docs: Getting Started — fill station info + operating conditions before importing

Note that entering address/city/state and per-band rig & antenna, then ticking
"Fill my station fields from my profile" on ADIF import, backfills the MY_* fields
automatically for a fully-described log.
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## 1. Set your station
**Settings → Station**: enter your **callsign**, **grid locator** and **name**.
These feed callsign lookups, the map, awards, the QSL card and the "my station"
ADIF fields on every QSO.
**Settings → Station Information**: enter your **callsign**, **grid locator** and
**name**. These feed callsign lookups, the map, awards, the QSL card and the
"my station" ADIF fields on every QSO.
For a **complete ADIF**, also fill your **address / city / state / county** here,
and set your **per-band rig and antenna** in **Settings → Operating conditions**
(tick the default antenna for each band). These populate the `MY_*` fields
(`MY_RIG`, `MY_ANTENNA`, `MY_CITY`, `MY_STREET`, `MY_STATE`…) on your QSOs.
> **Importing an existing log?** Fill the station info **and** your operating
> conditions **before** you import. In the ADIF import dialog, tick **"Fill my
> station fields from my profile"** — OpsLog then backfills the *empty* `MY_*`
> fields (grid, rig, antenna, address, city, state, county, SOTA/POTA…) plus
> **Operator** and **Owner callsign** from your active profile, so even a bare
> ADIF comes in fully described. Existing values are kept; only
> `STATION_CALLSIGN` is left untouched (so a mixed-call log isn't re-routed).
> See [[Import and Export ADIF]].
## 2. (Optional) Connect a radio