logging program suggestions
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
James,
I've used HRD and have switched to log4om. The switch was due to a new computer. I had been using the last free version of HRD and really didn’t want to drop $100.00 on the new version. Both will link to LotW and automatically upload to LotW (and ESQL.cc). Alternatively you can export and ADIF for upload via Tqsl. LOG4OM is free and very functional:
Rick Tejera Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org
-----Original Message----- From: James Jipping jhjipping@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 20:05 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: jhjipping@gmail.com Subject: [AMSAT-BB] logging program suggestions
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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Jim,
N3FJP will upload to LOTW, eQSL, Clublog and QRZ. I have been using it for quite a while with no issues.
73, Joe kk0sd
-----Original Message----- From: James Jipping jhjipping@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:05 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: jhjipping@gmail.com Subject: [AMSAT-BB] logging program suggestions
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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I have used Klog [https://www.klog.xyz/, latest release: https://github.com/ea4k/klog/releases] in the past. It is a cross-OS platform and supports satellite QSOs in an easy manner. Give it a shot, the worse you will be out is some time since the program is free.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 11:06 PM James Jipping jhjipping@gmail.com wrote:
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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Jim,
I use N3FJP AC Log for my satellite contacts. It was easy to reconfigure the layout of the main entry page to be better suited to satellite logging. There are good instructions on line on how to set it up for grid, prop_mode and sat_name, the stuff that LOTW wants to match up QSOs. You can easily setup automatic uploading to LOTW.
I usually write calls and exchanges on paper and then go back after the pass and enter them into ACLog. I use SatPC32, but have not dug into it enough to see if it would send data to a logging program.
Ernie W8EH
On 6/17/2021 11:04 PM, James Jipping wrote:
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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Another vote for N3FJP's ACLog program. It makes LoTW very easy to use.
I have KLog on a MacBook that I use when portable, away from home. It works fine for logging, but the LoTW uploading is a bit cumbersome. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 10:06 PM James Jipping jhjipping@gmail.com wrote:
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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I believe DXKeeper will do all the things the OP requested (not certain about SatPC32).
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 10:31 Mark Johns, K0JM k0jm.mark@gmail.com wrote:
Another vote for N3FJP's ACLog program. It makes LoTW very easy to use.
I have KLog on a MacBook that I use when portable, away from home. It works fine for logging, but the LoTW uploading is a bit cumbersome. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 10:06 PM James Jipping jhjipping@gmail.com wrote:
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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I use DXKeeper for all of my logging including satellite. It does interface with SatPC32 very nicely and all you have to type in is the station’s call and grid and it fills in the satellite, frequencies and modes from SatPC32. I will say that DXKeeper has a learning curve to it, and it will take some time to get used to it, but once you do, it’s very powerful and extremely well supported by Dave AA6YQ, the author. And DXKeeper is totally free. I highly recommend it.
…..Dave – N9FN
From: John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 11:22 AM To: k0jm@amsat.org Cc: James Jipping jhjipping@gmail.com; AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: logging program suggestions
I believe DXKeeper will do all the things the OP requested (not certain about SatPC32).
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 10:31 Mark Johns, K0JM <k0jm.mark@gmail.com mailto:k0jm.mark@gmail.com > wrote:
Another vote for N3FJP's ACLog program. It makes LoTW very easy to use.
I have KLog on a MacBook that I use when portable, away from home. It works fine for logging, but the LoTW uploading is a bit cumbersome.
--
Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
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"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."
---Mark Twain
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 10:06 PM James Jipping <jhjipping@gmail.com mailto:jhjipping@gmail.com > wrote:
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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You could probably get SatPC32 drive the radio and drive the logging progra Poor frequency and mode with some form of a Software com port splitter. I’ve had mixed results doing that.
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On Jun 18, 2021, at 10:23, John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I believe DXKeeper will do all the things the OP requested (not certain about SatPC32).
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 10:31 Mark Johns, K0JM k0jm.mark@gmail.com wrote: Another vote for N3FJP's ACLog program. It makes LoTW very easy to use.
I have KLog on a MacBook that I use when portable, away from home. It works fine for logging, but the LoTW uploading is a bit cumbersome.
Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 10:06 PM James Jipping jhjipping@gmail.com wrote: Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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Another vote for ACLog
Ryan, NF0T
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 9:31 AM Mark Johns, K0JM k0jm.mark@gmail.com wrote:
Another vote for N3FJP's ACLog program. It makes LoTW very easy to use.
I have KLog on a MacBook that I use when portable, away from home. It works fine for logging, but the LoTW uploading is a bit cumbersome. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 10:06 PM James Jipping jhjipping@gmail.com wrote:
Good Morning:
Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. Fun to look at though.
Any suggestions?? Thank you.
Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT # 5512
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Jim,
Do look at DXKeeper, part of the DXLab family. Does satellite logging, both eQSL and LOTW, correctly, and will interface with SatPC32 to get the frequencies, modes, satellite, etc. If you have an IC-9700 it will also handle the spectrum display. There definitely is a learning curve, but documentation and support are excellent. Free.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: James Jipping [mailto:jhjipping@gmail.com] <Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 22:05 <To: amsat-bb@amsat.org <Cc: jhjipping@gmail.com <Subject: [AMSAT-BB] logging program suggestions < <Good Morning: < <Well, I starting to get back on the birds and realize I need to use LoTW <and, maybe QRZ. So, I need an easy to use logging program to generate <the proper file for automatic transfer to LoTW/QRZ.. Maybe it could <interface with SatPC32 to get satellite, frequency, mode, etc info (I <hate typing). Everything is on paper right now from way back to the <beginning 100' and 100's and 100's of QSO's. I do not want to go there. <Fun to look at though. < <Any suggestions?? Thank you. < <Jim Jipping, W8MRR <AMSAT # 5512 < <----------------------------------------------------------- < <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. <Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ < <View archives of this mailing list at <https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/amsat-bb@amsat.org <To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org <Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org
Totally agree, DXLab is the way to go.
73, Bernd - KB7AK
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 8:58 AM Alan wa4sca@gmail.com wrote:
Jim,
Do look at DXKeeper, part of the DXLab family. Does satellite logging, both eQSL and LOTW, correctly, and will interface with SatPC32 to get the frequencies, modes, satellite, etc. If you have an IC-9700 it will also handle the spectrum display. There definitely is a learning curve, but documentation and support are excellent. Free.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
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