Issue #21 week 44, 2024

A word from the founders

Dear Readers,

Your dedication and passion in the amateur radio world continually inspire us. At EasyLog, our mission is to support that enthusiasm by making our software an increasingly intuitive and powerful tool, tailored to your needs. We’re excited to share our latest updates.

Over the past months, we’ve worked diligently to develop new features and enhance existing ones, streamlining logging, tracking, and connections for a smoother experience. Thanks to your invaluable feedback, we’ve made significant improvements in performance, bringing new possibilities to your toolkit.

We’re also delighted to see our community grow and connect. In each newsletter, we’ll share your stories, celebrate achievements, and keep you informed about the latest events and activities within the EasyLog community.

Thank you for joining us on this journey. We look forward to continually improving, innovating, and serving you.

With sincere gratitude,

73 de Piero, IK1TZO, and Franco, IW1DGL

Radio waves remind us of human ingenuity: they travel thousands of kilometers to connect enthusiasts across the globe. In each transmission, there is a part of this season—a precise technique serving a universal spirit of connection.

— Anonymous

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Latest news

As the month is already over, we would like to mention important facts that many of you already know that happened in the world of radio amateur:

October is a notable month for several other important events in amateur radio history. Here are a few significant events and milestones:

1. Founding of the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) – October 1914

- The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), one of the largest amateur radio organizations globally, was founded in October 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim. ARRL played a critical role in promoting amateur radio in the United States and advocating for operators' rights. Its efforts have been essential in shaping regulations, training, and organizing amateur radio operators.

2. Invention of the Audion Tube by Lee de Forest – October 1906
- In October 1906, Lee de Forest invented the Audion tube, which was a groundbreaking advancement for radio technology. The Audion was the first triode vacuum tube that could amplify signals, greatly improving the clarity and range of radio transmissions. This invention was fundamental in the development of radio broadcasting and significantly influenced amateur radio technology.

3. Launch of AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) – October 1969
- The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) was founded in October 1969. AMSAT is dedicated to creating and deploying amateur radio satellites, allowing hams to communicate across long distances via satellites in orbit. AMSAT’s work expanded amateur radio into space and opened up satellite communications to operators around the world.

4. First Signal from OSCAR-1 (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio) – October 1961
- In October 1961, the first successful amateur radio satellite, OSCAR-1, transmitted its signal from space. OSCAR-1 was launched a few months prior in December, but the October signal confirmation marked the beginning of amateur satellite communication. OSCAR-1 was built and operated by amateur radio enthusiasts and demonstrated that amateur radio could contribute to space communication technology.

5. World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRC) - Various Conferences in October
- The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), held by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), frequently convenes in October. These conferences play a vital role in shaping global policies and regulations on radio spectrum use, directly impacting amateur radio frequencies and allocations. For example, WRC-1979 made significant decisions about HF band allocations for amateur radio, and each WRC influences the future of amateur radio spectrum access.

These October events reflect crucial advancements and milestones in amateur radio, impacting technology, regulations, and expanding the possibilities for radio enthusiasts worldwide.

Current developments

The new automatic support for eQSL

As promised, we present you a preview of the new fully automated support for eQSL. Do you have an account? Enter your credentials in the new eQSL menu and you will see the beautiful QSL of the new confirmations appear automatically and your Log be updated without you having to do anything, while your new QSOs are uploaded, also automatically.

Click on the following image to see a short video

It automatically shows you the list of new confirmations, and, if you want, it will automatically download the graphics of the eQSLs that will be automatically associated with the QSOs of your Log so that you can review them at any time.

We are working hard for the final touches, the release that will contain this and other news will be announced soon, stay tuned!

The new release of EasyLog Cloud Backup is ready!

The new release of EasyLog Cloud Backup includes the new Snapshot feature, to save the image of your EasyLog with all configurations on the EasyLog Cloud.

In this way, installing on a new machine or synchronizing on other computers becomes a very simple operation.

For information on how to subscribe to the EasyLog Cloud Backup service click on the following link: EasyLog Cloud Backup

Tips & Tricks

QSL Wizard, how to create a multi QSO label

EasyLog includes QSL Wizard, a module for the graphic design of adhesive labels or the entire QSL to help you manage your paper QSLs.

figura 1

QSL Wizard allows you to create any label module by specifying dimensions and spaces or to print directly on the QSL. For each module it is possible to specify three different versions of the label one for SWL report confirmations, one for the single QSL, and another for the multiple QSL, that is, to print in a single multiple QSO made with the same station. QSL Wizard will use one of the three formats automatically establishing whether it is SWL, single QSL or multiple confirmation.

In this chronicle we will talk about how to correctly create the multiple QSL.

QSL Wizard allows you to drag into the drawing surface of the label a series of macros that represent the fields of the QSOs we want to print, or the graphic elements, such as images and decorative lines, allowing their customization, colors, sizes and positions.

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For multiple QSL, QSL Wizard allows you to insert an indeterminate number of QSOs in a label, limited only by the space of the label (or QSL).

However, the macros must be inserted in order starting from the date (using one of the macros available for the date field) followed by other fields such as UTC, Band, Mode...

It is important to note that the macros must be inserted consecutively as shown in figure 2, pay attention on the left to the order of the macros. The QSO change is performed when a new given macro introduces a new line.

QSL Wizard will print the maximum number of QSOs depending on how many lines found in the multiple QSL definition. If for example 3 QSOs are found and the multiple QSL has been drawn for 4 QSOs, 3 QSOs will be printed. If, on the other hand, 7 QSOs are found, two different labels will be printed.

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From our community

We receive from our dear user, Antonio, IV3IUM a series of suggestions and food for thought on the DX Alert and on the integration with DX bulletins. We thank Antonio for his continuous contributions. In fact, we are also working on this concept and we will take a cue, as already done for the new DX-Alert window (which will be distributed in the new release) from some of its good ideas.

Thanks Antonio!