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QSL Management Overview

Wavelog handles both sides of QSLing:

  • Electronic confirmations — synchronising your log with online services such as Logbook of the World, eQSL.cc, Club Log, QRZ.com, HRDLog.net and the QO-100 Dx Club.
  • Paper QSL — collecting QSL requests, queueing them and printing labels or full postcards.

This page explains the concepts that apply to all of them. The individual services and print workflows have their own pages.

The one rule for all online services

Wavelog does not download your log

Wavelog never downloads a full log from a third-party service. A QSO must already exist in your Wavelog logbook. The services are only used to exchange confirmations for QSOs you have logged yourself.

Once a confirmation for a logged QSO has been fetched, a green down-pointing arrow appears next to the QSO in the logbook.

If you want to get QSOs into Wavelog, use ADIF import or one of the integrations instead.

Where to find things in the menu

Menu Entry What it does
Logbook View QSL Cards Gallery of scanned paper cards you uploaded — see Confirmations & Cards
Logbook View eQSL Cards Gallery of eQSL card images fetched from eQSL.cc
Logbook View last confirmations Filterable list of incoming confirmations across all services
User menu OQRS Requests Incoming OQRS requests, with a badge showing open ones
User menu QSL Queue The print queue for paper QSLs
User menu Labels Label and paper type setup
User menu QSL Postcard Designer The postcard designer
User menu Third-Party Services Submenu with LoTW, eQSL, HRDLog, QRZ, QO-100 Dx Club, Club Log and (if enabled) DCL

Service overview

Service Upload QSOs Download confirmations Card images Configured in
Logbook of the World yes (certificate) yes (username/password) no User profile + certificate upload
eQSL.cc yes yes yes User profile + station location nickname
Club Log yes yes no User profile
QRZ.com Logbook yes yes no Station location (API key)
HRDLog.net yes no no Station location (username + API key)
QO-100 Dx Club yes no no Station location (API key)
DCL yes not yet no Per-user DCL key, disabled by default

Credentials live in two different places depending on the service:

  • User profile (User menu -> Edit profile -> Third Party Services): LoTW, eQSL.cc and Club Log — one set of credentials for the whole account.
  • Station location (Station Setup -> edit location): QRZ.com, HRDLog.net, QO-100 Dx Club and the eQSL QTH nickname — configured per location, because these services distinguish between your operating locations.

QSL status fields

Every QSO carries a QSL sent and a QSL received status. These refer to the paper QSL; each online service tracks its own status separately.

QSL sent

Value Meaning
N No — nothing sent
Y Yes — card sent
R Requested — someone asked for a card; the QSO appears in the QSL Queue
Q Queued — the QSO was put into the queue for printing
I Ignore — the QSO is excluded from QSLing

QSL received

Value Meaning
N No
Y Yes — card received
R Requested
I Invalid (ignore)
V Verified (match)

Note

Only R and Q put a QSO into the QSL Queue. Everything that gets printed from the queue is set to Y afterwards.

Where you set them

  • QSO form — the QSL section when adding or editing a QSO, including the QSL via and QSL message fields.
  • Logbook grid — the small QSL buttons on a QSO row set received, sent, requested or ignore directly, including the method used (bureau, direct, ...).
  • Logbook Advanced — mass edit for changing many QSOs at once.
  • ADIF import/export — the mark as uploaded to ... checkboxes.
  • The sync jobs themselves — each service marks its own QSOs as sent/confirmed on success.

Scheduling the sync jobs

All up- and downloads run as background jobs. Manage them in Admin -> Cron Jobs (the Cronmanager), where each job can be enabled, rescheduled and run manually:

Job Purpose Default schedule
lotw_lotw_upload Upload to and download from LoTW hourly
eqsl_sync Upload to and download from eQSL.cc every 6 h
clublog_upload Upload to Club Log every 6 h
qrz_upload / qrz_download QRZ.com Logbook every 6 h
hrdlog_upload Upload to HRDLog.net every 6 h
sync_dcl Upload to DCL daily, disabled

All of these are disabled by default — enable the ones you need.

Note

The Cronmanager itself needs to be triggered by the system cron of your server. See Cron Jobs for the setup.