Using DxQSO with MacLoggerDX
MacLoggerDX is the Mac operator's logger, and Mac operators are used to being an afterthought. Keep using it — DxQSO is a cloud service and a mobile app, so it does not care what your shack computer runs.
The good news about certificates
MacLoggerDX uses TQSL's single-step sign and upload: TQSL signs your contacts and sends them to LoTW in one action, with nothing left on disk.
That matters, because it means DX-TQSL can carry your contacts to LoTW with no callsign certificate at all. Certificates are needed to produce a signed file; when signing and uploading happen together, that step does not arise. For a lot of operators, the certificate is the thing that kept them off LoTW entirely.
How your log reaches DxQSO
- Through LoTW and QRZ. Upload as you already do; DxQSO connects to the same accounts and reads the confirmations back.
- By ADIF, exported from MacLoggerDX.
- Through the Network Listener, if you run SmartSDR, SDR Control or another application that emits N1MM UDP broadcasts — common in Mac remote-operating setups.
- Through the public API.
What you get
Your logbook on iPhone and iPad, confirmation alerts wherever you are, award tracking across DXCC, WAS, VUCC and FFMA, the CQ awards and the DX Marathon, and club standings on DxSocial.
What DxQSO does not do
- It is not a logging program. There is no contest keyer, no rig control, no macros. Log where you log.
- It does not need to sit between you and LoTW. Upload however you already upload; DxQSO reads the results.
- It does not merge your confirmation sources. LoTW and QRZ are kept as two labeled sets, because ARRL awards accept one of them and not the other.
Common questions
Do I have to change how I log?
No. That is the whole point.
Does DxQSO upload to LoTW for me?
It does not need to. If you would like an easier path to LoTW, that is what DX-TQSL is for.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. Connect a logbook source and the core features are free.
LoTW® is a registered trademark of the American Radio Relay League. DxQSO is not affiliated with or endorsed by the ARRL. Worked All Zones, WPX and the DX Marathon are awards of CQ Amateur Radio. DxQSO is not affiliated with or endorsed by CQ.