A "Now" setting lets you see what's on the air right now with automatic schedule refresh hourly. Integration with optional Afreet Band Master helps you find amateur ham stations to monitor. Its graphical interface indicates whether to monitor a station for a verified country per band or across bands. When your radio reports a mode of SSB, you can change the mode to log the actual digital mode.
This will come in very handy when we discuss reports later. I wanted to get a feel for how easy entering information was into the program.
My guess was that my handwritten log would be considerably easier. I was actually pretty surprised. By the time I heard the station slogan and call letters, all I had to do was complete my notes and add the ending time. On the contrary, it was easier Scan it and keep an image of it in your logbook! I used to sit for hours, counting manually every contact on a hand-drawn chart that showed every statistical category I wanted to track.
DXtreme takes care of that for me! In a matter of seconds, I can run exportable reports that will show me performance and data from any field that can be tracked in my log entries. I can tell you how many graveyard stations I have logged on kHz from the state of Georgia. If you have entered it into your log, the report package has a way to manipulate the data to show you just about anything you want. The DX Atlas integration is way better than I had expected; absolutely seamless.
I particularly like the configuration options for how the maps are displayed. There isn't a better logging program and I've tried a few. The program contains example script templates to auto generate a reception report, complete with program details.
The templates are fairly easy to understand, and there are samples in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. HTML can also be generated for a more visually appealing email. Corresponding log entries are updated, giving you the opportunity to check out the propagation metrics on some of your better DX catches. This was fairly straightforward.
To produce this report, I used the report screen to request that All Classes be shown and to sort the report by date. Then, under Fields, I selected those column headings that I wanted on the printed report. The report is generated using Internet Explorer, but the program is also configurable to use Firefox, or most any other browser.
You can then print the report, if desired. It is easy to use, the help system is well documented, and I cannot say enough about [DXtreme Software owner] Bob Raymond's responsiveness acting on my desire to [include] an import utility [with the program]. I bought your software in late December a Christmas present to help me find stations with the new radio I got for my birthday earlier in the year.
Don't let looks deceive you, this software has many, many features and, in my opinion, is the best available! If you couldn't tell by my excitement, Reception Log works fine! It has always met my logging needs, and has never let me down. After loading my logs for the new year, all I can say is so far it works great! Thank you for the great and prompt service.
Users can also display a larger, resizable Last Log Entries window. A Properties window lets users change the order of columns, the number of log entries to display, and the font and color attributes of grids and other program components, such as: Content Tabs for describing the content monitored, Script Editor for creating and editing scripts, Direct Tune interface for tuning radios, and Comments for typing ad hoc comments.
Reporting Reception Users can create customized paper and e-mail reception reports for sending to stations plus club report entries for reporting catches to clubs and magazines.
When users add or display a log entry, Monitor Log 12 prepares a post announcing their DX catch and displays it on the Social Media Post tab. From there, users can drag the post to their favorite social media web sites to share their catch with others. Using the Script Editor window, users can create and edit scripts that format reception reports, eReports, and social media posts to their liking. The software prompts users to select the script they want to use.
Dozens of scripts come with Monitor Log Imaging Improv Imaging lets users associate ad hoc images with log entries using Capture,Scan, and Clipboard functions.
We've pre-populated the Links menu with suggested sites. The Monitor Log window is the first window you encounter when you start the program, with Station the first tab. The Station tab lets you log introductory information about the station you've heard. For example, you can enter the:. With a supported SDR application or Afreet Omni-Rig configured on your computer, Monitor Log 12 obtains the frequency and mode from your receiver and displays them in the Frequency, Band, and Mode area when you start a log entry.
The remainder of the software uses kHz as the official unit of measure. Monitor Log 12 remembers the last option button selected.
For more precise logging of modes, you can edit the Mode field. For example, say you've received a utility station transmitting in one of those exotic digital modes. Clicking OK with the Monitor Log window on any tab sends the request to the displayed account. The short-path bearing appears continuously; the long-path bearing appears as a pop-up when you mouse-over the field.
