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A basic logging facility in _WSJT-X_ saves QSO information to files
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named `wsjtx.log` (in comma-separated text format) and `wsjtx_log.adi`
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(in standard ADIF format).  These files can be imported directly into
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other programs, for example spreadsheets and popular logging programs.
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As described in the <<INSTALL,Installation>> and <<PLATFORM,Platform
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Dependencies>> sections, different operating systems may place your
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local log files in different locations.  You can always navigate to
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them directly by selecting *Open log directory* from the *File* menu.
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More elaborate logging capabilities are supported by third party
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applications like {jtalert}, which can log QSOs automatically to other
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applications including {hrd}, {dxlsuite}, and {log4om}.  
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The program option *Show DXCC entity and worked before status*
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(selectable on the *Settings | General* tab) is intended mostly for
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use on non-Windows platforms, where {jtalert} is not available.  When
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this option is checked _WSJT-X_ appends some additional information to
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all CQ messages displayed in the _Band Activity_ window.  The name of
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the DXCC entity is shown, abbreviated if necessary.  Your "`worked
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before`" status for this callsign (according to log file
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`wsjtx_log.adi`) is indicated by highlighting colors, if that option
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has been selected.
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_WSJT-X_ includes a built-in `cty.dat` file containing DXCC prefix
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information.  Updated files can be downloaded from the {cty_dat} web
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site when required.  If an updated `cty.dat` is present in the logs
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folder and readable, it will be used in preference to the built-in
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one.
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The log file `wsjtx_log.adi` is updated whenever you log a QSO from
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_WSJT-X_.  (Keep in mind that if you erase this file you will lose all
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"`worked before`" information.)  You can append or overwrite the
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`wsjtx_log.adi` file by exporting your QSO history as an ADIF file
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from another logging program.  Turning *Show DXCC entity and worked
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before status* off and then on again will cause _WSJT-X_ to re-read
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the log file.  Very large log files may cause _WSJT-X_ to slow down
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when searching for calls. If the ADIF log file has been changed
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outside of _WSJT-X_ you can force _WSJT-X_ to reload the file from the
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*Settings | Colors* tab using the *Rescan ADIF Log* button, see
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<<COLORS,Decode Highlighting>>.
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