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== Logging software - what is it? ==
Related wiki pages [[ADIF]], [[Awards and Certificates]],  [[Callsign Databases]], [[Contesting]], [[DXCC]], [[What_is_a_DX_cluster%3F|DX Cluster]],  [[QSL Bureaus]], [[Software]],


Logging software is primarily a means of recording two-way contacts between amateur radio stations. They may also be used by short wave listeners (SWL) to record which stations have been heard.
Logging is the recording of a contact between operators. Logging is done by the operators and any listeners.


The minimum details that should be recorded for accurate logging are; callsign, time - preferably in UTC, band, frequency, and signal data such as strength and readability.
Minimum details that should be recorded are; callsign, date and time (typically in UTC), band, frequency, signal strength and readability.


Contesting loggers frequently include the ability to calculate a running score, as well as the ability to produce a log suitable for submission to the contest controllers.
Logging software makes the task easier, by capturing the date and time automatically, and using entered default values for other data.


External contraol of rigs is another feature of some logging software.
Some logging software provides control of radios, making it even easier, since values can be captured for band, frequency and signal strength.


Software for contesting can calculate a running score, and produce log files in the format required by contest controllers.  Some contest controllers recommend certain software.


== Software for PC ==
A number of websites specialise in providing online interactive logging facilities. These are extensively used in propagation prediction and recording of DX communications, either one or two way. A sample of these sites can be found on the related wiki page [[http://amateur-radio-wiki.net/index.php?title=Logging_sites here]]


* [http://jaime.robles.nu/eklog.php KLog] Ham radio logging software for linux/[http://www.kde.org KDE]. Support of DXCC, WAZ, personal awards, integrated DXCluster client. ADIF default support.
== Multiplatform software==


* [http://www.logger32.net/ Logger32] A 32-bit Amateur Radio logging program. Logger32 has been developed to be a highly user configurable general purpose Amateur Radio logbook with computer control support for many radios and antenna rotators. It is NOT a contesting log, although there is no real reason why it could not be used for such, and does not contain some features that might be found in software specifically designed for this activity.
[http://jlog.org/ JLog]


== Software for Microsoft Windows or MS-DOS ==


== Software for mac ==
* [http://www.logger32.net/ Logger32] Amateur Radio logging program, a highly user-configurable general purpose logbook with computer control support for many radios and antenna rotators. It is ''not'' a contesting log, although there is no real reason why it could not be used for such, and does not contain some features that might be found in software specifically designed for contesting.


* [http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Main_Page win-Test]
== Software for Macintosh ==
[http://www.aetherlog.com/ Aether] for OS 10.4 and above, Power PC or Intel.
'''jLog'''[http://jlog.org/]  available for mac, Linux and windows. Offers CAT control for popular rigs. A usergroup can be found [http://jlog.org/phpBB3/ here]
* [http://www.dl2rum.de/rumsoft/RUMLog.html RUMLog]


== Software for Linux ==
== Software for Linux ==
* [http://jaime.robles.nu/eklog.php KLog] logging software for Linux/[http://www.kde.org KDE]. Supports DXCC, WAZ, personal awards, integrated DXCluster client. ADIF default support.
* [http://www.qsl.net/pg4i/linux/xlog.html Xlog] Xlog supports cabrillo, ADIF, trlog (format also used by tlf), and EDI (ARRL VHF/UHF contest format) and can import twlog, editest and OH1AA logbook files.
* See also Debian GNU/Linux packages [http://packages.debian.org/tucnak1 tucnak1], [http://packages.debian.org/sid/hamradio/tucnak2 tucnak2], [http://wa0eir.home.mchsi.com/ twlog] and [http://pg4i.chronos.org.uk/linux/xlog.html xlog].
==Other logging software==
* [http://www.arrl.org/lotw/ LoTW: Logbook of the world]. Online repository of logbooks. Especially useful for verifying certificates and awards such as [[DXCC]]
* [[Yfklog]] a perl/curses program that works on multiple platforms
* [[Yfktest]] is a logging program for contesting
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Latest revision as of 00:53, 19 December 2010

Related wiki pages ADIF, Awards and Certificates, Callsign Databases, Contesting, DXCC, DX Cluster, QSL Bureaus, Software,

Logging is the recording of a contact between operators. Logging is done by the operators and any listeners.

Minimum details that should be recorded are; callsign, date and time (typically in UTC), band, frequency, signal strength and readability.

Logging software makes the task easier, by capturing the date and time automatically, and using entered default values for other data.

Some logging software provides control of radios, making it even easier, since values can be captured for band, frequency and signal strength.

Software for contesting can calculate a running score, and produce log files in the format required by contest controllers. Some contest controllers recommend certain software.

A number of websites specialise in providing online interactive logging facilities. These are extensively used in propagation prediction and recording of DX communications, either one or two way. A sample of these sites can be found on the related wiki page [here]

Multiplatform software

JLog

Software for Microsoft Windows or MS-DOS

  • Logger32 Amateur Radio logging program, a highly user-configurable general purpose logbook with computer control support for many radios and antenna rotators. It is not a contesting log, although there is no real reason why it could not be used for such, and does not contain some features that might be found in software specifically designed for contesting.

Software for Macintosh

Aether for OS 10.4 and above, Power PC or Intel.

jLog[1] available for mac, Linux and windows. Offers CAT control for popular rigs. A usergroup can be found here

Software for Linux

  • KLog logging software for Linux/KDE. Supports DXCC, WAZ, personal awards, integrated DXCluster client. ADIF default support.
  • Xlog Xlog supports cabrillo, ADIF, trlog (format also used by tlf), and EDI (ARRL VHF/UHF contest format) and can import twlog, editest and OH1AA logbook files.

Other logging software

  • LoTW: Logbook of the world. Online repository of logbooks. Especially useful for verifying certificates and awards such as DXCC
  • Yfklog a perl/curses program that works on multiple platforms
  • Yfktest is a logging program for contesting


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