If the coordinates of a station are not known to Monitor Log 12 , bearing and distance to the station's indicated country appear. Monitor Log 12 uses station coordinates to display bearings, maps, and propagation information. When specifying a country and tabbing out of the Country field, the program obtains default coordinates from the Countries module, which indicate the geographical center of the country.
Precise coordinates of the actual transmitter site can be obtained instead by starting a log entry from an Aoki or FCC AM schedule in the Schedule Checker. Unlike EiBi schedules, these schedules list the latitudes and longitudes of most transmitter sites. Another way to obtain the latitude and longitude of a transmitter site is to enter the name of an ITU-registered transmitter site in the Tx Site field.
You can do so manually, or you can click the ITU code to look up the transmitter site in the Transmitter Sites module.
The Transmitter Sites module performs a Find operation based on the country and lets you navigate to the site you want. When you arrive at the desired site, click Send Data to Log Entry.
When you anticipate specifying much of the same information over several log entries, a Keep? The Address tab lets you enter the postal and Internet addresses of each station you've heard. You enter this information once because Monitor Log 12 can recall it each time you log the same station.
If desired, you can drag and drop, or copy and paste, address information from a Web-based station lookup page. When you subscribe to HamQTH. The address information appears in paper reception reports, electronic reception reports, and address labels.
Monitor Log 12 uses the coordinates to calculate bearing and distance from your QTH to that of the station monitored.
For Reception Reports , you can specify whether you've sent a report. You can also specify the:. For eQSL. Monitor Log 12 sets the following fields automatically when the eQSL. If you have, you can scan, capture, or import it and specify the: Date you received the QSL. Method the station used to send the QSL to you air mail, surface mail, e-mail, and so on. Signer of the QSL. Name of the file that contains an image of the QSL. An arrow button at the top-right of the viewing area lets you expand and contract the width of the display, so you can see more of your larger QSLs.
It includes:. When you click or "Tab" to the Content tab in the top row of tabs on the Monitor Log window, focus is applied to the Details box, the Start and End boxes populate automatically with the start and end times specified on the Station tab, and Content Tab 1 is relabeled with those same start and end times.
You can type up to characters per Details box. The number of characters remaining displays at the lower right within each tab. For this product summary example, you'll spread your content details across two tabs. When you have finished typing content details for Content Tab 1 , you click or "Tab" to the End box and type the end time for the details you wrote say, , Tab to the Quality box and accept or change the signal quality for the time interval, and "Tab" to the Language box and accept or change the language of the content heard.
Next you click Content Tab 2 or if you prefer, "Tab" repeatedly until Content Tab 1 has the focus again and press the Right Arrow on your keyboard to move to Content Tab 2. The cursor is now in the next Details box and the following events occur: Content Tab 1 is now labeled with the Start time and the modified End time as specified within its tab.
The Start box displays the end time from Content Tab 1. The End box displays the end time specified on the Station tab. Content Tab 2 is now labeled with the Start and End times specified within its tab. Within the Details box, you type content details for the next program.
When you have finished typing details for Content Tab 2 , you click or "Tab" to the Quality box and accept or change the signal quality for this time interval. Of course, if you were to write content details on another tab , you would also adjust the End Time as you did in Content Tab 1. To generate or compose a summary, click or "Tab" to Summary and double-click the Generate hyperlink.
The software inserts into the Summary field keywords summarizing the content you wrote in the Details fields of the previous Content Tabs. It is likely you'll want to edit the summarized version. You can generate or type up to characters in the Summary field. The number of characters remaining displays at the lower right. Also, if desired, you can double-click the Keywords hyperlink to drag-and-drop or copy and paste into the Summary field detail or summary keywords from the Content Detail-Summary Keywords Lookup window.
The text in the Summary field populates the [content-summary] log variable, which can be used in scripts of any kind but especially in those used to create club report entries to provide summarized versions of the content heard. Other log variables provide the Start , End , Details , and Quality information from the corresponding fields of the Content tabs.
Note: If you prefer to write content details on the resizeable Content Editor window, you can click the button at the lower right of any selected Content tab. If desired, you can change the look and feel of the Details and Summary fields and the Content Editor by clicking the Option button in one of the toolbars highlighted in yellow in the following screen shot. The Comments tab has a single field that lets you enter additional information about each log entry.
