Preferences

PyQSO user preferences are stored in a configuration file located at ~/.config/pyqso/preferences.ini, where ~ denotes the user’s home directory.

General

Under the General tab, the user can choose to:

  • always show the toolbox (see the Toolbox section) when PyQSO is started

  • display yearly logbook statistics on the Summary page when a logbook is opened (see figure:summary)

  • keep the Add Record dialog window open after a new QSO is added, in preparation for the next QSO

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    The Summary page which appears after a logbook is opened. This presents some basic logbook statistics.

View

Not all the available fields have to be displayed in the logbook. The user can choose to hide a subset of them by unchecking them in the View tab. PyQSO must be restarted in order for any changes to take effect.

ADIF

PyQSO currently supports the NOTES field in the ADIF specification, but not the COMMENTS field. When a user imports a log in ADIF format, they can choose to merge any existing text in the COMMENTS field with the NOTES field by checking the ‘merge’ checkbox. This way, no information in the COMMENTS field is discarded during the import process.

Records

The records tab allows users to choose if the UTC timezone is used when autocompleting the date and time fields, and whether the band should be automatically determined from the frequency field. Default values for the Power, Mode, and Submode fields can also be specified here.

Callsign lookup

The user can enter their login details to access the qrz.com or hamqth.com database and perform callsign lookups. Note that these details are currently stored in plain text (unencrypted) format.

If the Ignore callsign prefixes and/or suffixes box is checked, then PyQSO will perform the callsign lookup whilst ignoring all prefixes (i.e. anything before a preceding “/” in the callsign) and the suffixes “P”, “M”, “A”, “PM”, “MM”, “AM”, and “QRP”. For example, if the callsign to be looked up is EA3/MYCALL/P, only MYCALL will be looked up. If you get ‘Callsign not found’ errors, try enabling this option.

Hamlib support

PyQSO features rudimentary support for the Hamlib library. The name and path of the radio device connected to the user’s computer can be specified in the Hamlib tab of the preferences dialog. Upon adding a new record to the log, PyQSO will use Hamlib to retrieve the current frequency that the radio device is set to and automatically fill in the Frequency field.