When the Log Starts Moving – QSO Animations for Contests

After every contest there is that moment when the log is closed and you find yourself looking at a long list of callsigns, timestamps and reports. 815 lines of it after the CW field day 2026 with DL0AT/P. For us operators every one of those lines holds a small story – for everyone else it is a spreadsheet, at least at first. An animation of the contacts, on the other hand, makes it clear to anyone how a contest actually unfolds.

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