PyQSO is a contact logging tool for amateur radio operators.
The graphical user interface has been developed using the GTK+ library through the PyGObject bindings.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Simple graphical interface through which users can manage information about the contacts/QSOs they make with other operators on the air.
- All information is stored in a light-weight SQL database.
- Customisable interface (e.g. only show callsign and frequency information).
- Import logs in ADIF format, and export logs in ADIF or Cabrillo format.
- Perform callsign lookups and auto-fill data fields using the qrz.com and hamqth.com online databases.
- Sort the logs by individual fields.
- Print a hard-copy of logs, or print to PDF.
- Connect to Telnet-based DX clusters.
- Progress tracker for the DXCC award.
- World map with grey line and Maidenhead grid squares.
- Filter QSOs based on callsign (e.g. only display contacts with callsigns beginning with “M6”).
- Remove duplicate QSOs.
- Basic support for the Hamlib library.
Website: gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/schemes
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Developer: Christian Thomas Jacobs
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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