Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) has been the gold standard for amateur radio software suites. It is a paid app – $99.95 for the app plus the first year of support. After that, the app still works, but costs $49.95 per year for support and updates.
There is a free version of an older version of HRD that many people still use, but it is not updated.
Apps included with HRD:
HRD Rig Control – provides a customizable interface to control your amateur transceiver
HRD Logbook – QSO logging software for DXers and DX awards
HRD Digital Master – DM-780 Digital Modes software for the radio amateur
HRD Satellite Tracking Software with Radio Control
HRD Rotor Control Software for Antenna Rotators
HRD Rig Control
HRD Logbook
Ham Radio Deluxe Logbook Main QSO Logging ScreenHam Radio Deluxe Logbook DX Awards Tracking Matrix
HRD DM-780
Ham Radio Deluxe DM-780 Digital Modes Decoding Screen and QSO Logging
Ham Radio Deluxe DM-780 Digital Modes Super Sweeper Screen
HRD Satellite Tracking Software with Radio Control
DXLab Suite is a collection of apps that emphasize managing DX contacts, although it works well as a general Rig Control, Logger, and Digital Mode app.
Apps include:
Launcher – control which DXLab Suite apps are launched.
Commander – controls frequency, mode, and other functions for up to 4 transceivers.
DXKeeper – DXLab Suite logging app. Very complete.
WinWarbler – RTTY and PSK digital modes. Interacts with other DXLab Apps.
DXView – displays DXCC information, location information, and and country maps
Pathfinder – QSL route discovery tool
PropView – Probagation Prediction and Forecasting
SpotCollector – DX Spot Collection and Realtime Analysis
Launcher
Launcher allows you select which of the DXLab Suite apps will launch. You can also launch other apps automatically – such as WXJT-X.
Launcher controls which components of the suite are active.Option Panel – can set auto-launch DXLab Apps, plus other apps (such as WSJT-X)
Commander
Main Commander WindowIcom Spectrum Waterfall display, including spotting info
DXKeeper
Main QSO Log Screen
WinWarbler
Warbler PSK Window
DXView
DXView displays DXCC information, location information, and and country maps. It will plot spots, QSOs, beam headings, solar position, and the solar terminator in real time on a world map. It can command rotator controllers, and interoperate with other rotator control apps. Interacts with other DXLab apps.
SpotCollector
SpotCollectorcollects and aggregates spots from up to six sources to create a local database of active DX stations that you can display, sort, and filter in real time. It can display band openings graphically in real time.
PropView
PropView is a tool to help predict propagation. It can use DXView to specify locations via point-and-click on a world map. It will use severalpropagation prediction engines to predict minimum and maximum usable frequencies between specified locations.
Pathfinder
Pathfinderlocates QSL information from more than 80 web-accessible sources.
WSJT-X implements communication protocols or “modes” called FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, and WSPR, as well as one called Echo for detecting and measuring your own radio signals reflected from the Moon. These modes were all designed for making reliable, confirmed QSOs under extreme weak-signal conditions, and originally developed by Joe Tayor, K1JT, an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.
WSJT-X Main screen – FT8 ContactSpectrum Display – Many stations in SSB bandwidthAuto-generates log info added to WXJT-X log file, can be uploaded to other logging apps.Setting Options
JTAlert
An essential support program that extends WSJT-X. Adds audio and visual spotting alerts for various conditions (e.g., wanted US State or DXCC), and adds automatic logging to several logging programs.
