{"id":66505,"date":"2026-07-05T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66505"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:01:18","slug":"patrizio-shares-his-bcl-swl-radio-logbook-pro-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/patrizio-shares-his-bcl-swl-radio-logbook-pro-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrizio Shares His &#8220;BCL-SWL Radio Logbook Pro&#8221; Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66506\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-624x351.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Patrizio (IN3032SWL), who shares his BCL-SWL Radio Logbook Pro, an open-source logging application that he has developed in Python with AI assistance and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/i5184an\/BCL-SWL-Radio-Logbook-Pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently published on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66510\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png 1920w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-624x351.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>Patrizio notes that the application is designed to provide SWLs with a straightforward way to log receptions while also offering a number of additional features, including data filtering, statistics, a world map plotting logged stations, and a built-in QSL card generator. One feature I particularly appreciate is that the log data is stored in an external CSV file, making it easy to back up your records or import them into another application in the future rather than locking you into a proprietary format. The project also includes installation instructions and a README file intended to make setup as simple as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66507\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2.png 1920w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2-624x351.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m currently traveling with my family and don&#8217;t have a practical way to install and test the application myself, so I can&#8217;t offer a firsthand review. That said, Patrizio has done what I think is the right thing by <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/i5184an\/BCL-SWL-Radio-Logbook-Pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosting the project on GitHub<\/a>, where readers can download the latest version, follow future updates, and read the documentation.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy exploring projects created by fellow SWLs\u2014you may want to give it a look. If you do try it, I&#8217;d be interested in hearing your impressions in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>GitHub project: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/i5184an\/BCL-SWL-Radio-Logbook-Pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/i5184an\/BCL-SWL-Radio-Logbook-Pro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patrizio has also kindly provided <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GeIBWOrEnLQ?si=yh6tiqvjVRjd6DR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a short demonstration video<\/a> which I&#8217;ve included below:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GeIBWOrEnLQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Patrizio (IN3032SWL), who shares his BCL-SWL Radio Logbook Pro, an open-source logging application that he has developed in Python with AI assistance and recently published on GitHub. Patrizio notes that the application is designed to provide SWLs with a straightforward way to log receptions while also offering a number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[11150],"class_list":["post-66505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-patrizio-in3032swl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hiF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56624,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/patrizio-uses-speechtexter-to-translate-foreign-broadcast-content\/","url_meta":{"origin":66505,"position":0},"title":"Patrizio uses Speechtexter to translate foreign broadcast content","author":"Thomas","date":"May 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Patrizio (IN3032SWL), who writes: If you are a fan of foreign radio broadcasts (BCL), you may have experienced the difficulty of transcribing the details of the programs, especially if they are in an unknown language. 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