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SD sets the standard for fast, simple logging and editing in the major international contests and in dozens of others worldwide. It is intended for single-op unassisted entries, and runs on Windows, from Win95 to Vista, and on Linux/Wine - with a console-mode (text) interface. Here's the line-up of SD contest loggers. SD - Most HF Contests, 162 templates supplied. SDI - RSGB IOTA Contest - Soapbox 2008 SDU - UBA Contest SDC - RSGB Commonwealth Contest SDV - Many VHF Contests SDX - DXpeditions & Special Events SD supports rig control, serial and parallel keying - and integrates with WinKey to eliminate CW timing issues caused by Windows - the WKUSB kit is recommended. microHAM's USB CW Keyer offers WinKey and level converters for rig control in a single package. SD offers instant "full-screen" editing of any QSO in your log. All SD's files, including the log, are ASCII and can be viewed with any text editor. Following any QSO edit, no matter how complex, SD checks your complete log for consistency, and instantly updates all relevant QSOs. This includes setting and unsetting dupe and multiplier flags, and updating area codes (zones), and points, in all QSOs as required. The information shown in the Summary Score window is correct at all times. Just try this on any other contest logger - and see the difference for yourself. SD is the only contest logger to offer the following features, in real-time, as you type individual callsign characters. There's no need to touch another key or memorise Ctrl-This or Alt-That. Dupe checking Country/Band analysis Check Partial by prefix Beam headings Advance flagging of potential multipliers Band/Mode analysis by callsign Linked database display Auto data insert (Zones and area codes) Countries Worked/Wanted by Continent

HF Contests SD offers direct support for the major international contests, and for most of the other events you're ever likely to try - including 7QP Alabama QSO Party All Asia All Austria 160m ARI ARI 40/80m ARI Sezioni Arkansas QSO Party ARRL 10m ARRL DX ARRL 160 ARRL Field Day Asia Pacific Sprint Baltic BCC QSO Party California QSO Party CIS DX Croatian CW CQ WW CQ WPX CQ 160 CQ-M DARC 10m DARC Field Day DARC XMAS Delaware QSO Party DXColombia Estonia Open HF EU HF Championship EU Sprint Florida QSO Party FOC Marathon GACW WWSA Georgia QSO Party Helvetia Contest Holyland Contest Hungarian DX IARU HF Illinois QSO Party INORC IRTS 80m Counties IRTS CW Field Day JIDX Keymens Club of Japan King of Spain Latvia Independence Day LZ DX LZ Open Marconi Memorial Michigan QSO Party Mid Atlantic QSO Party NAQP NEQP Nebraska QSO Party New Jersey QSO Party NRAU Baltic NRRL Fylkestest Oceania Ohio QSO Party OK-OM Oklahoma QSO Party Ontario QSO Party PACC Portugal Day PGA - Poland RAC Canada Day RAC Winter Contest RDA Contest REF RSGB 1.8 MHz RSGB 21/28 MHz RSGB AFS RSGB CC RSGB Field Day RSGB Low Power Field Day RSGB RoPoCo 2008-1 Russian DX SAC Salmon Run Seanet SEEAC SPDX Stew Perry Topband TOEC WW Grid UBA 80m Spring UBA FD CW UBA FD SSB UBA ON Contest UBA Winter Ukranian DX USKA Field Day Venezuela Independence Day WAE WAG YO DX YU DX YU HF Cup Yuri Gagarin DX and lots more . . . (162 templates and 128 multiplier reference files supplied). Get SD - 821 kb Get SDU - 641 kb Get SDC - 628 kb Soapbox comments about SDC for 2007 , 2008.

IOTA Contest SDI is recommended in the RSGB's IOTA Contest Rules, and is the only logger dedicated to this contest. No other logger compares for SO unassisted entries. SDI was the leading IOTA contest logger for the 14 years from 1993 to 2006 inclusive. Here are the recent stats. To do well in IOTA, you must work island stations because they're worth 5 times as many points. SDI sets the standard for instantly showing your band/mode status for island stations, and highlighting multiplier slots. Other loggers can't do this! Without exception, they're general-purpose contest loggers, with too much baggage and compromises from supporting other contests. IOTA is special - it needs a dedicated logger. SDI identifies country and call-area, as you type individual callsign letters, and give you a real-time analysis of IOTA islands worked and wanted (if any) for that country or call-area - for the current band and mode. When the country is an IOTA island with a single reference, SDI auto-fills the reference. SDI gives you a worked/wanted analysis for all bands and modes when you type an IOTA reference in the callsign field - there's no need to touch another key or remember function keys or multiple keystrokes. SDI is ready for the next IOTA Contest in July 2009 Get SDI - 639 kb IOTA Contest Results 2007 : 2006 : 2005 : 2004 : 2003 Soapbox comments about SDI for 2008 : 2007 : 2006 : 2005

DXpeditions SDX (SD for DXpeditions) is a DXpedition and Special Event logger rather than a contest logger. It supports SSB and CW operation on all 10 bands from 6 to 160 metres, and is similar to SD in giving a real-time country/band/mode analysis as you type callsign characters - without the need to touch any other key. SDX also offers real-time prefix checking, dupe checking, and beam headings. It supports Super Check Partial, serial and parallel keying, rig control, PTT and band outputs using standard files and interfaces. SDXCHECK SDXCHECK is the associated post-event program to create ADIF or text logs for integration with your station log. Get SDX - 610 kb

VHF Contests SDV (SD for VHF) is free. No other contest logger can correctly track district, country and locator square multipliers in RSGB and other VHF contests in the UK and Ireland. Get SDV - 624 kb

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