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Latest News

We're almost ready for our upcoming release

This week we are working to finalize the new release that we will soon reveal to you in preview. Stay tuned to not miss any news and always stay updated!

The new Restricted Area

We are proceeding with the development of the new Reserved Area, seamlessly merging it with our website and your account to enhance and simplify the user experience.

The newsletters on the site easylog.com

We have started exporting all newsletters to our site, so previous issues can be accessed. There are many issues, so we kindly ask for a little more patience.

The new release 2025.1.3.0 is being distributed

Version 2025.1.3.0 is now accessible in the Reserved Area for users with active support. Discover the latest features and improvements:

✅ Improved DX-Alert section with additional selection options
✅ DX-Cluster now provides expanded LoTW details directly in the spot
✅ Introduced 28 new flags, including those for removed entities

✅ A comprehensive list of all enhancements, new features, and fixed issues, can be found during the installation of the new release or in the \el5\readme.* file in the EasyLog installation directory.

Upgrade now or buy EasyLog to experience all the latest features we've added along with those in the new release.

Purchase EasyLog today to get 18 months of free downloads instead of 12! Act fast! 

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Explore EasyLog, featuring top-notch Diploma management, seamless FT8/FT4 integration with LoTW, and much more. Enjoy 12 months of free downloads and unique services. Plus, our priority technical support ensures you're never left on your own.

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Benefit from an additional 12 months of complimentary updates for new versions and related services: Manager, DXCC and CHECK (country recognition engine), diploma updates, exclusive Facebook group, and priority tech support service.

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Grab your tablet and explore our ebooks for radio enthusiasts. 

Enjoy your reading!

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Tips & Tricks

LoTW and managing multiple callsigns

The LoTW functionality in EasyLog operates separately for each Log. This week's Tips & Tricks will cover how to handle the upload of various callsigns and locations.

EasyLog automatically handles the upload of new QSOs to LoTW and the download of new confirmations.

Uploading and downloading LoTW confirmations

When uploading, your QSOs are converted into ADIF format, signed via TQSL, and sent to LoTW for processing. LoTW checks them against your correspondents' Logs and marks as confirmed if there's a match. EasyLog then automatically downloads these confirmations, updating your Log and DXCC.

How LoTW verifies your identity

To ensure upload identity, LoTW uses certificates in TQSL, which can be obtained by submitting verifiable details like an amateur radio license to your email.

After adding the certificate to TQSL and setting one or more station locations, you're ready to send your first Log. 

LoTW configuration in EasyLog

For EasyLog, you need to input the lotw.arrl.org site credentials from registration, along with the callsign and station location details used by TQSL for Log e-signature, into the LoTW menu's configuration window.

LoTW configuration in EasyLog

To access the configuration window, first click the LoTW menu (1.), then select the configuration button (2.)

To learn how to set up LoTW in EasyLog and create a LoTW account if you haven't signed up yet, thoroughly review the LoTW configuration manual by pressing the button 3.

How to manage multiple contacts

If you have additional callsigns besides your main one, you will need a certificate for each. For portable callsigns like IW1DGL/1, it should be entered in the EasyLog configuration and match the certificate's callsign.

Important

If a portable callsign is linked to a certificate, enter it in the Log settings window so that the ADIF created during upload has the correct callsign; otherwise, TQSL will show an error during signing. 

Generally, the callsign in the Log must match the TQSL certificate's callsign, which also applies to station location.

To assign a name to a Log, access the Log settings window by selecting the Tools menu (1.), then Setup (2.), click on Log Settings (3.), and lastly, enter the name (4.)

The Log's name is unrelated to the callsign and does not appear in the ADIF file exported for TQSL signing.

If you wish to create a Log with a callsign, remember that the Log's name becomes the folder name in \EL5\LOG\<Log name>.LOG. Therefore, avoid using characters not permitted in file names like '/' and instead, use a hyphen '-'

Examples of valid Log names

IW1DGL

IW1DGL-1

DXP-CUBA

QTH-HOLIDAYS

To learn more about LoTW and handling multiple callsigns, visit this link on the ARRL website

https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/multiple-callsigns-locations/?lang=en

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From Our Community

🍾🥂🍰 -Vogliamo fare i nostri migliori auguri di buon compleanno a Betty! Betty, IK1QFM è un membro del nostro team da sempre (e XYL di Max, IK1GPG).  È molto attiva sia dietro le quinte che in prima linea, in una miriade di attività, e anche come webmaster di vari siti e delle pagine dei diplomi e CHECK del nostro sito easylog.com.
Grazie di cuore, Betty per tutto quello cha fai!

🍾🥂🍰 - Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Giorgio, IK3PQH! From the start of EasyLog, Giorgio has consistently been a thorough beta tester identifying even the most hard-to-find issues with great patience Thank you, Giorgio!

DX-Pedition, news and activities from around the world.

3G0YT, EASTER ISLAND

From 12 to 15 August
IOTA: SA-001
on bands from 10m to 20m

QSL via: LoTW

5H1UM, TANZANIA

From August 12 to 24

IOTA: AF-032 (Zanzibar Is.)

in SSB, FT8 on HF bands

QSL via: OQRS, or direct via SQ9UM

Z81D, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN

From August 2 to 31

in SSB, FT8 on the bands

from 6m to 40m

QSL via: OM3JW

E51KEE, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS

From 5 to 18 August
IOTA: OC-13

in CW, SSB
on bands from 40m to 10m
QSL via IK2DUW, OQRS

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