Live Bands

Live Bands is a personalised live DX cockpit. It combines real completed QSOs with DX Cluster and Skimmer activity into one feed, then ranks and filters it against your award progress, what you still need, global Most Wanted rarity, and optional geographic filters. The feed updates while you are viewing the screen; ranking reflects your log, your filter choices, and how rare each entity is on Club Log.

At the top, a segmented control switches between List mode, Map mode, Chart mode and Activity mode. List shows ranked cards per DX callsign with slot detail, a tuned frequency when one is known, and indicators for what you still need. Map mode shows the QSOs on a world map. Chart mode uses a contest software-style list of bands, with callsigns placed on a frequency ladder. Activity groups live events differently and responds to the geographic filters described below.

A row of filter chips sits under the mode picker. The goal menu chooses Entire log or New in [year]; that year setting affects how “new DXCC” style filters behave. The Band chips set per-band toggles (only bands enabled in Settings are incuded). The Mode chip toggles CW, Phone, and Data independently. The Filters chip opens need and time filters for deeper control such as when working annual challenges, or to make sure only needed slots are displayed (recommended).

In the top left an on/off slider shows whether the live feed is connected The sort menu offers Prioritized (weighted by need and rarity), Recency, and Band. The more menu opens Most Wanted threshold, a slider from 1 to 350 that hides or deprioritises entities rarer than the chosen rank (350 means no practical cutoff), and Dismissed callsigns.

When your CQ zone is known, Involves my CQ zone limits to QSOs where either side is in your zone. Source filters describe who is operating (continent, DXCC entity via a searchable name list, or CQ zone). Destination filters describe who was worked, with the same three dimensions. Picking a continent narrows the entity picker to that continent; changing continent after choosing an entity clears the entity if it no longer fits. Reset All Filters clears geographic choices; Cancel discards changes; Apply saves and closes.

Tap a feed row for need-check detail. Swipe right for Alert (expedition watch) or left for Dismiss. Pull down to refresh when online. Chip and geographic filter choices are remembered next time you open the app. Offline you see Device offline or a reconnecting state. The active callsign and your band list in Settings both matter here.