DXLab Launcher

The DXLab Launcher makes it easy to control individual DXLab applications, or a specified group of DXLab applications. With the Launcher, you can

• install new DXLab applications, and update or restore already installed DXLab applications

• start or stop a group of installed DXLab applications with a single mouse click

• minimize or restore the main windows of all running DXLab applications with a single mouse click

• start, minimize, restore, or stop individual DXLab applications

• view at a glance the state of all DXLab applications

• determine what version of each DXLab application is installed on your PC, and what new versions are available for upgrade

• save a DXLab application's Windows Registry settings to a specified file

• restore a DXLab application's Windows Registry settings from a specified file

The Launcher also lets you specify

• up to 8 non-DXLab applications that can be started before your DXLab applications and terminated after your DXLab applications
• up to 8 non-DXLab applications that can be started after your DXLab applications and terminated before your DXLab applications

A PC running Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, or 11 with an SVGA or better display is required; both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows are supported. The  DXLab Launcher is free, and contains no advertising. Commercial use is expressly forbidden.

• Download and install 

• Access to development releases

• Version history

• Defects

• Enhancement requests

If you have questions or suggestions, please post them on the DXLab Discussion Group.

Other members of the DXLab suite of free amateur radio software:

• Commander - controls your Icom, TenTec, Kenwood, Elecraft, or Yaesu radio from your PC

• Pathfinder - locates QSL information from web-accessible sources

• WinWarbler - conducts PSK31 and RTTY QSOs, providing  multiple receive channels (uses the PSKCORE and MMTTY engines)

• DXView - displays DXCC info and country maps, and plots spots, beam headings, solar position, and the solar terminator on a world map

• DXKeeper - records and manages QSOs, tracks progress towards DXing objectives, prints QSL cards and labels, and addresses envelopes and labels

• PropView - displays minimum and maximum useable frequencies between specified locations, and monitors beacons in the IARU/NCDXF network

• SpotCollector - collects and aggregates spots from multiple sources -- including packet, Telnet, and IRC -- to create a local database that you can display, sort, and filter in real time