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Knowledge base

User Guide49

Advice on getting started with Club Log, uploading your log and managing your account.

Club Log iOS/Android App24

Documentation for the official Club Log iPhone, iPad and Android app.

Getting started4

Live feeds and reports5

Your log5

Award tracking5

DX reference5

Logbook Of The World10

Club Log security1

I've lost my Encryption Key (why does Club Log need it)?

Frequently Asked Questions8

Can I create certificates for LoTW, using Club Log's LoTW tools?

How do I create a TBK file?

How do I delete the browser copy of my Encryption Keys?

I am the QSL manager for XX0XX but I do not have ownership of this log. Can I use the tools to sign QSOs?

I am trying to download my matched QSOs but I keep getting incorrect login/password error

Why does Club Log only download matched QSOs from LoTW?

Can I clear my LoTW uploads and start again?

Why do I need this? I already use LoTW with my logging software

Getting Started1

How to use Club Log's LoTW tools

DXPedition Tools9

Using Expedition Mode5

Criteria for using expedition mode

Web link for your charts

Log privacy

Publicity and donations

Expedition Impact Statistics

Configuring Expedition Tools3

Embedding The Expedition Tools

Operator photos

QSO Recordings (MP3)

Real-Time Uploads1

Club Log Gateway for real-time uploads

OQRS - Online QSL Requests6

Configuring OQRS5

OQRS - Online QSL Requests

Embedding OQRS

Change language encoding in paypal

OQRS Frequently Asked Questions

PayPal Account Restrictions

OQRS - how to request a card1

I am a DXer and I want to request a QSL card through Club Log

QSL Management tools6

These tools allow you to totally manage your QSL cards either requested online(OQRS), received through the buro or direct

Setting-up1

What you need to do before you can access the QSL management tools

Label settings3

OQRS – Online QSL Label Setup

Printing straight onto QSL cards

How to print labels for QO-100

Printing Labels1

QSL Label Printing (QSL & Addresses)

Managing paper cards1

How to manage paper Cards

DXLite1

DXLite, SkimmerLite and Heard

Embedding Club Log5

Show your log on QRZ.com2

Embedding log in QRZ.com pages

Why does Club Log refuse to show my log in my QRZ.com page?

iFrames3

Simple log search

Last 10 QSOs widget

Combined DXCC and log search

DXCC Mappings218

Guide to DXCC mapping decisions made by Club Log. All articles authored by Alan, 5B4AHJ - comments please to QRZ.COM email address.

Your upload report6

Your upload report

Sending QSL images

Additional resources

Prefix changes over the years

Whitelists

3C0 Annobon

Invalid mappings13

Invalid mappings

DE - German SWL prefix

D0, D1 - Donetsk People's Republic

EZ - Turkmenistan since August,2006

GKB callsigns in April, 2000

T10 - Transnistria

UF6V - The Republic of Abkhazia

X5 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

Z6 - Kosovo

0S, 1P, T0 & T8 - The Principality of Seborga

1C, 1X - Chechnya

1Z - Karen State

Africa22

African states - independence dates and prefix changes

British and Italian Somaliland 1945-1960

Allied Forces military & civilian prefixes, North Africa and Middle East from 1947

CN - Morocco, CN8 - French Morocco, EA9 - Spanish Morocco, EA9 - Ceuta & Melilla, CN2 - Tangier and EA9 - Ifni

CR6, D2 Angola

CR7, C9 Mozambique

Eritrea

FH8 Comoro Islands (deleted), D6 Comoros and FH Mayotte

FR/E, FT#E Europa Island and FR/J, FT#J Juan de Nova Island

FR/G, FT#G Glorioso Island

FR/T, FT#T Tromelin Island

OQ0 OQ5 9U5 - Ruanda-Urundi

S0 - Western Sahara, EA9 - Rio de Oro/Spanish Sahara and associated territories

Sudan, Southern Sudan & The Republic of South Sudan

TAAF - Les îles Eparses

United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEF II) in Egypt

VQ8 prefix

8O - special prefix for Botswana

ZS8 Prince Edward and Marion Islands

ZD9 -Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands

6O, T5, Somalia

Antarctica17

Antarctic callsigns of Argentina

3Y/B Bouvet Island

4K1 prefix - USSR Antarctic stations, 1973-1994

CE7Z & CE9 - Antarctic callsigns of Chile

FB8W FT#W Crozet Islands

FB8X FT#X Kerguelen Island

TAAF - French Southern & Antarctic Territories

VK0/H - Heard Island

VK0/M, VK1/M Macquarie Island

VP8 - Formation of British Antarctic Territory - 1962

Zone mapping for Antarctica

British Antarctic Survey base callsigns

3Y/P Peter I Island

VP8/O South Orkney Islands

VP8/S South Sandwich Islands

VP8/G South Georgia Island

FB8Z, FT#Z Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands

Asia26

AP - Pakistan and S2 - Bangladesh

BQ9P, BV9P Pratas Island

EK prefix - transition from USSR to Armenia

EP - IRAN

India - Formula 1 Grand Prix, 2011

JB, JC, 7J prefixes, /JI suffix - Japan

Maldive Islands - Islands of Addu Atoll - Zone & Continent

Okinawa & the Ryukyu Islands - special suffices used in 2011 to celebrate 50 years since their return to Japanese Administration

