Issue #90 June, 2026

A Message from the Founders

Dear readers,

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being with us. It's also thanks to you that EasyLog continues to grow and improve, year after year.

In this issue, we present the latest updates on EasyLog and our ecosystem: starting with the changes made to our website, with the completely renewed newsletter page.

And that's not all: in the coming weeks, we will reveal more news that we are already working on.

Happy reading and, as always, good DX!

73, Pietro and Franco

73, and Good DX!
IK1TZO Pietro and IW1DGL Franco

"Small daily improvements lead to extraordinary results"

— Robin Sharma

Latest News

EasyLog

AI DX Predictor

We are working on an initial beta version that operates server-side and provides general forecasts by continent. The version to be introduced in EasyLog will offer automatic DX opportunities based on the DXCC situation and propagation conditions. In the DX-Corner section, you can take a look at a sample result.

New Renewal Page

Renewing EasyLog is even easier

The new renewal page has an even simpler and more intuitive structure. We have redesigned the renewal engine and are now able to offer different renewal options (we have added the 24-month renewal option) and more options will follow in the future.

The process is even simpler and more transparent, allowing you to check support status, expiration, bonuses, number of renewal months depending on the selected option, and the news of the latest release compared to the one you have. Payment and renewal are even more efficient and faster, with the addition of a confirmation email sent directly to the user's email.

Visit the new renewal page

Download the latest Release 2026.1.4.0

The new release 2026.1.4.0 is available for download. It introduces the new EasyLog Cloud Dashboard, a new exclusive feature reserved for users with active support.

A true showcase of your station and your results. Display your latest QSOs, your DXCC Score, and advanced statistics of your QSOs by band and your QSL sending and receiving.

Allows you to upload up to 5 photos of your station and enter biographical information.

The new release is available for free for download to everyone with active support

If your support has expired you can renew at any time to regain access to the Restricted Area for another 12 months.

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New Features in the Dashboard

Some new features have been released on the Dashboard while we are working on some other updates:

At the top right of the dashboard, there is now a Login button that allows you to edit the dashboard contents: upload photos and Bio information
1. Page refresh button
2. Home button on easylog.com
3. To share the page address with a friend via email

Improvements have been made to the Leader Board

It is now possible to reorder the columns by clicking on the headers to sort in ascending or descending order (by clicking consecutively) for:

Callsign,
DXCC Worked
DXCC Confirmed
DXCC Credited
QSO

For example, clicking on the DXCC Credit column, the data will be reordered by Credits, showing first those with more credits and gradually those with fewer credits. The ranking changes accordingly. For example, a station could be #1 for countries worked and #9 for credits.

If sorted by the QSO column, those with more QSOs in the Log will be listed first.

Visit the dashboard and upload yours today. Here is one of the most beautiful dashboards at the moment:

easylog.com/IK1NEG

New Newsletter Page

A new Newsletter page is now available that will automatically and promptly display all new issues of the released Newsletters. We have aligned the page with all the issues, so if you missed any, you can quickly consult them. From this page, it is also possible to subscribe to the newsletter.

🚀 Additionally, we are developing an extension that will allow selective searches by Tag - for example, by typing eQSL or LoTW, you can instantly find which of the 90 Newsletters so far discuss those topics. A feature that will transform the Newsletters into an interactive information tool.

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Tips & Tricks

5 Smart Ways to Use EasyLog Cloud Dashboard

1. Share your DXCC Score with friends.

Click on button 3 at the top right, enter the recipient's email, and send them a short email with the link to your dashboard.

Alternatively, you can copy and paste the address from your browser or manually type your page URL:

easylog.com/(your name), for example:

easylog.com/IK1TZO

2. Customize your dashboard

Insert your QSL and station photos, or those of your antennas. The dashboard is an opportunity to create a showcase of your station and share it with others. Include free notes in the Bio with your amateur radio story or any information you want to communicate, such as your QSL policy.

3. Check the band allocation

The dashboard provides very interesting statistics on the distribution of your QSOs across the various bands

4. Check which modes you use the most

Another interesting statistic is the breakdown of your QSOs by mode

5. Update the dashboard frequently

Update the dashboard frequently to reflect your activity and check the Leader Board to verify your position. It will serve as additional motivation to always do better.

