ShackAssistant
Guide

Guides

One guide per subject, in the order you will need them - from installing to your first QSO and on to contests, Multi-Op and QSL cards. New here? Start at the top. Skip what you do not use.

Install & first start

Installing, the Windows SmartScreen warning, the setup wizard that makes your first logbook, updating and uninstalling.

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Station setup

Your callsign, locator and address, the keys for QRZ, LoTW and Club Log, and more than one operator.

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Logbooks & storage

The three kinds of logbook, making and opening one, converting, ADIF in and out, and the backups.

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Rig control

Connecting your radio, presets, PTT per transmitter, sharing the rig with WSJT-X, QSY wipe and updating Hamlib.

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Icom over the network

An Icom on LAN, WiFi or the internet: CAT, audio both ways, your own speakers and microphone, WSJT-X, the radio's scope and a full radio panel.

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Logging & the main window

Your first QSO, the fields of the main window, the worked-before colours, QRZ, the call history and the shortcuts.

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The logbook window

Searching, filtering, columns, the right-click menu, editing one QSO or a thousand, statistics and duplicates.

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DX cluster & band map

Connecting to a node, the colours, the four filters, alerts, sending a spot, the console and the band map.

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Key Master: CW & RTTY

The four modes, squelch, AFC and filter, the three views of the band, the waterfall standing or lying, transmitting, macros, the quick log and RTTY.

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Message keys & voice keyer

The twelve keys and their sets, the tags, playing a recording, CAT commands, and the recorder that fills them.

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Contesting

N1MM .ctd definitions, making the log, the contest shape, dupes and serials, the score, the online scoreboard and the Cabrillo file.

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Multi-Op & network logbook

Two or more PCs on one log: the MySQL or MariaDB server, the contest network, serial numbers and sharing one cluster connection.

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QSL printing

The queue, roll labels, label sheets, pre-printed cards, Mask & Mark, templates and calibration.

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Settings & integration

The settings tabs, QSOs from WSJT-X and other programs, sending radio status, QRZ, LoTW, Club Log and the log files.

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Start with Install & first start and follow the guides in order. Everything the program does is on the features page.
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