Notes from the DxQSO journey
Plain-English guides to LoTW, DXCC, WAS and POTA, product updates, and the story behind DxQSO.
Meet the Co-Operator
The first generation of the DxQSO Co-Operator is live for Members: it learns how you operate, watches the bands, and tells you what is worth your time.
Ham Logging Now Syncs With DxQSO
Ham Logging by A41UX is a free, feature-rich logbook for iPhone, iPad and Android, and its current release adds two-way DxQSO Sync with LoTW and QRZ confirmations.
The DX Marathon Sprint Is On. Here's Your Score.
The 2026 DX Marathon Sprint runs Oct 17–26; logs are due Nov 1. DxQSO scores your entities and CQ zones and builds the file you submit.
LoTW Down? Your Log Waits, Then Goes.
LoTW down for maintenance? DX-TQSL keeps your signed log, lets your logger carry on without upload errors, and sends the backlog once LoTW is back.
Worked All Zones and WPX: How to See Where You Actually Stand
CQ’s two big awards have rules that catch people out — 40 zones multiplied across modes and bands, and a prefix list with no end. What they actually require, and why DxQSO counts them alongside the logger you already use.
Most Wanted, Seen From the DX Cluster
Club Log's Most Wanted list is the standard for DXCC rarity. We compared it with four years of our own cluster spots: where they agree, and which wanted entities you can realistically work today.
VUCC and FFMA: Grid Chasing, Counted Properly
VUCC’s per-band thresholds and FFMA’s 488 grids, explained — with the parts of the rules DxQSO cannot check stated plainly.
The DXCC Honor Roll, and How Close You Actually Are
The Honor Roll is the top of the DXCC ladder, and most operators have no idea how close they are. Now you can see it — and so can your club.
5-Band DXCC, and the Endorsements After It
One hundred entities on each of five bands, then the endorsements after. What counts toward 5BDXCC, and how it differs from the Challenge.
Worked, Confirmed, Granted: Three DXCC Numbers That Aren't the Same
You have entities you’ve worked, entities that are confirmed, and entities ARRL has actually granted you credit for — and they’re rarely the same. The gap is usually bigger than people expect, and it’s worth money in applications you never made.
Worked All States Looks Simple. The Rules Are Where People Come Unstuck.
WAS looks like the simplest award in ham radio until you meet DC, the 50-mile rule and Triple Play’s start date. What counts, and what we cannot check.
Why We Compute Awards When Your Logging Program Already Does
We track DXCC, WAS, grids and POTA. So does your logging program. Here is the straight answer to why both exist, and where the line falls.
The Drive Died. What Did You Actually Just Lose?
A dead drive costs you three things, not one: your log, your LoTW® certificate and your station locations. Two of those are usually backed up by nobody — and DX-TQSL makes both a login away.
What Is LoTW, and How Does It Actually Work?
Logbook of The World from scratch: certificates, signing, what a confirmation actually is, and why it can take months to arrive.
How to Track Your POTA Progress Automatically
Which parks have you activated, which have you only hunted, and what’s on the air right now that you still need? Here’s how to let DxQSO keep your POTA score automatically.
How to Get Notified the Moment LoTW Confirms a QSO
Stop logging into LoTW to check for confirmations. Here's how to get an instant alert the moment a QSO confirms — on your phone, wherever you are.
What You Need, Now on Your Dashboard
The guidance we promised is here — your dashboard now surfaces the DX spots and POTA parks you actually need, next to your live achievement summary.
Your Whole Club, on One Screen
Live leaderboards, Field Day and POTA standings, and the Club Wire — the DxSocial club dashboard turns your members’ activity into shared momentum.
The DxQSO API Grew Up
The API now serves the same intelligence our dashboard uses — spots you need, POTA parks, and achievements — so the apps you already use can build on it.
Built for Your Biggest Logbook
We rebuilt the mobile data engine for large logbooks: a fast first download, then it stays current in the background. Built with our heaviest-logbook members.
More Than a Logbook in Your Pocket: the Redesigned Mobile App
Our biggest mobile app redesign ships this month. It demonstrates real-time sync of your whole record — but it's really a communication tool that brings your QSLs, achievements, and team activity to you.
From Achievements to Guidance: Where DxQSO Is Heading
A look over the horizon: combining the live state of the bands with your personal operating profile to tell you what YOU need to know.
Your Phone (and Inbox) Tells You: Real-Time Operating Alerts
A flexible alerts framework that turns DxQSO's understanding of how you operate into timely, personal nudges — to your phone and your email — so you stop checking.
Open by Design: the DxQSO API for Logbook & App Developers
An open front door for other ham radio apps to build on the same connected record — the platform play behind why DxQSO is a system, not another logbook.
Share Your On-Air Activity & Achievements With People Who Get It
Share your real-time operating activity and QSL-based achievements with your club, team, and chosen DxSocial friends — collaboration, not broadcasting.
Manage Your LoTW Certificates & Stations From Any Browser
Once DX-TQSL backs them up to the cloud, your LoTW certificates and station locations are yours to reach and manage from any device.
DxSocial: A Private Home for Your Club
Give your club a private space for discussions, files, and photos — the foundation for bringing your members' real-time on-air life together.
Know Where You Stand: Automatic QSL Achievements
DxQSO keeps score for you — DXCC, WAS, grids — from confirmed QSLs across all your logbooks, and tells you the moment a new one lands.
Never Lose Your LoTW Certificate Again — DX-TQSL Cloud Backup
DX-TQSL securely backs up your LoTW certificates and station locations to the cloud, so a dead drive never costs you your LoTW identity again.
Capture Every Contact Automatically: the Network Listener
The best log entry is the one you never make. The Network Listener captures contacts in real time from the N1MM-UDP software you already use.
A Faster, Cleaner View of Your Whole Operating Life on the Web
Not a new logbook — a faster, clearer browser window onto your one living record, unifying every logbook and source you already use.
Faster, Real-Time Sync: Why We Rebuilt the Data Engine
The least glamorous work we do is the foundation everything else stands on. So we rebuilt the engine that keeps your record live.
Two-Way QRZ Sync — Keep Your QRZ Logbook, Add the Alerts
New contacts flow up to QRZ.com and confirmations flow back down into DxQSO automatically — so your QSLs find you instead of you checking.
Upload POTA Contacts to LoTW and QRZ From Your Phone
Server-side submission connects your existing field log to LoTW and QRZ automatically — your park activations are confirming before you've packed up.
DxQSO.net and DxQSO iOS version updated
The v2 web app and mobile 1.1 — stations, dark mode, direct LoTW upload, and instant QSL alerts.
DxQSO Update Coming Soon!
A preview of Version 1: new UI, dark mode, DX-TQSL without LoTW, and push notifications for new QSLs.
Calling all beta testers
An invitation to help test DxQSO across logbook apps and mobile platforms.
DxQSO: Our Focus
Our mission — empower the logging apps you already use, improve the LoTW experience, and sync your logbook everywhere in real time.
Why DxQSO?
The origin story — from an LoTW 2.0 prototype to a realtime, cloud-based platform for amateur radio.
Ham Radio Has Been A Blessing
A personal note from Steve, N1EZ — a ham since 1977 — on what the hobby has meant to his life and career.