I use a little known feature in the sotamaps extras page to create my CSV files for upload - it’s on the “Create SOTA CSV” tab. I believe I’m the only person in the entire known Universe to use it, but that’s OK…
To enter a log manually (like many, I use a paper log when activating) , just choose “No file - manual entry” from the “Log file type” dropdown, click the “Add QSO…” button, and away you go. Hit enter to store an entry in the table; you can also make a few global changes to part, or all, of the table by marking some rows and click “With range…” button.
It’s not perfect, but it does the job well enough. You can at any time (pre-)view the CSV, or hit the “Save as CSV…” button to save to CSV: such CSV files are accepted as-is by the SOTA upload function.
At the time it was written, it would also handle ADIF and CSV files, but since handing it over to the SOTA MT a few years back, those functions appear no longer to work (it’s probably a file-path issue or something similar). But for manual inputs it’s still fine.
One nice feature is that the table of QSOs is saved to your browser’s local storage area as you type - come back the next day, and (as long as you haven’t cleared local storage!) the program will tell you it’s found a log, and will ask you if you want to load it into the table/list. Continue as usual…
Just my $0.02…
Rob