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You can display recent entries from the ALL.txt file from WSJT-X and easily add QSOs to PZTLog by double-clicking the messages/exchanges. Double-click received text to set Callsign, Locator, RST/Serial, Name/QTH etc – great for a face-pased RTTY contest or PSK QSOs.Įach QSO, when saved, can be automatically uploaded to eQSL. With built-in PSK/RTTY, CQ Voice-Keyer and PTT control – you can easily switch between data+phone without having to fiddle with cables, buttons or settings on the radio. Using the MMVari engine you can operate PSK/RTTY at a variety of speeds – A waterfall display, TX/RX window plus QSO Macros are available.

Datamodes : PSK31, PSK63, PSK125 and RTTY.

A “dupe” alert is also shown if configured. The current Serial Exchange is shown in large text for easy viewing. You can tell PZTLog to only commit a QSO to the Logbook once a Locator and/or Serial Number has been entered. A DX Spot archive can be created within the DXSpots.mdb file – this is used to keep a list of previous DX Spots. Keep an eye on the latest DX spots, and filter via the band/s you are interested in.

DX Cluster via Telnet and DX Spot Archive.

With a subscription to QRZ, you can look-up the Name, City, Locator Square, IOTA and State when entering a Callsign in either the Logbook Entry or QSO Edit windows.

Flexi-Input of QSO Data – in almost any order you like!Įnter Callsign, RST-Sent, RST-Received, QRA Locator, IOTA/WAB, CQ/ITU Zone and Comments/Multiplier in the same textbox and PZTLog will place it in the correct field for you – No more tabbing!.

There are 2 “modes” that you can run PZTLog in: Full Mode offers a single-window with all of the log/cluster/datamode functions whilst Simple Mode offers a “windows” feature with a low-profile logger and optional Datamodes, DX Cluster and Log Viewer windows which can be moved/sized accordingly. The software can run over a network, such as a multiband contest with a shared log and dupe/new-band alerts.

There’s built-in PSK31 (and 63/125) + RTTY Datamodes, QRZ.com XML lookup, GoogleMaps KML output (eg: display QSOs in Google Earth), ADIF export, eQSL upload, DX Spot database with archive facility, CQ Voice Keyer, Contest “dupe-checking”, WSJT-X viewer and more.

PZTLog serves as a general-purpose logger (whether live or typing-up later) for ragchews as well as helping me keep track of contest QSOs on HF/VHF. Over the years it has been refined into a solid logger with a couple of extra goodies bolted-on: Telnet DX Cluster, PSK+RTTY plus DX Stats and more… The PZTLog project came about, in early 2012, because I wanted an easy-to-use logging application with simple/quick entry of various QSO fields plus the ability to export the data into a mapping format – at the time, GoogleMaps allowed you to reference a KML file in the search box and it would display the contents.