QSO Predictor is designed to join your station, not replace anything in it. Keep your logger, your map, and your alerts — QSOP listens to the same WSJT-X/JTDX UDP stream they do and adds the one thing none of them show: the DX station’s side of the band.

These guides cover the exact settings for each combination, plus a foundational guide to WSJT-X UDP routing that applies even if you never install QSO Predictor.

Guides

More guides (JTAlert, JTDX, FT8web, loggers) are planned. If you want one sooner, say so on GitHub.

The short version

Every app in this ecosystem consumes the same WSJT-X/JTDX “UDP Server” stream. You have two good options:

  1. Multicast (recommended): point WSJT-X at a multicast group (e.g. 239.255.0.0:2237) and let every app subscribe independently. No app depends on any other.
  2. Daisy-chain: each app listens on one port and forwards to the next (e.g. WSJT-X → 2237 GridTracker → 2238 QSO Predictor). Works well, but closing a middle app breaks the chain downstream.

QSO Predictor supports both — it can listen on unicast or multicast, and can itself forward UDP onward (Settings → UDP Forwarding). Its built-in Network Doctor (Diagnostics → Run Full Checkup) verifies the whole chain link by link and names the broken hop when something stops flowing.