Version 1.1.0

The v1.1.0 release of PyQSO features better support for satellite contacts.

• ADIF fields such as SAT_NAME, SAT_MODE and GRIDSQUARE are now included.
• Maidenhead grid squares can be shown on the world map, with worked grid squares shaded purple.
• Station locations can be pinpointed using the new right-click popup menu.
• Basic QSO copy/paste functionality has also been added.

See the CHANGELOG.md file for a full list of changes.

This release has been tested on Linux Mint 18.3 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 17.10.1 (64-bit).

Version 1.0.0

The v1.0.0 release of PyQSO contains several major bug fixes, significant performance improvements, and interface updates (in particular, most of the interface's layout is now defined in a Glade file). Additional features include:

• Support for exporting logs in Cabrillo format.
• Option to enter the QSO frequency in Hz, kHz, MHz or GHz.
• QTH (station location) pin-pointing on the grey line map.
• Automatically retrieve Mode information using Hamlib.
• Record counter.

See the CHANGELOG.md file for a full list of changes.

This release has been tested on Linux Mint 18.1 (64-bit), Linux Mint 18.2 (64-bit), and Ubuntu 17.04 (64-bit).

Version 0.3

The v0.3 release of PyQSO contains several improvements and feature additions such as:

• Support for callsign lookups using the popular HamQTH.com database.
• Bookmarking of Telnet-based DX cluster servers.
• Porting of the codebase to Python 3, and various code cleanups.
• Up-to-date list of valid ADIF modes.
• Up-to-date list of valid ADIF bands and frequency ranges.

See the CHANGELOG.md file for a full list of changes.

Note that PyQSO configuration files are now written to ~/.config. Existing users should move their ~/pyqso.ini file to ~/.config/pyqso/preferences.ini.

This release has been tested on Linux Mint 17.3 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bit).

Version 0.2

The v0.2 release of PyQSO contains several important bug fixes, improvements to the user interface, and additions such as:

• The option of specifying default values for power and mode.
• Separate buttons for creating and opening logbook files.
• An 'insert current date and time' button, and the option to use UTC time.
• The option of ignoring callsign prefixes/suffixes when looking up a callsign (e.g. "MYCALL" would be extracted from "EA3/MYCALL/M").
• Migration of the documentation over to a Sphinx-based setup.
• Improved exception handling.

See the new CHANGELOG.md file for a full list of changes.

Version 0.1

This is the first production release of PyQSO. Several bugs that were present in the beta version (v0.1b) have now been fixed, and a few small enhancements have been introduced:

• The ADIF export functionality has been fixed. Previously, only markers were being written and the actual record data was being skipped.
• The 'Notes' column is no longer automatically resized.
• The BEL character is now handled properly in the DX cluster tool.
• QSOs can now be sorted in the correct chronological order.

Version 0.1 beta

This is the first beta version of PyQSO.