Using DxQSO with OpsLog

OpsLog is a well-made logger with a devoted user base, and this page exists for exactly one reason: to say that using DxQSO does not mean giving it up.

Certificates: the easy case

OpsLog uses TQSL's single-step sign and upload — TQSL signs your contacts and sends them to LoTW in one action.

Because of that, DX-TQSL can take your contacts to LoTW without a callsign certificate. Certificates are required to produce a signed file; when the signing and the upload happen together, that requirement does not arise. If certificates are what has kept you from using LoTW, this is the route around it.

How your log reaches DxQSO

Through LoTW and QRZ. Connect the accounts once; DxQSO reads your confirmations back around the clock.
By ADIF, exported from OpsLog.
Through the public API, which is open, and the invitation to integrate directly is a standing one.

What you get

Your logbook on your phone, an alert when a contact is confirmed and what it moved, 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.