Awards follow your filters
Track worked and confirmed DXCC, WAZ, WAS, WAC, WPX and IOTA, as well as POTA, SOTA and WWFF references. CQ zones, US states and continents use a clear worked/confirmed grid; islands and parks appear in their own lists.
TS-890S DESKTOP / STATION TOOLS
Log the contact.
Follow what happens next.
A station log, award progress, contest handling, confirmation services and real-time operating tools—all part of the desktop application.
A LOGBOOK THAT WORKS WITH YOUR STATION
Every contact,
in its proper context.
The built-in Logbook can be your main station log or work alongside Log4OM and other loggers. It keeps the full ADIF record, adds country, zones and prefix details, and can exchange new QSOs and later updates with a connected logger.
Import and export ADIF; existing contacts are not duplicated during import. The logger link reads the external log and writes new QSOs to it without changing the logger’s own database.
QSL services
Use QRZ.com for callsign lookup and its logbook, and ARRL Logbook of the World through TQSL. Send individual QSOs as you log them or send unsent contacts in a batch, then fetch confirmations.
QRZ lookup can fill names, QTH and other station details as a call is entered. Full QRZ record data and photographs require an XML subscription. Account credentials are stored in the operating system’s credential manager or keychain.
CALLS TO WATCH FOR / RADIO → ALERTS
Let the application keep an ear out.
Add a callsign, a callsign pattern or a DXpedition prefix. A * stands for any letters, and calls still match with portable or mobile suffixes. Alerts can come from DX cluster spots, Reverse Beacon Network skimmers, FT8 decodes and calls recognised by the CW decoder.
Choose status-bar, sound or small-window alerts. A cluster alert includes a Tune action; the same call is reported at most once per band in thirty minutes.
Propagation, in four views
Space weather, HF conditions, VHF openings and tropospheric ducting each have a dedicated view. HF uses live ionosonde readings and a 3,000 km-hop MUF estimate; VHF maps sporadic E and aurora; Tropo shows a three-day forecast around your station and across the map.
FREEDV / RADE, 700D, 700E & 1600
Digital voice in the operating panel
Open the FreeDV pane beneath the waterfall and choose RADIO → Set up for FreeDV to apply the radio mode and filters. The pane shows sync, signal margin and the heard callsign. Hold MIC or F12 to reply through the computer microphone.
FreeDV Reporter lists stations, modes, frequencies and reception reports; double-click a station to tune. Your station is shared only after you opt in using its listing control.
VST 3 / MICROPHONE & LISTEN CHAINS
Your audio tools, in a controlled chain
Add compatible equalizers, compressors, de-essers and noise reducers. One chain processes your microphone before it reaches the radio; another processes the audio you hear, including decoded FreeDV voice.
Enable or bypass plugins, change their order, open their controls, and compare with ALL OFF. Processing runs separately so a plugin failure can be isolated from the main operating panel. The README notes that plugins have been tried on Windows so far.
TS-890S DESKTOP FRONT PANEL
See the complete operating tour.
Explore radio control, listening tools, connections and the illustrated user guide.