WSJT-X put more contacts into more logbooks than anything else in modern amateur radio. It is also, by design, a minimal logger — it makes contacts and writes them down, and everything else is somebody else's job.
DxQSO is happy to be somebody else's job. Keep running WSJT-X exactly as you do.
How your FT8 and FT4 contacts reach DxQSO
- Through LoTW and QRZ. However you get WSJT-X contacts uploaded — directly, through a companion logger, or through TQSL — DxQSO reads the confirmations back from the same accounts.
- By ADIF. WSJT-X keeps an ADIF log. Upload it, or upload the export from whichever program you feed.
- Through the Network Listener, if the program you pair with WSJT-X emits N1MM UDP broadcasts.
A note on modes
Digital modes are where mode labelling gets genuinely confusing, and it affects awards. FT4 is a mode in LoTW's vocabulary but a submode of MFSK in the ADIF standard, and how a contact is labelled changes which award family it counts toward. DxQSO tracks what your confirmations actually say rather than guessing, and where a distinction cannot be made from the record, it says so instead of inventing one.
What you get
- Grid tracking for VUCC and FFMA, which is where a lot of FT8 operating ends up pointing.
- Confirmation alerts the moment something lands, with what it moved.
- Award standing across DXCC, WAS, the CQ awards and the Marathon.
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.
