This allows me to view these logs long after Excel is gone and easily repair corruption should it happen. This can be easily read without the program and will likely still be usable 50 years in the future. As an added bonus, it can be stored in a simple text file format (comma separated values or CSV). I can skip from field to field with tab and QSO to QSO using enter. I can easily drag ranges to fill in repeating information. Microsoft Excel is just that – an editable grid. Honestly, it’s a pain to keep wiping out the current time, clearing out the seconds field (I don’t write them down in that level of detail), and repeating the mode, date, and power. Support a staggering number of fields spread across multiple tabs.įor various reasons, many of my QSOs come from paper logs.Have no convenient way of applying changes in bulk.
Show the QSO in a dialog rather than an editable grid.Pre-seed the current time down to second-level precision.However, all of them seem to fall flat when it comes to manual entry of past QSOs. Some of them are integrated with Logbook of the World (LOTW) and do a great job of making that upload process painless. They will fill in the current time, get the current frequency and mode from the radio, and even retrieve station details from the web. Many of them have an impressive set of features. I have tried various programs for managing logbooks of Ham Radio contacts (QSOs).
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