How to activate it

Activating the dashboard is very simple, from the new Dashboard (1) menu, check

the box "Active Dashboard" and click the "Send" button. Once loading is complete, the dashboard will be available for consultation and will automatically open in your browser.

We encourage you to print the link to your dashboard on QSL, eQSL, courtesy QSL so that your contacts can consult it.

The dashboard is available from release 2026.1.4.0 and only to users with active support

We are continuing to add new features to the dashboard and will keep you informed of developments.

From Our Community

We publish another interesting article from our tireless Giorgio, IZ3KVD - Thank you Giorgio.

6SO: Pioneer of American Radio Enthusiasm

In recent days I have delved into the history of a little-known but fundamental figure in the origins of radio enthusiasm: Gladys Kathleen Parkin, one of the first documented YL (young lady) technicians in the United States. I have gathered this information to share with you because it represents a concrete example of how, as early as the early 1900s, radio was a field of experimentation open to anyone with expertise, curiosity, and determination.

Gladys Kathleen Parkin was born in 1900 in Bolinas, California, and grew up at a time when radio was still an experimental technology made of sparks, coils, and handmade components. She was introduced to wireless at the age of five, observing the devices installed in hotels run by her family, and by 1909, along with her brother John, she began operating one of the first home stations in Northern California, using spark transmitters of a few dozen watts and coherer or galena receivers, later replaced by a single-valve regenerative. Their antennas were wires stretched between two supports, with dedicated earth, and they worked primarily between 200 and 600 meters, the bands available to amateurs after the Radio Act of 1912.

Kathleen's early connections were typical of the time: regular reception of coastal stations like KPH Bolinas, KFS San Francisco, and KET Mare Island, tuning tests with merchant ships and fishing vessels equipped with Marconi apparatus, and signal exchanges with other amateur radio operators on the West Coast, often within a range of 20–150 km, with occasional greater distances when conditions permitted. Telegraphy was the only possible language, and spark modulation produced wide and unstable signals, but sufficient to establish service contacts, range tests, and local communications.

In 1916, at fifteen, Kathleen took the federal exam for the First-Class Commercial Radio Operator License, which required advanced knowledge of electromagnetic theory, wavelength calculation, operation of spark and valve transmitters, international regulations, and high-speed telegraphy. She passed all tests and obtained the call sign 6SO, becoming the youngest woman in the United States to achieve a first-class license and the first in California. The apparatus she used at that time, also shown in the famous photograph published in Electrical Experimenter, was a quarter-kilowatt spark transmitter with a variable LC circuit, hand-wound coils, and adjustable capacitor, paired with a regenerative receiver with reaction control. All components were mounted on wooden or bakelite panels, with visible wiring and powered by batteries and primitive rectifiers.

With the 6SO license, Kathleen could operate coastal stations and onboard apparatus, and collaborated with the physics laboratory of Dominican College, overseeing the installation and maintenance of wireless systems used for teaching. In subsequent years, she worked with her siblings in the Parkin Manufacturing Company, which produced components and small radio devices. She remained active in the field until maturity, maintaining a more technical than public profile.

Kathleen Parkin passed away on August 3, 1990, in Marin County, California, from age-related natural causes. She did not leave patents or formal technical publications, but her legacy in the amateur radio world is clear and documented: she showed that a young operator, in an era dominated by male technicians and complex apparatus, could build, tune, and maintain complete radio systems with professional competence; she was one of the first U.S. YL to obtain a first-class commercial license, paving the way for the female presence in coastal and maritime radio services; and represented a concrete model of a self-builder, capable of designing and creating functional apparatus in a period when nothing was standardized.

For this reason, I wanted to share her story: 6SO is not just a call sign from the past, but an example of competence, technical autonomy, and pioneering spirit that belongs to the very roots of radio enthusiasm.

Giorgio IZ3KVD

Do you want to send us news about your DX activities? Feel free to contact us at support@easylog.com, and we will publish them in the next newsletter.