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I have multi-threaded the log loading and parsing, we now support over 450,000 QSO in memory with little to no lag once they have been parsed. The ‘Clear Log’ button is removed while we are processing logs in the background. It can take some time to parse large log files, be patient.
Unfortunately the Australian license database provided by the Australian government no longer provides a list of amateur callsigns, so we removed support for it.
This is a point release of all the work this year, there are many things still in the pipeline including the alert system refactor. Enough has changed that we feel it’s worth it.
Special Note
We are aware that GridTracker is not working on a Raspberry Pi 5 using Raspian distribution. A recent update of Raspian for Pi 4 is also reporting issues. We recommend you use the Ubuntu Pi distribution.
We want to thank K8ZM for discovering an anomaly in our QSO hashing function and bringing it to our attention before we released 0504 to a wider audience.
Change Log
May 12th
- System: Fixed bug in QSO unique hash algorithm
May 4th
- System: BIGCTY Update from April 29th (3D2CCC etc)
- Logging: Threaded log loading and parsing > 500,000 QSOs now supported in real-time
- Logging: Manual log loads automatically added to startup
- System: US database refactor
- Call Roster: Only US states and Canadian provinces recognized
- Award Tracker: Added RAC: Worked All North America
- Award Tracker: Added CQ Magazine: WAZ, US-CA, WPX
- Control Panel: Re-ordered buttons based on online/offline mode
- Control Panel: Moved ‘Award Layer’ button to ‘Map View Filters > Award’ drop-down list
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Windows Update!
Some Windows systems have refused to install GridTracker since version 1.23.1019. This was due
to our Linux build system using a broken windows packager. We have reverted to the previous
version of the packager. We will be moving away from Linux to build the windows package very soon
to avoid this kind of mess in the future. Our humble apologizes to all affected!
Special Notes
Because of a long standing issue with QSLs from different authorities such as LoTW and QRZ.com providing different locations (Grids, States and US Counties) we made the recommendation that you choose one confirmation source only.
This did not sit well with a few people (angry emails not withstanding)
We now solve this issue by letting you have as many confirmation sources as you like, however you must now delegate one QSL location authority in Settings → Logbook and the default is LoTW.
We recommend changing this to the authority you are chasing awards for.
“Other” is there in case you're using a logger where GT can't determine the source of the QSL from the log entry.
Version 1.23.1207 was set to “Last Loaded” which means whatever the last QSL loaded into GridTracker is the one it will use for location (Grid, State and US County).
As stated previously this does NOT affect your QSO/QSL counts. Just your Grid, State and US County counts.
We have also added “Working Grid(s)” support for those with QSOs from multiple grids. If you are using LoTW and enable this feature expect download times to double as we request more information and LoTW rate limits the download
Changelog
v1.24.0104 - Jan 3rd
- System - fixed database creation error on new installs
- Windows - NSIS installer reverted to 3.06.1-1
- System - Fixed bug in handling hamqth lookups
- Stats - DXCCs - Added confirmed band slot counts
- BIGCTY - Update from Dec 28th 2023
v1.23.1226 - Dec 26th 2024
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System – Improved Primary Administrative Area (State) detection
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System – Added Canadian and Australian callsign databases
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Map – Added ‘Worked All Canadian Provinces’ award layer (Key 9)
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POTA – Map marker updated when park worked
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Call Roster – Properly show POTA worked status
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Logbook – Filter QSO by grid “Working Grid(s)”
v1.23.1217 - Dec 17th
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BIGCTY - Update from December 15th
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System - Add QSO processing indicator
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System - QSL location authority selector added in Settings > Logbook
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Logbook Viewer - QSL sources added
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Call Roster - Added Grid to Watcher and Ignores
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Language - Updates to Chinese simplified and traditional translations
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Logging - DX Keeper grid bug workaround
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Special Notes
I noticed a long standing issue since day one of US State and County support.
In QSL reports where the confirmation authority (LoTW, QRZ) had corrected the Grid/State/County: GridTracker was not applying the correction to the QSO record internally in all cases.
This is no way affects your logs, just how we've been representing them.
GridTracker will now properly correct these elements internally but be advised; using two confirmation authorities can and does lead to conflicting results. Therefore it is suggested to only use one confirmation authority with GridTracker.
This affects all previous version, so not upgrading to the latest will yield inaccurate Grid, US State and US County confirmations.
Changelog
- BIGCTY - Update from December 5th
System - LoTW, eQSL and OQRS membership columns icon updated
System - Fixed major bug in how confirmation (QSL) records were handled
Call Roster - Returned non-slider based exceptions to the exceptions control area
Language - Updates to Chinese simplified and traditional translations
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Special Notes
We are fully aware the Audio Alerts and the Call Roster are not connected. The work done in this release allows us to work on that next. I doubt we will release anything for the rest of this year, unless there’s a serious issue that needs addressing. We hope to have the new Alert system in place by the end of January 2024.
With the new Call Roster Watcher, Exceptions and Ignore editors; we have removed the wanted Callsign Regex and in the Exceptions the “No Unknown DXCC”, “Only”, “No” and “Message Regex” as they have become redundant.
To ignore Unknown DXCC either add it in the Ignores settings or right-click the “UNKNOWN” DXCC in the roster when present and select “Ignore DXCC”.
To track “CQ VOTA” right-click it in the roster and “Add Watcher”
To ignore RTTY Roundup “CQ RU” right-click it in the roster and “Ignore CQ from All”
Changelog
- BIGCTY - Update from November 29th
- System - Returned LoTW, eQSL and OQRS membership columns to log entries
- System - Fixed initial install window sizes
- Logbook Viewer - Added DXCC reset view button
- Call Roster
- New “Move Column Right” added to right-click Column header
- Fixed handling of compound callsigns
- Fixed saving of Ignored CQ zones and ITU zones
- New Settings Button (Ctrl-S)
- New Callsign / Message Watcher (Ctrl-W or Ctrl-O)
- New Exceptions Settings (Ctrl-E)
- New Ignores Editor / Viewer (Ctrl-I)
- New Columns Editor (Ctrl-C)
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Changelog (November 12th, 2023)
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Language - Added Français and Italiano (Special thanks to HB9TIH and HB9SNR)
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Language - Added Español (Special thanks to KI2D and HI8O)
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DXCC - Renamed Macedonia to N. Macedonia
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System - Fixed 1.25m displaying as 125cm in English
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Award Tracker - Added ARRL VUCC
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BIGCTY - Update from November 3rd
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Map - Improved speed of mouse-over rendering and ordering
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Map - Grid headers show source (Logbook or Live)
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Call Roster - Fixed issue where Spot wasn’t populating correctly
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Rotor - All locations can now aim on ctrl-left-click when enabled
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POTA - Left-click a park (tree) on same band/mode will generate messages in WSJT-X
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Lookup - Added OAMS user to details
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Logging - Descriptive error if QRZ.com logging failure
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Logbook Viewer - Regex enabled callsign searching
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Settings - Logbook - New “Logbook Items Per Page” slider