### Defining or Modifying a Station Location

A Station Location specifies both a Callsign Certificate and an operating location.

##### Defining a Station Location

1. | In TQSL, select the Station Locations tab and click the Create a new Station Location button; the Add Station Location dialog will appear.
2. | In the Add Station Location dialog, specify your callsign, grid square, ITU zone, CQ zone, and IOTA Reference Number.

| 2.a | select your callsign
| 2.b | specify the Grid Square in which your station is located (this is particularly important if you operate on VHF or UHF frequencies or via Satellites, as it provides Grid Square credit to your QSO partners pursuing VUCC awards)
| 2.c | specify the ITU Zone in which your station is located
| 2.d | specify the CQ Zone in which your station is located
| 2.e | if your station is located on an island, specify its IOTA Reference Number; use a two-character continent abbreviation followed by a dash and a 3 digit number, e.g. `OC-005`. If you do not know your IOTA designation, you can find this information at http://www.rsgbiota.org
| 2.f | click the Next button
|  | Note: if the DXCC Entity, ITU Zone, and CQ Zone are mutually inconsistent, an Invalid zone selections for DXCC entity message will be displayed, and the Next button will be disabled; you must select consistent ITU and CQ zones before proceeding.

3. | Depending upon your callsign's DXCC entity, the Add Station Location dialog may prompt you to specify your Province, Oblast, State, and/or County. The example below shows this for a station in the United States:

| 3.a | in the Add Station Location dialog, select your US State (this is particularly important as it provides US State credit to your QSO partners pursuing WAS awards)
| 3.b | select your US County
| 3.c | click the Next button

4. | In the Add Station Location dialog, specify a Station Location Name.

| 4.a | to make this name meaningful, it is recommended that it incorporate both your callsign and town name, or callsign and location name (see Additional Information below)
| 4.b | click the Finish button

5. | To protect your new Station Location, direct TQSL to create a Backup File.
6. | If you have TQSL installed on multiple computers, then perform the following steps on each such computer:

| 6.a | Obtain a copy of the Backup File you created in step 5 (via your home network, or by using a thumb drive)
| 6.b | Start TQSL, and direct it to Restore from the backup file you obtained in step 6.a; this will update all Callsign Certificates, Station Locations, and Preferences on this computer to match those on the computer you used to define the Station Location in step 1.

##### Modifying a Station Location

1. | In TQSL, select the Station Locations tab, which lists your Station Locations:
2. | On the Stations Locations tab, click on the name of the Station Location you wish to modify:
| and then click the Edit Station Location button; the Edit Station Location dialog will appear.
3. | In the Edit Station Location dialog, select a different callsign, or modify the grid square, ITU zone, CQ zone, or IOTA tag as desired.
4. | Click the Next button. Note: if the DXCC Entity, ITU Zone, and CQ Zone are mutually inconsistent, an Invalid zone selections for DXCC entity message will be displayed, and the Next button will be disabled; you must select consistent ITU and CQ zones before proceeding.
5. | If your station is in a DXCC entity for which a Province, Oblast, State, and/or County can be selected, modify your selection(s) as desired.
6. | Click the Next button.
7. | Modify the Station Location Name as desired.
8. | Click the Finish button.
9. | To protect your modified Station Location, direct TQSL to create a Backup File.
10. | If you have TQSL installed on multiple computers, then perform the following steps on each such computer:

| 10.a | Obtain a copy of the Backup File you created in step 9 (via your home network, or by using a thumb drive)
| 10.b | Start TQSL, and direct it to Restore from the backup file you obtained in step 10.a; this will update all Callsign Certificates, Station Locations, and Preferences on this computer to match those on the computer you used to define the Station Location in step 1.

##### Additional Information

- If you always operate with the same callsign and from one location, use a name that combines them both, e.g. `K9UW(Amherst)` or `AA5AU-Louisiana`. If you operate with more than one callsign or from more than one location, see this example.
- You can move a Station Location from one computer to another