The Comments field can accommodate up to characters. You can change foreground and background colors and fonts and font sizes, if desired, to increase readability. Each User Defined Fields tab has 11 fields you can define and use to enter and track information important to you.
You define UDFs on the Preferences window described later. You can also label the caption of each UDF tab. The window above shows replacing Doublet antenna entries with the more traditional Dipole.
The Improv image associated above is a screenshot of the first Shortwave Radiogram broadcast. The images you associate can be signals on a spectrum analyzer or waterfall, screen captures of digital applications, and more.
Anything you desire. An asterisk appears in the Improv Imaging tab when an Improv image is associated with a displayed log entry. If desired, you can display a c o l o r f u l grid on the Monitor Log window that shows up to of the most recent log entries. Double-clicking a row in the grid displays its log entry in the Monitor Log window, and right-clicking the grid brings up a shortcut menu that lets you sort records and access other functions.
The grid can be placed above or below the tabbed set of fields on the Monitor Log window. You can also resize the grid columns and scroll horizontally to columns that do not appear initially. You can make the grid disappear and reappear by re-sizing the Monitor Log window.
This window has all of the functions of the Last Log Entries grid and can be much wider and longer. You can display the grid and the window together or separately. Most fields on the Monitor Log window are drop-down list box fields that make entering consistent data easy.
These fields are populated with list items you maintain in Monitor Log 12 's maintenance modules described later. The toolbar lets you quickly and conveniently access the functions used most often. Com searches, for example, when searching for Amateur stations. You can also perform these searches from the Schedule Checker toolbar and other places. A Preferences setting lets you choose whether to track zones.
Automatic CQ or ITU zone selection occurs when you add a log entry for a country that has one zone assigned. If multiple zones are assigned to a country, the range of possible zones appears in the microhelp panel on the Monitor Log window to guide your selection.
Improv Imaging. Using Improv Imaging , you can Capture from your screen, Scan from your image scanner, or Paste from the Clipboard any image you want to associate with a displayed log entry. The image can be a single-page. You can also browse your PC for a. For example, you can use Improv Imaging to associate the following kinds of images with your log entries:.
Associating Improv images with log entries begins on the Improv Imaging tab of the Monitor Log window. Type a file name in the File box, or click the gear button to generate a file name, and when you press Enter on your keyboard or click the adjacent execute button, a command box pops up prompting you to Capture , Scan , or Paste an image as an alternative, a browse button near the File box lets you associate an image already on your PC.
After you perform one of those tasks, the Improv Imaging application described in the next section launches automatically. When you close the Improv Imaging application, the Improv image appears in the Preview Improv Image display on the Improv Imaging tab, where you can preview the Improv images associated with your log entries any time you want to.
As stated, when you associate an Improv image with a log entry, the Improv Imaging application launches automatically, showing you the full image, giving you the opportunity to work with it. Perhaps you want to add additional image pages, or print or annotate the image, etc. When you close the Improv Imaging application, the Improv image appears in the Preview Improv Image display on the Improv Imaging tab of the Monitor Log window, where, as stated earlier, you can preview the Improv images associated with your log entries any time you want to.
If you associate a rather large image like the screenshot shown , you can click the Application button to see the image full-screen in the re-sizeable Improv Imaging application again you can work with it again, too, if desired. The Imaging tab lets you set desired properties for your Improv and other image files. To provide our users with a robust logging program that also provides a degree of rig control, Monitor Log 12 integrates with optional Afreet Omni-Rig and popular Software Defined Radio SDR applications for rig control of supported radios.
At the time of this writing, these programs are available on the web, free for enthusiast use. Refer to the SDR Application's web site for software downloads and support of their software. Monitoring Amateur Radio ham operators is growing in popularity. And in that spirit, Monitor Log 12 includes features that make it fun to monitor hams the world over. In the Finding Station s section of this data sheet, we described Monitor Log 12's integration with optional Afreet Band Master 1 , which helps you find hams to monitor.
Included also is integration with optional call sign lookup services, such as HamQTH.
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