Version 5 News and History
This page briefly documents Changes and New Functions added to the various releases.
This version includes the following corrections/enhancements:
NEW: Special for LLOTA HUNTERS!: Swisslog checks every minute the current LLOTA activators from the LLOTA website (https://llota.app/api/public/spots). This offers the following very interesting features:
Added LLOTA statistic on field Diploma 20 and an option to update the reference list from the official LLOTA website.
Add QSO: LLOTA field will be automatically filled out if callsign is found in the list of current LLOTA activators.
DX message and Band Map windows: you can add the LLOTA statistic to know current status of this award for spots in realtime. No need that LLOTA reference is included in the spot comment to know this! LLOTA reference is automatically added in the spot details on Band Maps.
WSJT-X Band Maps: LLOTA reference is automatically added in the spot details. You can also use a specific LLOTA band map to quickly and easily monitor if there are LLOTA references and if you need them or not.
Statistc Quick Views: use a specific LLOTA statistic quick view to know which bands/modes you have worked/confirmed a LLOTA reference (or if you need it) after entering a call in the Add QSO window or by clicking on a callsign from Dx windows or Band Maps.
This option is enabled by default. If you don't work LLOTA you can disable it in Options / Query LLOTA Activators.
NEW: Unicode support in the following fields: Operator, QTH, QTH-Name, Callbook fields and Notes. Now you can enter and display properly international characters (Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, etc.) and symbols. If you are reading data from QRZ/QRZCQ (which supports Unicode) these data was saved as ????? in the database. When entering QSOs from previously worked stations or updating data from internet databases in logbook views (QRZ or QRZCQ only), now Swisslog will automatically replace the garbage data by the proper characters in the Operator and QTH fields and also fields in the Callbook table. NOTE: for technical limitations these characters will be still displayed in Logbooks views or listings as ???? although data is properly saved in the database. Symbols are not working in the Note field neither
NEW: Support for FT2, RIBBIT_PIX and RIBBIT_SMS: added new modes and adapted ADIF import/export function to fulfill the new requirements in ADIF specs 3.1.17
NEW: CW Interfaces: added an option to select "None" if no CW Decoder software is going to be used.
Greatly IMPROVED: Tools > Update Award Info (Internet): Code has been deeply rewritten and optimized. Updating ALL lists now takes about 3 minutes only! Previously took about 1 hour!!
Added: "Print / Display 0 with a bar": Callsign field in the Register QSL Card and Callbook windows now shows zero with bar if this function is enabled.
Corrected: QSO Entry: Violation error OLEAUT32.DLL when saving QSO.
Corrected: QSO Entry: if user checked "Do not set mode from TX" and added a callsign from the DX window, this setting was disabled.
Corrected: QSO Entry: The Clear diploma fields button didn't worked well under some scenarios and some values remained.
Corrected: QSO Entry, entering EA awards references for EA stations: when you have worked many times the same station from different locations, another QTH-Name profile was selected automatically, erasing or changing the just entered reference.
Corrected: Register QSL Cards: if user enabled "Automatically set the QSL Action to" the action was not set if QSL Received/Sent was already 1.
Corrected: Logbook views > Export QSOs: when using filters typed in lowercase or using wildcards there were no QSOs to be exported.
Corrected: MRP40 logging: band was left blank when logging a contact on 13cm band (QO-100) using the transceiver control.
Enhanced: MRP40 logging: if user don't set any RST sent/received in the MRP40 Minilog, Swisslog assumes 599 in both fields.
Changed: Logbook views: improved use of wildcards.
This version includes the following corrections/enhancements:
This version includes the following corrections/enhancements:
NEW: Transceiver control window: custom buttons can be now set as double action button to allow send a command when the button is active (pressed) or inactive (unpressed).
NEW: Pivot tables: user can now add a custom filter (in SQL format) by editing the PVT file with a text editor. This is VERY USEFUL to select the QSOs for a specific year or range of dates. For instance: if you want to select the QSOs from a certain year you need to add the following line:
CustomFilter=YEAR(L_DATE) = 2023
Or a range of dates:
CustomFilter=L_DATE >= #2025-01-01# AND L_DATE <= #2025-01-31#
NEW: Spanish Regions (Comarcas) awards: Now when entering a DME reference in a EA station which belongs to Catalunya, Andalucia, Aragon, Valencia, Galicia or Castilla-La Mancha regions, the SUB-REGION field (Comarca) will be filled automatically.
NEW: Special for hunters of the Spanish Regions (Comarcas) awards: in the Tools menu there is a function to set the TPEA and Region (comarca) automatically from DME reference.
Corrected: Transceiver control for Yaesu and Kenwood: optimized to be used along other CAT software at once using VSPE to avoid conflicts or sudden Swisslog shutdown.
Corrected: Transceiver control for HRD: improved S-Meter and Tx Power readings. Mode list is adapted automatically to the selected transceiver if ICOM, Kenwood or Yaesu.
Corrected: Pivot tables: when selecting a MyQTH the following error occured and table was not displayed: Microsoft Database Engine can't recognise My_QTHID as a valid field or expression.
Corrected: Membership panel: the online query used to know if an Argentinean station is RCA member didn't worked. RCA changed the format of the response.
Corrected: Callbook databases: QTH locator were not copied into the QTH locator field under certain scenarios.
Corrected: HRDLog upload: QSOs were marked as uploaded even if an error occurred (such a wrong Upload Code).
Deleted: Membership panel: the online query to know if a French station is REF member has been deleted. REF has disabled this service for violation of EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
This version includes the following corrections/enhancements:
NEW: TCI: added support for Thetis software 2.10.3.11 or higher. This allows to show spots in panorama with extended data including Comments, Spotter, Beaming, Continent, Country Name and spot age.
LoTW synch > No QSOs uploaded after LoTW mainteinance. The signed and compressed GZip TQ8 file generated by Swisslog was rejected by the LoTW system after their mainteinance performed from 27th June to 5th July. After being in close contact with the LoTW developers they discovered that this file, which was properly accepted by LoTW for almost 30 years, now raised a CRC error. Seems that last GZip version installed in the LoTW system is more strict than the old version which allowed some kind of errors decompressing the file. Thanks to the good predisposition from the LoTW developers they reverted this change temporarily until I could fix this issue. Fortunately, I have been able to implement a new GZip compressor in the compiler which solves this issue.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: All users MUST upgrade to version 5.113 not later than 31st August!. From 1st September LoTW will reject again all QSOs uploads made from Swisslog versions prior to 5.113.
WSJT-X Band Maps: band maps where data source was any of the 5 Log QSO instances, showed statistic status as if it was the band from the main instance.
This version includes the following corrections/enhancements:
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Last modified:
16 abr. 2026