SkookumLogger Downloads

Release 5.2 (40100)

Beta 5.3 (40108)

Release Notes

See History for previous release notes.

5.3 (40108) Beta 2025-04-22

Add support for DVR message play for IC-705, IC-7300, IC-7610, IC-7850 and IC-9700.

Rework DXSpider login in logic to handle possible need to supply password.

Ignore spotted calls ending in "/B".

Handle calendar mode types "(not specified)"and "75 Baud RTTY".

Fix: DX Cluster Log In button label wasn't always being initialized. Thanks AI6W.

5.3 (40107) Beta 2025-04-14

Add Speak Next Serial command to Log menu.

Prevent Gatekeeper from blocking access to .cbr and .adi files exported by SL. Does not apply to files exported before this release.

Use DXSpider nodes instead of AR-Cluster nodes for all SkookumLogger DX Cluster features, as described in the updated Guide.

Fix: QSOs were not per-band in Swedish Monthly Test. Thanks SE6S.

5.3 (40106) Beta 2025-04-01

Add support for IC-775.

Fix calendar end times like 23:59 causing contest durations one minute too short.

Elide "DE" in comment field of spots when forming Info field of Activities.

Add "Beep when call is a duplicate" Logging option, with off as default.

Reinstate support for IC-703, IC-706 MKIIG, IC-756, IC-9100.

5.3 (40105) Beta 2025-03-22

Fix handling of DX QSOs in Virginia QSO Party Inside Virginia. Thanks W2RU.

Fix poll rate calculation bug introduced in 40103 affecting serial connections to ICOM radios.

Fix ICOM radio name mismatches that caused crashes.

Use per-radio default baud rates for ICOM radios, replacing the change in 40103.

Guide: Add a section discussing ICOM radio settings in the Radios chapter.

5.3 (40104) Beta 2025-03-18

Map calendar Feld Hell mode to CabrilloCategoryModeNameData.

Fix 1T2R VFO swapping for KX2/KX3.

Fix tracking of Elecraft subreceiver on/off state.

5.3 (40103) Beta 2025-03-09

Support WAEDC in practice mode.

Set the Log Due Date displayed in Time Tracker to "distant future" when due date isn't available.

Guide: Update Time Tracker discussions to include 8-day calendar.

Guide: Update relevant Help menu items to refer to WA7BNM sub-menu items.

Guide: Update list of contests supported in Practice mode.

Prevent overwriting required fields in internal database with empty data from 8-day calendar download.

Bump calendar finish date string ending in "59" seconds by one second to prevent strange durations in Time Tracker and missing last row in statistic reports tables. Caused by silly ARRL rule that contest ends at 2359. Thanks JH5GHM.

Handle single-mode calendar events for FSK and PSK.

Change baud rate for all Icom radios from 115200 to 19200. Thanks W7BKS.

5.3 (40102) Beta 2025-02-26

Fix voice keyer PTT lag with ICOM radios, reported by JA1BJI.

Fall back to most-recently downloaded calendar data when download fails.

Use calendar "mode" item to set mode for new logs.

Add support for displaying log due date in Time Tracker.

Fix crash in handling of 8-day calendar events. Thanks WU4G.

5.3 (40101) Beta 2025-02-21

Update qso points computation for WRTC 2026. The rule has returned to that used in prior events.

Re-enable Practice QSK mixer, which had been completely disabled.

Disable Soft Receive Bandpass setting when practice is active.

Add Practice mode support for CQ WPX.

Add power multiplier in score calculation for Stew Perry, Colorado QP, Delaware QP, Florida QP, Kentucky QP, MarylandDC QP, New Jersey QP, New Mexico QP, Vermont QP, Wisconsin QP.

Add WA7BNM access to 8-day calendar data, updated whenever SL starts. This leverages a new API created by Bruce. Thanks WA7BNM.

Known issue: SL does not yet handle contests with multiple sessions where dupes and mults start over for each session.

Fixed 1T2R Practice, which was very broken: