Log Panel

The Log Panel displays all the contacts in your log.

The font of the Log display can be changed by clicking on the log text and then selecting Font/Show Fonts from the Edit menu.

When you first run MacLoggerDX it will choose a default Log Files Folder path (MLDX_Logs) in your Documents folder but you can use the File Menu item "New Log File..." to create any number of logs anywhere on any volume. It is a good idea to create new log files under your Documents folder so that your log data will be backed up when you back up your other data.

Don't forget to back up your log file every day - just as you would any other important data on your computer.

Most of the column headings are self explanatory, the DXCC column shows the unique DXCC identifier number assigned by ADIF convention to your DX contact.

Entries displayed in Green have text entered in the QSL Received field.
Entries displayed in Red have text entered in the QSL Sent field but the QSL Received field is empty.
Entries displayed in Black have empty QSL Received and QSL Sent fields.
Entries displayed in Grey have an empty QSL Received field and the QSL Sent field set to "I" for Ignore.

For the purposes of Awards tracking and display color coding - any text at all in the "QSL Received" field indicates "Confirmed"To Change V4 "N" QSL Received fields to blank fields in V5:1) Sort by "QSL Received" in the Log Panel.
2) Select all the "N" entries.
3) Select Change Selected Log Entries... from the Log menu.
4) Check the "QSL Received" check box and leave the "QSL Received" text field blank.
5) Press the Apply button.

MacLoggerDX tries to set the QSO start time and the finish time automatically - you can override the start time by doing another lookup or using the Set Time On menu command or the Time On button - you can override the finish time by using the Set Time Off menu command or the Time Off button.

The data can be sorted by clicking in the column heading. The column sorted by is highlighted (This setting is saved in your preferences). Clicking on it a second time will reverse the order of the sort. Dragging column headings will allow you to rearrange their order. (column order is saved in your preferences). You can make the column wider by dragging the column header vertical margins.

The Call Sign Search edit field will filter out the QSO's that do not have the text you enter in their call sign.
For example you could type in "XE2" and get only the XE2 QSO's.

The Band Search edit field will filter out the QSO's that do not have the text you enter in their band rx.
For example you could type in "20M" and get only the 20 Meter QSO's.

The Mode Search edit field will filter out the QSO's that do not have the text you enter in their mode.
For example you could type in "USB" and get only the QSO's with USB mode.

The Country Search edit field will filter out the QSO's that do not have the text you enter in their DXCC Country.
For example you could type in "Canada" and get only the VE/VA QSO's.

The Unconfirmed check box will only include the QSO's that do not have any text in the "QSL Received" field.

The Display Button will Display the QSO in the DX or Contest Panel.

The Delete Button will permanently delete the QSO from your log but is not active while any search criteria are active.

Each field can be edited by double-clicking in it, editing the data in the Edit field and then pressing <return> or tabbing out of that field. The change is instantly saved to your log. The Time On and Time Off fields must be edited with a valid date and time in the format YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss, in UTC.

Selecting the Update Selected Log Entries command from the Log Menu will look up all selected log entries and add the found data to any blank fields in the entry, one at a time. This will ONLY update empty fields (or "0" in the case of DXCC), it will never overwrite existing data.

Selecting the Select Duplicate QSO's command from the Log Menu will select all duplicate entries, after checking them you can delete them.

Logbook of the World: What Constitutes a Match ?

https://www.arrl.org/lotw/faq#datamatch

To match, the two QSO records (yours and the other station's) must have:
• Call of each QSO matches own call of the other (including portable identifiers)
• The modes are in the same mode group (e.g., SSB and PHONE match because both are PHONE)
• The date/time values are the same within 30 minutes (all times are UTC)

eQSL.cc Requirements eQSL.cc

Required Fields

Optional Fields