Qrp-Labs on Getting On The Airhttps://ham.bharathpalavalli.com/tags/qrp-labs/Recent content in Qrp-Labs on Getting On The AirHugo -- gohugo.ioen-USvu3glj@disroot.org (Bharath M. Palavalli)vu3glj@disroot.org (Bharath M. Palavalli)CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Companion apps for the QMXhttps://ham.bharathpalavalli.com/posts/20260826100656-companion_apps_for_the_qmx/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000vu3glj@disroot.org (Bharath M. Palavalli)https://ham.bharathpalavalli.com/posts/20260826100656-companion_apps_for_the_qmx/<p>There are a growing set of VU land operators who enjoy radios from <a href="https://qrp-labs.com/">QRP Labs</a>. I have in the past mentioned how I enjoy the build quality of the QMX and how I&rsquo;d like to make it my primary QRP transceiver. Ragav (<a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/VU2RFI">VU2RFI</a> ) has been helping me with different sources for the components that I could buy to make the QRP mic for it along with various tools that can be used for digital modes on the QMX. He started a WhatsApp Group for QMX and QMX+ users in India<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup>, as part of the discussions in the group, a few links were shared by him and others. This is a short list of companion applications you can use on the QMX and QMX+:</p>There are a growing set of VU land operators who enjoy radios from QRP Labs. I have in the past mentioned how I enjoy the build quality of the QMX and how I’d like to make it my primary QRP transceiver. Ragav (VU2RFI ) has been helping me with different sources for the components that I could buy to make the QRP mic for it along with various tools that can be used for digital modes on the QMX. He started a WhatsApp Group for QMX and QMX+ users in India1, as part of the discussions in the group, a few links were shared by him and others. This is a short list of companion applications you can use on the QMX and QMX+:

Table 1: Companion applications for the QRP Labs QMX & QMX+ Transceiver
App Name Author Platform Modes/Type CAT & Audio Logging & ADIF Sync & Lookup (LoTW/QRZ) POTA / SOTA License / Cost Link / Source
qFT8 Luis Torres (HB9IPH) Android FT8, FT4, FT2, JS8 USB CAT & Audio (UAC) Internal Log, ADIF QRZ & LoTW Sync Dedicated POTA/SOTA ADIF Export Free qft8.com
FT8TW Dan Lee (BV6LC) Android FT8, FT4, FT2, JS8, WSPR, SSB USB CAT & Audio / Mic Internal Log, ADIF QRZ, LoTW, and PSKReporter Sync Basic Grid/Park Tagging Open Source / Free GitHub (danleetw/FT8TW)
Figaro Lance Conry (VK7TO) Android & Web Automation / Rig Control Full QMX Web-Serial CAT N/A N/A N/A Open Source / Free GitHub (figaro-community) and Figaro
SDR++ iak Vojtěch Bubník (OK1IAK) Android & Web SDR Panadapter QMX USB Stream / UDP Net N/A N/A N/A Open Source / Free GitHub (SDRPlusPlus-iak)
ARDOP Winlink Manuel Lausmann (DL2MAN) Android, macOS, Windows, Linux ARDOP / Winlink (Email) Web-Serial CAT & Web Audio Winlink Message Log Winlink CMS Network N/A Free dl2man.de/ARDOP/
SWR Analyser cisc87 Web Utility / SWR Sweep Web-Serial CAT Sweep N/A N/A N/A Open Source / Free QMX SWR Analyzer
Another Term Aleksandr Kiselev Android Terminal Emulator USB Serial (CDC / libusb) N/A N/A N/A Open Source / Free F-Droid (Another Term)
iFTx Christoph Nadig (HB9ZHK) iOS FT8, FT4 Audio VOX / USB Audio Internal Log, ADIF PSKReporter Sync Auto-Location & CQ POTA/SOTA Match Free App Store (iFTx)
FT Ham Pablo Turrion San Pedro (EA4IQL) iOS FT8, FT4 Audio VOX / USB Soundcard Internal Log, ADIF Offline Lookup Basic Log Tagging Free (Freemium) App Store (FT Ham)
POTACAT Casey Stanton (K3SBP) Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android SSB, CW, FT8, SSTV Hamlib CAT & Audio Internal Log, ADIF QRZ & HamQTH Lookup Native POTA, SOTA, WWFF Spotting Open Source / Free POTACAT
Greyline FT8 Jonathan Mark Schulman (KB0RB) iOS FT8, FT4 Audio VOX / USB Audio Internal Log, ADIF QRZ Logbook Sync CQ POTA Macros & Gatherer Mode Paid (~$4-$5) Greyline FT8

  1. We are currently a six member group, so please do reach out to VU3VWR or yours truly in case you’d like to join the QRP Labs ↩︎

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