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Logbook

Brian Keating edited this page Apr 29, 2026 · 3 revisions

Logbook

The LOGBOOK panel sits across the bottom-left of the window. It stores every QSO you log, and can publish to QRZ.com or export to ADIF.

Logbook panel

Columns

Column What it contains
Selection checkbox for bulk operations.
DATE Short date, locale-dependent (e.g. Apr 25).
TIME 24-hour clock (e.g. 15:02).
CALL The contact's callsign.
FREQ Frequency in MHz to 3 decimals (e.g. 14.200).
MODE RX/TX mode at the time of the QSO (USB, CW, …).
RST Sent / received reports (e.g. 59/59).
NAME Contact name (or if unknown). A green QRZ ✓ badge appears once the row has been uploaded.

A small ✓ QRZ badge appears on a row that has already been uploaded to the QRZ logbook.

Footer

Shows X of Y — the current page and the total number of entries, e.g. 7 of 1,247.

Adding a QSO

Two ways:

  1. From the QRZ card — when a callsign is looked up, clicking Log QSO on the card adds an entry that is pre-filled with callsign, name, grid, country, CQ/ITU zone, current frequency, and mode. This is by far the quickest way.
  2. Manually — click + Add QSO at the bottom-left of the panel and fill the fields.

Publishing to QRZ

If your QRZ account has API access and you have entered the API key:

  • Select the rows you want to publish (use the checkboxes).
  • Click Publish at the top of the logbook.

The panel title changes to Logbook · Uploading… while the upload is in flight, and successfully uploaded rows grow a ✓ QRZ badge.

Exporting

Click Export to download every entry as an ADIF file. The resulting .adi can be imported into any logging package (Log4OM, N1MM, LoTW, Club Log, …).

Selection

Click the checkbox in the first column of any row to select it. Several rows can be selected at once for bulk publish or, in future, bulk delete.

Empty state

A fresh OpenHPSDR Zeus install shows:

"No log entries yet. Log a QSO from the QRZ panel to get started."

Mobile layout

The logbook is hidden on narrow screens to keep the panadapter readable. Logging from a phone is possible from the QRZ card, but reviewing the log is best done on a tablet or desktop.

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