DXLab
is a free-ware suite of 8 applications that can operate independently, but
detect each other's presence and interoperate automatically. Besides the usual
logging, transceiver control, DX spot collection and digital mode features
you'll find in most applications, DXLab
- controls
up to 4 transceivers, with optional transceiver selection by frequency
- supports transverters for 6m, 4m, 2m,
and 70cm operation
- can direct a secondary transceiver,
receiver, or panadaptor to follow
or lead the primary transceiver's frequency and mode
- interoperates
with SDR Consoles used as panadaptors (e.g. SpectraVue, SDR Radio) or
skimmers (e.g. CW Skimmer)
- provides 10 banks of 10 memories, with
the ability to continuously scan a bank's frequencies
- displays frequency-dependent settings
for devices like tuners, amplifiers, and antenna switches, with optional control
via parallel port signals
- provides user-defined transceiver control sequences initiated by up to 32 buttons and up to 16 sliders
- provides both map-driven and callsign-driven operation of all commercial PC-controllable rotators
- displays a world map showing the solar terminator, auroral ovals, and your current beam heading
- displays daily sunrise and sunset
times for your QTH and any specified location
- exploits databases that know which callsigns have uploaded QSOs to LotW and how recently, which callsigns are Authenticity Guaranteed eQSL.cc participants, and the locations of all stations whose licenses are issued by the US FCC
- knows which of 70 languages are spoken in a
callsign's region, and displays
the translation of 50 frequently-used phrases in those languages
- extracts address information from all
3 CDROM callbooks, HamQTH.com (completely free), and QRZ.com (free with
advertising, or no advertising with subscription)
- provides one-click access to more than
80 web-accessible
sources of QSL information
- directly prints QSL labels and
4-to-a-page QSL cards,
optionally with a
background image your specify
- directly prints addresses and return
addresses on envelopes, directly prints self-addressed envelopes, and directly
prints addresses on labels
- synchronizes with LotW and eQSL.cc,
initiating upload and download operations with a single mouse click without
requiring the user to manually invoke TQSL or deal with ADIF files
- tracks confirmation and verification of QSOs for 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
- interoperates with the ARRL's new Online
DXCC, reducing the cost of submitting QSL cards while increasing accuracy
while decreasing processing time
- downloads granted DXCC Credits,
highlights discrepancies with logged QSOs, and automatically updates logged QSOs
to reflect newly granted DXCC Credits
- reports progress towards DXCC,
TopList, Challenge, VUCC, Marathon, WAS, WAC, IOTA, WAZ, WPX, USA-CA,
Canadaward, Holyland, DOK, WAE, WAB, DDFM, SRR, RDA, WAHUC, WAIP, WAJA, JCC,
JCG, and AJA awards
- automatically uploads logged QSOs to Club
Log
- provides operations that can alter
many logged QSOs simultaneously without requiring the user to modify ADIF files
-- e.g. performing callbook lookups on already-logged QSOs, or adjusting the
start times of QSOs logged during a specific time range, or extracting QTH
information from COMMENT fields, or...
- captures DX spots from up to 6 sources
(telnet clusters, packetclusters, DX Summit), creating and maintaining a local
database with one entry for each active DX station that is color coded by
"need" and LotW/eQSL participation, and whose entries can be
independently filtered and displayed in a table,
on its world map,
and on a zoomable
bandspread
- optionally announces needed DX spots,
and includes a web server that makes
all spots browser-accessible from anywhere on your home network (or using
dyndns, from anywhere with internet access)
- extracts QSX frequencies from DX spot
notes, enabling accurate transceiver setup for split frequency operation with
one user action
- captures
and displays solar and geomagnetic data from WWV spots, and uses this data
to display easy-to-understand graphical
propagation forecasts, and to depict the auroral oval on its world map
(choice of VOACAP, ICEPAC, or IONCAP propagation forecasting engines, all of
which are included)
- can automatically QSY your receiver to
monitor specified NCDXF/IARU HF beacons, enabling you to rapidly calibrate
propagation forecasts with actual propagation
- decodes all PSK31 or PSK63 or PSK125
QSOs within your transceiver's bandpass and extract callsigns to create and
maintain an active stations
heard window
- simultaneously runs soundcard RTTY
using the MMTTY and 2Tone engines and an optional external modem (e.g. a KAM or PK232) to
provide diversity
decoding, or the ability to simultaneously decode a DX station and callers
- supports PSK, RTTY, CW (generation
only), and Phone (voice keying) with a single user interface and macro facility
- interoperates with N1MM, MultiPSK, MMSSTV,
MMVARI, MMTTY, MixW, Fldigi, DM780, JT65 Alert, HRD, DX Atlas, Google Earth, CW Skimmer,
SpectraVue, BobCat, and SDR Radio
- is updated with user-suggested features frequently, and downloads/installs upgrades with a single mouse click
- includes comprehensive reference documentation that is updated with each release of each application
- provides step-by-step
instructions for frequently-used operations
- is driven by an active and friendly user
community open to everyone
User-reported defects are usually
corrected within 24 hours. The backlog of reported but uncorrected defects
across all members of the DXLab Suite is typically 0
or 1.
