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Simplicity • Fun • Connection • Free Software

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Always Free Ham Radio Logging Runs on Windows or Linux

Why Ham Radio Operators Choose Picondo

Lightning-Fast Logging with Smart Features

  • A user interface that adapts to your current activities and context
  • Receive feedback on your logging milestones and achievements from Picondo's intelligent learning engine
  • Log your QSOs with minimum keystrokes. e.g. Sent 57, Received 55: [Tab] 7 [Tab] 5 [Enter] QSO logged!
  • Send a beautiful, customised QSL card via e-mail, it just takes a moment
  • Automatically filled-up contact details, your history with a contact, callsign assistance during pile-ups, callsigns given in NATO alphabet and more ... the little things that make a difference
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Logging interface

Dynamic Graphs and Map

  • Visualise your activities and stats with dynamic graphs updated in real-time
  • View your QSOs on the world map with colours that indicate your received signal report (darker colours = stronger received signals)
  • Quickly capture your activities in an image that you can share with friends or on social media

Tools that Look After You

  • Get a graph and data on current and forecasted indicators affecting ham radio conditions
  • Use simple commands that provide quick access to information while operating
  • A live feed of DX spots and a bandmap that help you with band activity. You can even configure alerts e.g. for those rare DX locations you've been looking for a while
  • Easy management of multiple logbooks created for specific needs such as contests and outdoors activites
  • Fast QSO searches just a few clicks away
Logging interface
Logging interface

Stay Connected and in Control

  • Seamlessly connect and control your rig
  • Have fun with FT8, Picondo uses digital messages from WSJT-X or a compatible application
  • Connect to your preferred DX cluster and configure to get exactly the DX data you want
  • Share to QRZ, LoTW or Clublog. Be ultra-competitive with HamAward. You choose
  • Are you up for a little coding project that showcases your creativity? Access Picondo data through a REST API or receive logged QSOs in real-time via WebSockets. See example clients in Java, Python and Go

A Story and a Vision

  • Created by Dr Christos Bohoris, M0YHR. This work reflects my almost 30 years of experience in the IT industry, leading and managing teams that develop complex enterprise applications
  • Picondo will always provide its logging capabilities for free. If you like Picondo consider supporting its continued development with a subscription. It takes ongoing labour to create and maintain high-quality software
  • A small set of features is available exclusively for subscribers as a way of saying thank you
  • The vision emphasises the quality of user experience, aiming for capabilities delivered in a simple, intuitive and effective form
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Picondo v1.0.3

Requires an x64 PC running Windows 11 or a recent version of Linux