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The drawer.

Small scripts, a couple of PDFs, and links to other people’s things I keep coming back to. None of it is polished. Some of it is not even mine. It just lives here so I can find it again.

ADIF tidy

my script

A short Python script that sorts an ADIF file and drops the duplicate contacts my logger sometimes leaves behind.

Grid square lookup

link

The Maidenhead locator map I actually use when someone gives me a grid I do not recognise.

Band plan, printed

pdf

A one-page band plan I keep taped above the desk. Region 1. Print it at 100 percent.

Dongle driver notes

my notes

What I had to install to get the cheap RTL dongles talking on Windows, in the order that worked.

CW decoder

link

Not mine, and not perfect, but the CW reader I lean on when my ears give up late at night.

Propagation at a glance

link

The solar and band-condition panel I glance at before deciding which band to sit on.

If you came looking for a program for noise, transcription and logging, it is not in this drawer. That is RX. Core is free. Pro is $49.