KLog is a multiplatform free hamradio logger, the only one able to run in Linux, Windows and macOS!
KLog is providing QSO management, useful QSL management DX-Cluster client, DXCC management, ClubLog integration, WSJT-X, DX-Marathon support and much more!
KLog is today already in several languages: Catalan, Croatian, Danish, English, Finish, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
You can also see some Screenshots of KLog to see what it looks like.
As previous times, after a release, with new features, there is a bugfix release.
Today I am releasing 1.2.1 that arrives after some days of development during holiday time 🙂
This kind of releases never come with new features but with bugfixes and improvements. I really recommend to update to this release.
This is the Changelog:
Aug 2020 - 1.2.1
- Bugfix: ADIF export was not exporting dates with the right format in some eQSL fields.
- Bugfix: QSOs were not properly imported when received from WSJT-X.
- Bugfix: Pool/Poll typo fixed. (TNX Barry!).
- Bugfix: QSO editing - Locator was being cleared from sat tab.
- Bugfix: QSO editing - User Inferface was not properly clearedn after editing.
- Bugfix: QSOs tag in the Award tab was not properly formatted in Windows OS.
- Improvement: ADIF creation has been optimized.
- Improvement: All fields received from WSJTX are now added to the log.
- Improvement: GRIDSQUARE & MY_GRIDSQUARE ADIF fields are now also exported to LoTW upload.
The Changelog is short in this release but is comes with somework in the backend… changes in the DB to improve how KLog is working.
Aug 2020 – 1.2
New feature: KLog proposes to do a database backup before it is upgraded so data can be recovered if there is any problem.
Improvement: When receiving the status from WSJT-X the RX frequency is also updated with the same TX freq.
Improvement: Dates and Times are now together and it is possible to sort the log based on date & time. Date format has been overall updated.
Improvement: Search is now more confortable as the search does not start inmediately after a key is pressed but some time after so it’s possible to enter more letters and reduce the search time.
Bugfix: Fixed the DB update processes.
Translations: Catalan (TNX Txema), Italian (TNX IU5HIU), Spanish (EA4K).
Maintaining a free software application where you simply code and upload your packages to the repositories makes very difficult to know if is there somebody out there using what you are producing.
I started KLog not for the users but for personal use and I keep that spirit, however the users of KLog are important as some of them are actively supporting KLog by reviewing, reporting bugs, providing suggestions, patchs, translations and I have even received some donations that I have used to pay for the hosting 🙂
On the other hand, I guess that the users that are actively saying “hello I am here” are just a small percentage.
Some days ago I realiced that maybe I could get some data from the Debian Popularity Contest and here is the data:
KLog is clearly not one of the most popular Debian packages. It is in the #36167 position out of 87160.
The interesting data comes when we compare with other hamradio logs as the results allow me to be more optimistic.
In the following graphic you can see a comparison of the different logs that Debian is providing by the number of installations. I am comparing just the last 5 years.
If we check for the most recent use of the log, KLog gets the first position mand it’s been the most used for a couple of years or so… or at least that is what we can see as KLog is the purple line.
With a two years span, we can see that people is installing cqrlog and maybe is people coming from xlog, that is clearly wining the contest but with a descendent tendence.
It would be really interesting to have similar data coming from other sources, to see if one of the main differences of KLog (being native multiplatform) is noticed or not. How many macOS users does KLog have? How many Windows users does KLog have?
Anyway, these data are just for information and I hope it is funny for you to see what the popcon package is providing as it was for me to write this post.
A few days ago I received a bug report from WB0OEW telling me that the date was not being properly updated when UTC was selected.
It was not easy to detect that bug from Europe as we are so close to UTC that you have to be using KLog between 0:00 and 02:00 to notice that… but when you are in the US, it is easier to detect that the UTC date has changed but it has still not been updated in KLog 🙂
It was an easy fix so I decided to release early and give the western ham colleagues the fix soon.
This release is just including that bugfix. Not critical but interesting to have it done.
April 2020 - 1.0.1
- BugFix: UTC time was not properly managed, specially in the date.
It is strange for me to publish KLog 1.0 but I ran out of numbers to keep KLog below version 1.0… and I decided not to keep playing games with versionig so today I am releasing KLog 1.0.
First KLog release was on 22-Jan-2003, the 0.1-pre-alpha, with this very simple Changelog:
22-Jan-2003 - 0.1-pre-alpha
- First "release" of the software.
- You can add/edit QSOs and save/read your log to/from the disk with a fixed name in ADIF format.
- Can manage QSL sent/rec.
KLog has evolved a lot since that very first version… very slowly, but continuously.
But it is not that KLog has evolved a lot since the previous version or has reached a different maturity level… it is simply that I could not continue releasing versions below 1.0, just that simple! O:-)
However in this release there is, at least one interesting thing. It is that you can now upload to LoTW your QSO without having to export the ADIF file and import it again to TQSL.
KLog will send the QSOs to TQSL and will call TQSL for you so the LoTW upload has drastically been improved!
So, just to let you know what’s new in KLog, find below the Changelog
March 2020 – 1.0
New feature: Integrate TQSL to upload QSOs to LoTW directly from KLog.
UI: Removed the first column inthe DXCC widget to make it more user friendly.
UI: Created a widget to manage the Main QSO entry to make KLog more modular.
UI: eQSL & LoTW are marked as queued to be sent by default if the user activates it in the setup.
UI: Added the title to some QMessage boxes that were missing.
UI: Improved the usability of creating new logs or editing existing logs in the setup.
New feature: Integrate TQSL to upload QSOs to LoTW directly from KLog.
New feature: You can check a call in QRZ.com by right-clicking in the call from the log.
New feature: You can check a call in DXHeat.com by right-clicking in the call from the log.
New feature: It is now possible to save in a file all the DX-Cluster activity.
KLog-0.9.9 comes with the tips that will helo the users by provding tips (in the helo menu) and many other not visible upgrades, bugfixed and minor recomendations and requests from the users tha make KLog more usable!
January – 0.9.9
UI: Created a widget to manage the Awards to make KLog more modular.
UI: When starting a new version for the first time, the splashscreen is not hidding other messages anymore.
UI: Removed some not used File menus (New, Open, Save & Save As).
UI: Sorting by date the log is also sorting taking into account the time.
New versions are now found depending on the OS, not just for the sources.
New feature: Added some tips in the Help menu to help the users to get the most of KLog.
Hamlib has now a read-only mode that will read freq & mode from the radio but will never modify/update anything in the radio.
Added some debug log option.
Some code cleaning with cppcheck and compilation warnings removed.
UI: Added a WSJT-X like color schema.
Bugfix: KLog was crashing if the call was completely removed in the Setup.
BugFix: KLog was always logging 59 instead of the real RST. (TNX DB4BIN)
BugFix: KLog was changing the mode in the radio from CW-R to CW if hamlib was active. (TNX G4MKT)
BugFix: KLog was changing freq in the radio in the starting process if hamlib was active. (TNX G4MKT)
Improvement: KLog reads the radio freq/mode when starting. (TNX G4MKT)
BugFix: ADIF export function was not exporting the DARC_DOK properly.
Bugfix: Closes Debian bug: #948911: FTBFS on mipsel. (TNX Lisandro)
BugFix: Editing the log metadata in the setup was not possible.
KLog exit process improved.
KLog start process improved.
DataProxy_SQLite class removed to optimize the code.
Other minor improvements.
Updated translations: Catalan (TNX Txema), French (F4HWL), Spanish (EA4K).
Some of you asked me if it was possible to send some money for domain or hosting.
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