FLEcli

Multi-platform "Fast Log Entry"(FLE) processing tool.

"Fast Log Entry" is a nifty tool, written by DF3CB. It allows quick and efficient entry of radio amateur contacts made during DXpeditions, contests or SOTA/WWFF/POTA activation. It can export the listed contacts in ADIF format ready to be uploaded to eQSL/LOTW or submitted for SOTA, POTA, and WWFF. The original program is only available as a Windows executable which leaves the Mac or Linux users (like me) in the cold.

The original FLE format was extented with release V1.4 to support POTA log files.

This tool is intended to process FLE formatted files on other platform than Windows. The FLE input file format is described on https://www.df3cb.com/fle/documentation/

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Installing

The tool is installed by downloading and unpacking the archive for your operating system.

A version is available for Windows, MacOS, Linux and ARM (RaspberryPi). Most of them are available as 32 or 64 bit applications. A docker version is also available.

The releases can be downloaded from https://github.com/on4kjm/FLEcli/releases

For MacOS users, homebrew is the easiest installation method. //TODO: Explain in details of the installation

Detailed installation instructions can be found at this page. //TODO: repeat the instruction in the install documentation.

Usage

Detailed explanations can be found on this page.

Most common use cases are described hereafter as examples.

Example: validate the FLE syntax of a file

To load and validate the FLE formatted file (myActivation.txt):

./FLEcli load myActivation.txt

This command will parse and display the QSOs in grid format. Fields that couldn't be successfully parsed are prefixed with "*". Parsing errors or doubts are listed at the end of the list.

Example: generate an ADIF file

To generate an ADIF file based on activation.txt:

./FLEcli adif -i --overwrite activation.txt output/activation.adi

The second element after the input specifies the path and name of the output file. If is omitted, the tool will generate a filename. It is based on the input filename, just replacing the extension with .adi.

The -o or --overwrite flag indicates that, if the output file already exists, it should be overwritten.

The -i or --interpolate flag will interpolate the missing non-entered times based on the first and the last entered time.

Example: generate an ADIF file for WWFF upload

To generate a WWFF-ready ADIF file:

./FLEcli adif -i --wwff ON4KJM@ONFF-025920200524.txt 

The --wwff (or -w in the short form) indicates the adif flavour to produce. You can also use the --sota switch to generate an ADIF file containing SOTA details. The switch can be used together with --wwff

As we didn't provide an output filename, the default output, ON4KJM@ONFF-025920200524.adi will be used.

Example: generate an ADIF file for POTA upload

To generate a POTA-ready ADIF file:

./FLEcli adif -i --pota ON4KJM@ON-000120211224.txt 

The --pota (or -p in the short form) indicates the adif flavour to produce.

As we didn't provide an output filename, the default output, ON4KJM@ON-000120211224.adi will be used.

A sample POTA FLE input file can be found in the sample directory.

Example: generate a SOTA csv file

To generate a CSV file that can be uploaded to https://www.sotadata.org.uk/ to report SOTA activations:

./FLEcli csv --interpolate --overwrite sotaActivation.txt

or the short form

./FLEcli csv -i -o sotaActivation.txt

This command will generate sotaActivation.csv based on the sotaActivation.txt FLE logfile. If the output file exists, it will be overwritten as the --overwrite flag has been specified. The --interpolate flag will interpolate the missing non-entered times based on the first and the last entered time.