LoTW, HrdLog, Club Log and QRZ - uploading the log

The LogBook can upload your QSOs to internet services: QRZ, LoTW (ARRL), HrdLog and Club Log. It does so manually on your command, when the program closes or in the background every few dozen minutes. Every QSO remembers where it has already been sent.

Service settings

Each service has its own page in the configuration (F11). Each page has a "send to…" checkbox, login data, options to remove the prefix and suffix from callsigns (all recommended) and an Apply and send LogBook to … button - it saves the settings and uploads the unsent QSOs right away.

QRZ

Requires a paid QRZ subscription and an API key - see QRZ.

LoTW

LoTW accepts QSOs only through the ARRL TQSL (TrustedQSL) program - you need it installed, with your callsign certificate and a station location set up.

• Send to LoTW - enables the service.
• TQSL Folder - the path to tqsl.exe (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\TrustedQSL\tqsl.exe).
• Station ID - the station location name from TQSL, exactly as in TQSL.
• TQSL private password - the certificate password (if the certificate has one).
• My CallSign (optional) with Replace the My callsign field in all QSOs to be sent with this value - when your log has e.g. SP4THK/P but the certificate is for SP4THK.
• Hide LoTW dialog box - TQSL works in the background; Send updated station data to LoTW - updates the location data when sending.
• Set defaults - typical settings.

When TQSL considers all QSOs duplicates or outside the station location date range, the program marks them as sent. When this applies only to some of the QSOs - read the TQSL message shown in the upload window.

HrdLog

• Send to HrdLog, User name (CallSign).
• Upload code - this is not a password. HrdLog sends this code once by e-mail when you register.
• Remove duplicates, e.g. FT8 logged twice.

Club Log

• Send to Club Log, E-mail, CallSign.
• Application password - Club Log requires an application password, not your regular account password. Generate it at clublog.org (Settings → App Passwords).

Manual upload

Menu → Send LogBook to external services (QRZ etc.) or Ctrl+Q opens the Send QSO to external services window:

• tick the services (Send to QRZ, Send to LoTW, HrdLog, Club Log),
• Check only QSOs from the last 48 hours - faster when you upload regularly,
• Send only selected QSOs - when you select rows in the list before opening the window,
• Allow resending already sent QSOs - also sends QSOs already marked as sent,
• click Start selected jobs. The progress and result of each service are shown in the window.

The same window has a Send QSL cards button - sending cards by e-mail (QSL cards).

When closing the program

Configuration → Schedule page → Check on LogBook closing and the choice of services. When there are unsent QSOs from the last 48 hours at closing time, the upload window appears. Back to LogBook (cancel program closing) keeps the program open.

In the background on a schedule

Schedule page → Services schedule: Use schedule, Check every N minutes (with a small random spread) and the choice of services. The program then uploads by itself, in the background - the progress is shown in the status bar at the bottom of the LogBook window (X stops it), and an error is signaled by a red !!! (click it to read the description).

Upload flags

Every QSO has flags: sent to QRZ, LoTW, HrdLog, Club Log, and from QRZ also the confirmation status. You can see them in the QRZ column of the list and in the QSO edit window, where you can change them by hand. For many QSOs at once: QSO edit → Advanced → Change sent - e.g. Mark as not sent for LoTW if you want to upload the log again (List and QSO editing).