Palestine & Gaza

P5 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

Singapore and Malaysia

UJ-EY Tajikistan prefix change 1994

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

VU4APR-VU4NRO DXpedition to Andaman and Nicobar Is, 1987

XY-XZ - Union of Myanmar

ZC4 - British Sovereign Bases in Cyprus - addition to DXCC list

4L Georgia 1990-94

5B, MD7, ZC4 - Island of Cyprus, 5B4, ZC4 - UK Sovereign Base Areas

7O - The Republic of Yemen

8Q, VS9M - Maldive Islands

Special UN calls 1950s

FI8 French IndoChina and XV, 3W Viet Nam

1S, Spratly Islands

YK, AR1 - Syria

Caribbean5

KP1 - Navassa Island

KP5 - Desecheo Island

PJ# - Dutch islands of the Caribbean - the Infamous PJs

VP5 - Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos Islands

YV0 - Aves Island

Europe27

Allied Central Mediterranean Forces 1945-48

Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro

Crimea & DXCC - April, 2014

Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic & Slovak Republic

ES, YL, LY The Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - prefix changes 1988-90

French callsign changes - January, 1985

G2xxx Callsigns

GC, GH, GN, GP, GS, GT, GX - UK club prefixes

Germany, German Democratic Republic & Federal Republic of Germany

Gibraltar - visitor operation

Guernsey & Dependencies, Jersey, and Channel Islands

ITU HQ Geneva - World Telecommunication Day callsigns

IW0 Prefix - Italy or Sardinia?

JX - Jan Mayen

Liechtenstein callsigns from 1945

Market Reef - Swedish part & Finnish part

OH stations appending /S or /SA

Portuguese (Portugal, Madeira and Azores) callsign history

Spain, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta & Melilla - portable operation from 2013-07-12

UK licensing immediately post-WWII

Why is CQ8X invalid?

9S4 Saar or Germany? - 1947 to 1957

2Z, GZ & MZ prefixes - Shetland Islands, Scotland

TK - France, Corsica

SV/A Mount Athos

RI1F Franz Josef Land

North America10

1976 US Bicentennial prefixes

Canadian stations operating from USA

US Callsigns not issued by the FCC

US interim callsigns

USA administered prefixes in the immediate post-WWII period

USA stations operating from Canada

Special event prefixes of Canada

TI9 - Cocos (Coco's) Island

FO/C Clipperton Island

Oceania/Pacific38

Austral Islands or French Polynesia?

Marquesas Islands or French Polynesia?

Christmas Islands - VK9X and T32

FK/c Chesterfield Islands

KA#xx callsigns

KH1 - Baker and Howland Islands

KH3 - Johnston Island

KH4 - Midway Island

KH5 - Palmyra and Jarvis

Palmerston Island - North or South Cook Islands?

Pitcairn Island Bicentennial - 1990

T30 - Western Kiribati

T31 - Central Kiribati

T33 - Banaba

VK1, VK9, VK0 prefixes

VK9M - Mellish Reef

VK9W - Willis Island

VP6D - Ducie Island

VR1 and VR3 prefixes - transition to VR8, T2, T3Ø, T31, T32 and T33

VR1, KB6 - Canton & Enderbury Islands Condominium

VR1-VR3-VR7 calls for the period 1947- circa 1977

Yap Island and the Islands of Yap State - Palau or Micronesia?

XF4 - Revillagigedo

ZL9 - New Zealand Subantarctic Islands

3D2/r - Rotuma Island

ZL8 Kermadec Islands

ZM prefix - Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations 1969-70

T2 - Tuvalu

C2 - Nauru

H40 - Temotu Province

ZK3, ZM7 Tokelau Islands

3D2/c Conway Reef

JD/M Minami Torishima

South America4

Paraguay - ZP450A - 450th anniversary of the city of Asuncion

CE0X San Felix Islands

PY0S - St Peter & Paul Rocks

PY0T - Trindade & Martim Vaz Islands

UK Special Event Callsigns17

2A, GA, MA prefixes - Homecoming Scotland

2O, GO, MO prefixes - Olympic Games, London, 2012

2Q, GQ, MQ, ZQ prefixes - Diamond Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 2012

2Q, GQ, MQ, ZQ prefixes - Platinum Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 2022

2R, GR & MR prefixes - Royal Wedding, 2011

2R, GR & MR prefixes - Royal Wedding, 2018

2V, GV, MV prefixes - RSGB Centenary - July, 2013

GB50 Prefix - 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, 1990

GT Prefix - Isle of Man "Millenium 1979"

GB75 Prefix - RSGB 75th Anniversary, 1988

GE Prefix - Silver Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 1977

GR Prefix - 50th anniversary of VE day & 50th Anniversary of VJ day - May/August, 1995

