Product Announcement
DXtreme Station Log 15
DXtreme Software™ has released a new version of its popular logging program for Amateur Radio operators: DXtreme Station Log 15™.
This new edition will have a wide appeal for shortwave, mediumwave, and amateur radio operators.
New Features
▪ New in DX Spot Checker — The new List Commands box contains an unlimited supply of user-defined commands, which can be sent to the cluster server immediately. Station Log 15 ships with list commands that query the cluster server for recent FT8 Fox/Hound activity.
▪ New in JT Log Entry Processing — Station Log 15 continues to manage the pre-population of log files for both WSJT-X and JTDX, and now logs new contacts from those log files instead of from all.txt files. This feature increases reliability because the log files are ADIF-standard and the all.txt files are proprietary, subject to possible format changes. This feature also provides users with more time after the QSO ends to log each contact. JT Log Entry Processing lets users keep their eyes glued to WSJT-X or JTDX interfaces for worked-before status indications, important when using modes like FT8, FT4, and others.
▪ New User Defined Fields — The User Defined Fields tab now has 14 fields (twice as many as previously) spread across two sections, letting users enter and track more information.
▪ New Audio Application Support — Station Log 15 supports the use of a user-supplied, third-party audio application for recording, playing, and editing audio clips in a variety of audio formats. Audio applications are ideal for recording audio from a USB-connected radio.
▪ New Outgoing QSL Web Service Support — Station Log 15 has a new Outgoing QSL Web Service facility that makes it easy to send official QSL cards via a third-party QSL web site.
▪ New in DXCC Analytics, WAS Analytics — After displaying a list of entities or states worked or verified, users can now click a Needed List hyperlink to generate a list of still-needed entities or states by mode, data element, and band.
▪ New Variables-Based Delimited Records Facility — This facility allows users to create and output station-based reports and exports of their own design, to suit their own purposes. For example, users can generate delimited files for import into applications that do not support ADIF files. These applications can include database managers, QSL generators, spreadsheets, word processors, and more.
Standard Features
DXtreme Station Log 15 lets hams log their contacts and import ADIF files from other programs. It supports major call sign subscription services and offers the following multimedia and advanced functions:
▪ DX Spot Checker™ — Receives DX spots from Telnet-based servers and determines whether QSOs are needed for new or verified DXCC® entities, band-entities, mode-entities, or VUCC grids. The information displays on Rich Site Feed and Grid Feed tabs.
▪ Automatic LoTW Upload — Lets users set Station Log 15 so it uploads each log entry to LoTW automatically when added, capturing and saving QSO Record Status from the LoTW server as part of the process. Modified log entries can be uploaded as well. If desired, users can disable automatic uploading and can upload log entries to LoTW semiautomatically and manually in batches whenever they want to.
▪ LoTW Reporting — Lets users perform searches and run reports filtered by LoTW QSO Record Status, which indicates whether log entries are On, or Not On, the LoTW server following upload or QSL-updating. Users can also perform searches and run reports filtered by LoTW QSL Record Status, which indicates the date of each LoTW QSL record processed by DXtreme’s LoTW QSL Update Utility.
▪ DX Atlas Integration — Performs Afreet DX Atlas azimuth plots from the user’s location to that of a spotted or logged station and creates maps for reports.
▪ Rig Control — Tunes/retrieves frequencies and modes from supported rigs through integration with Afreet Omni-Rig.
▪ QSL Processing — Creates QSL and address labels for physical QSLs, and supports the ARRL’s LoTW facility, including capturing LoTW QSL records as digital images.
▪ QSL Imaging™ — Lets users scan and capture QSL cards and electronic QSLs into their log entries for browsing and viewing any time they want to.
▪ Improv Imaging™ — Lets users associate adhoc images with their log entries separate from our popular QSL Imaging™ facility. Users can capture, scan, or paste any image and save it as a single-page .jpg, or single- or multi-page .tif. Improv images popular with users include signals on a spectrum analyzer or waterfall, QSOs conducted on ATV and data for applications, and equipment used during contacts.
▪ Audio Facility — Records and plays QSOs.
▪ Reports — Provide a wide range of performance and station reports to let users see how
well they’re doing. Reports can be filtered and sorted. Includes DXCC® and WAS Analytics™ tools for analyzing and enhancing DXCC and WAS standing.
Operating System and Requirements, Pricing and Support
DXtreme Station Log 15 runs in Microsoft® Windows® 11 and 32- and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista®, and XP. It retails for $92.99 USD worldwide for Internet distribution. Reduced pricing is available for upgrading users. All prices include product support by Internet e-mail.
About DXtreme Software
DXtreme Software produces powerful and easy-to-use logging applications for all kinds of radio enthusiasts — from short-wave and medium-wave listeners and DXers to amateur radio operators. For more information about DXtreme Station Log 15, visit http://www.dxtreme.com or contact bobraymond@dxtreme.com.
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Band Master, DX Atlas, Ham CAP, and Omni-Rig are owned by Afreet Software, Inc. A purchased software license for Band Master and DX Atlas are required to use them.
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