DXKeeper

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DXKeeper is free, comprehensive amateur logging software that

• records and manages QSOs

• extracts name, address, and location information from 

  • callbook CDROMs:  Flying Horse, HamCall, QRZ

  • QRZ.com (with a subscription, or without a subscription using Pathfinder)

• tracks confirmation and verification of QSOs for the DXCC, TopList, and WAZ awards, highlighting needed DX spots, automatically generating outgoing QSLs that request confirmation of needed QSLs, identifying confirmed QSOs for submission to the ARRL DXCC desk, and generating DXCC submission paperwork

• tracks CQ Marathon progress for the current year, highlighting spots of DX stations needed for this annual award

• reports progress towards DXCC, TopList, Challenge, VUCC, Marathon, WAS, WAC, IOTA, WAZ, WPX, USA-CA, Maidenhead Fields, Maidenhead Squares, Canadaward, Holyland, DOK, WAE, WAB, DDFM, SRR, RDA, WAHUC, WAIP, WAJA, JCC, JCG, and AJA awards

• independently tracks hardcopy QSL, eQSL.cc, and Logbook of the World (LotW) confirmations for each QSO

• can download DXCC credits and update logged QSOs to reflect the granting of a DXCC credit (screenshot)

• prints QSL cards and QSL Labels, addresses envelopes, and prints address labels

• uploads QSOs to eQSL.cc and LotW

• downloads QSLs from eQSL.cc and LotW, and automatically updates your log to reflect confirmations

• identifies QSLs required for DXCC submission, and generates required documentation

• tracks DXCC verifications

• imports and exports ADIF-compliant log files.   

• interoperates with Commander, DXView, SpotCollector, and WinWarbler

• logs QSOs in realtime from MultiPSK, MMVARI, MMSSTV, MMTTY, and MixW   

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

Capture window		Generated QSL Card (plain)
Realtime Award Tracking		Generated QSL Card (with background image)

	Database window (fully expanded; you can individually enable or disable panels)
Online Help   Download and install   Access to development releases   DXCC Entity Codes   Log conversion utilities and techniques		Prerequisites   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 - control your Icom, TenTec, Kenwood, or Yaesu radio from your PC

• Pathfinder - locate QSL information from web-accessible sources

• WinWarbler - conducts QSOs using PSK31 or PSK63 with simultaneous three-channel decoding and display, or RTTY with simultaneous two-channel decoding and display

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

• PropView - displays minimum and maximum useable frequencies between specified locations and monitors the IARU/NCDXF HF Beacon 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