GV Prefix - 40th Anniversary of VE Day, May 1985

Opening of the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales - 1999

/NHS appended to UK callsigns - 2020/21

2R, GR, MR, ZR prefixes - Coronation of H. M. King Charles III, 2023

USSR & Russian Federation24

27th World University Summer Games in Kazan - July 2013

4K1 prefix - USSR Antarctic stations, 1970-1994

4K2, 4K3, 4K4 - USSR Arctic islands 1989-94

CEPT Operation from the Russian Federation

EZ prefix 1979-84

Franz Josef Land - UA1O & UA1P callsigns - to 1991

Georgia EM6 prefix - 1981, 1983

Perm & Komi - qualifying QSOs

'Radio' Magazine Contest - August, 1974

Russian callsigns QRV from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Russian callsign update - 2010

Russian callsigns with single digits 8 & 9 - European Russia or Asiatic Russia?

Russian portable operation from 2012-12-11

Russian "Victory-68" special event stations - 2013

Summer Olympic Games - Games of the XXII Olympiad - 1980

USSR/Canada Trans-Polar Ski Trek, 1988

USSR "50th Anniversary" special event stations - 1972

USSR 60th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution - 1977

USSR callsign changes - May, 1984

USSR club callsigns

USSR-Poland Friendship Week - 1977

USSR special prefixes and callsigns

USSR "Victory-30" special event stations - 1974-75

USSR "Victory" special event stations - 1985-91

Deleted entities1

Finding the Deleted Ones - Jim McCook, W6YA

Miscellaneous mapping items4

Handling of LH by Club Log

Mapping policy on current and recent operations

Maritime Mobile prefixes

Which digital modes count as Phone for DXCC purposes?

Software rules4

Mapping of portable callsigns

Mapping of SWL calls

Mapping of KG4 calls

Historical documents6

A place holder for images of historical amateur radio documents

Amateur radio documents from the immediate post-WW II period4

Authorisation of amateur operation by military personnel of British and United States Armed Forces January 1946

Box 88 Moscow - warning to all amateurs in the British Zone of Germany - 1948

MB9AM licence 1947

XAFD licence 1946

Cyprus2

Licence revocation - 1964

ZC4CO 1961 licence

Developer APIs28

Access and limits4

API Keys

Excessive API usage

IP address bans

Using the right URLs for Club Log

Reference data8

Downloading The Prefixes And Exceptions As XML

Super Check Partial Files (SCP)

Activity data JSON API

Most Wanted List JSON API

Expeditions List JSON API

Downloading DXCC leagues as JSON

List of Club Log and LoTW users

Getting DXCC activity records

Uploads and ADIF6

How To Delete QSOs In Real-Time

How to upload batches of QSOs directly into Club Log

How To Upload QSOs In Real-Time

Using ADIF to update or delete QSOs

Downloading OQRS ADIF files

Getting the LoTW status of QSOs in a user's log

Lookups and matching10

How To Query Club Log For DXCC Info

Checking Logs For The Existence Of A QSO

Batch lookups of DXCCs

Checking for Log Matches

Retrieving a user's DXCC matrix as JSON

Getting the first and last QSO dates for a callsign

Getting the first and last QSO dates and last upload dates for callsigns

Checking for OQRS matches - direct QSLs

Performing a log search using JSON

Monitor a specific callsign's activity

FAQs31

Frequently Asked Questions

General FAQs11

Which ADIF fields does Club Log use?

Why doesn't the number of DXCCs in Club Log match my logger?

Help, my PC crashed! Can I download an ADIF of my log from Club Log?

Why does Club Log ignore or reject my QSOs?

Why are some of my QSOs mapped to "SATELLITE, INTERNET or REPEATER"

How do I get Club Log to accept frequencies in my log?

My logger needed me to add /KH4 on the end of a call, but Club Log now rejects it

Which bands and frequencies does Club Log support?

Help! I uploaded QSOs to the wrong callsign

Why does HRD show error 403?

Why are callsign comments worded in the past tense?

QSLs and confirmations6

How do I get my LoTW confirmations and QSLs to show in Club Log?

I have a country confirmed. Why is it not confirmed in Club Log?

What does the blue 'V' mean?

What is the timing tolerance for log matching and OQRS?

How do I tell you about an IOTA activity on my callsign?

I'm waiting for a QSL card - when will you send it?

Callsigns, clubs and leagues6

Why doesn't my callsign appear in the leagues and log search tools?

How do I link my callsigns?

I've got a new callsign - what do I do?

Can you add my club?

I belong to a club. Why isn't my call listed in the club league?

Why does the Most Wanted list feature not also include a filter by club?

Account and access8

About invite codes

I tried to add my call to Club Log but it's already registered. What do I do?

How do I reset my password?

Club Log says my password has been compromised - please explain!

What are Application Passwords?

Logging software on my Windows XP computer can't connect to Club Log

Help! Club Log is blocking my IP address

I'm doing a talk on Club Log - is there a presentation I can use?