What is QSO Director?

QSO Director is a fully cross platform, high performance, amateur radio operations suite. Providing Logging, Contesting, Activations, DX Hunting, QSO & QSL Management, Analaytics, Net Management and much more.

It is developed to a high standard that would be expected of any professional software package and comes with full support.

Why QSO Director exists?

As a professional software developer I have always been frustrated with the software available to the amateur radio community. There are some great applications out there but they often only provide a small piece in the puzzle when it comes to radio operations. This often means that logs must be exported between applications, they are often clunky and integration between products can be tricky to make work. Some only work on Windows, some only on Mac and some only on Linux. If you want great contest support you use one application, for tracking awards another or for keeping track of a Net yet another.

I've always been frustrated by this and so in 2023 I had the opportunity to focus my time on creating the amateur radio software product I have always felt should be available.

That being said it's begginings started much earlier, way back in 2008. If you're interested in the history and timeline, you can read about it more below.

QSO Director's goal is simple, to provide a single application that can provide all your amateur radio needs. Regardless of what radio you use, what computer you use or what type of operating you do.

QSO Director History & Timeline

  • 2008Contest Director Development Begins

    In 2008 i began working on a software product called Contest Director. This was the beginnings of what would eventually become QSO Director. Contest Director was never released publicly and only used within our radio club but was the beginnings of many of the key concepts and technologies now found in QSO Director.

  • 2009First version of the Fluid Band Maps

    As part of the Contest Director development, the initial version of the amazing band map system that is now found in QSO Director is created.

  • 2009Contest system created

    The contest system that will be later included in QSO Director is created providing extremely broad contest support.

  • 2010The Technology for FluidCAT is created

    The beginings of the technology behind QSO Director's FluidCAT system is developed.

  • 2012ACOM Director Released

    The first version of ACOM Director is released. This built on the FluidCAT technology to incorporate peripheral support, specifically the ACOM2000A amplifier.

  • 2018ACOM Director Plus Released

    ACOM Director Plus is released, adding support for the newer generation ACOM Amplifiers. The technology built into this will later be incorporated into QSO Director.

  • 2023QSO Director Development Begins

    The development of QSO Director starts

  • 2024Cross Platform Technology Developed

    The infrustucture and technology allowing QSO Director to work on any platform is developed.

  • 2025QSO Director Private Beta

    The first versions of QSO Director are released to our private beta testers.

  • Spring 2026QSO Director Early Access Opens

    QSO Director is publicly released on our Early Access Program.