooks, each with its own coloured icon","logbook-icons",[41,301],{"alt":302,"name":303,":phone":49,"caption":304},"The Appearance picker for the Park activations logbook, with a row of colours and a grid of icons","m-logbook-appearance","Pick a colour and an icon.",[18,306,308,309],{"id":307},"park-and-country-data-on-your-device","Park and country data on your device ",[23,310],{"name":311},"globe-showing-europe-africa",[11,313,314,315,318],{},"The POTA park list and the country data now download straight to your device the first time you sign in. That makes park and country lookups instant, with or without a connection. It's also what lets the nearby parks search work offline. You can update them any time in ",[30,316,317],{},"Settings > Offline Data",".",[18,320,322,323],{"id":321},"clear-notifications","Clear notifications ",[23,324],{"name":325},"bell",[11,327,328,329,318],{},"A small one, but you can now get rid of notifications. Clear them one at a time with the cross, or all at once with ",[30,330,331],{},"Clear all",[41,333],{"alt":334,"name":335,":phone":49},"The Notifications tray, with three notifications, a cross on each one and a Clear all button","m-notifications",[18,337,339,340],{"id":338},"smaller-fixes-and-improvements","Smaller fixes and improvements ",[23,341],{"name":342},"hammer-and-wrench",[11,344,345],{},"Plenty of changes under the hood, mostly to make offline use and syncing more reliable:",[55,347,348,351,354],{},[58,349,350],{},"Fieldbook now opens properly with no connection, even if you haven't used it for a while.",[58,352,353],{},"Syncing has had a lot of work to make it more reliable, especially on patchy signal.",[58,355,356],{},"Fixed a bug where saving a logbook's station setup and going straight back to the logbook could undo your change.",[18,358,360],{"id":359},"whats-next","What's next",[11,362,363,364,368],{},"If you find a bug or have an idea, I'd love to hear it. You can email me at ",[78,365,367],{"href":366},"mailto:hello@jackcoble.dev","hello@jackcoble.dev",", or add a request to the roadmap and vote on what should come next.",[11,370,371,318],{},[78,372,376],{"href":373,"rel":374},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.fieldbook.cc\u002Froadmap",[375],"nofollow","Visit the Fieldbook roadmap",[378,379,383],"u-button",{":trailing":49,"icon":380,"size":381,"to":382},"i-lucide-radio-tower","lg","https:\u002F\u002Fapp.fieldbook.cc",[11,384,385],{},"Open Fieldbook",{"title":387,"searchDepth":388,"depth":388,"links":389},"",2,[390,391,392,400,401,402,403,404,405,406,407],{"id":20,"depth":388,"text":21},{"id":85,"depth":388,"text":86},{"id":102,"depth":388,"text":103,"children":393},[394,396,397,398,399],{"id":110,"depth":395,"text":111},3,{"id":129,"depth":395,"text":130},{"id":144,"depth":395,"text":145},{"id":165,"depth":395,"text":166},{"id":187,"depth":395,"text":188},{"id":217,"depth":388,"text":218},{"id":235,"depth":388,"text":236},{"id":260,"depth":388,"text":261},{"id":285,"depth":388,"text":286},{"id":307,"depth":388,"text":308},{"id":321,"depth":388,"text":322},{"id":338,"depth":388,"text":339},{"id":359,"depth":388,"text":360},"2026-11-01","QRZ Logbook Sync, a free Pro trial, POTA activation tracking, park details, self-spotting and nearby parks, worked before, a better import, logbook icons and lots of fixes.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fnovember-2026-update",{"title":5,"description":409},"blog\u002Fnovember-2026-update","Iljb2rPeRR_g2c87ZUxbzQqbQyBjZqJcnwC7Q-Fl250",1793632758263]