Importing Contacts
Open Import Contacts from the sidebar or your Logbook. Choose Import from file for an ADIF or CSV file, Import from connection for a connected service, or Migrate from your logger for help exporting from another app. Open QRZ sync under Import from connection opens the QRZ workspace. QRZ sync checks both directions and uses its own issue review, outside the file steps below.
For POTA, automatic contact sync imports hunter and activation history when you connect under Settings → Integrations → POTA, then checks daily. Its switch defaults to On and is visible before connecting. Those background imports do not use the review steps below.
If an imported contact includes radio or antenna information, Hamtrax keeps it. If it does not, the contact shows no equipment. Hamtrax does not add your currently selected radio or antenna to imported contacts.
The free tier's 200-contact limit applies to contacts you log directly in Hamtrax. Contacts you import in the web app do not count toward that limit.
The import guides
For a file, Hamtrax walks you through Select → Review → Finalize. Use the guide for the step where you need help:
| Step | What to expect | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Select | Choose where your contacts come from, then check the always-visible We found X contacts summary and select Next. | Choosing an Import Source |
| Review | Review activations, POTA hunting, DX chasing, and Repeaters marked Auto-organized, then Custom Folders — Manually organized and Custom Folders — Unrecognized. Stages appear only when needed, and Review's own Finalize stage ends the step. | How Imported Contacts Are Filed |
| Finalize | Confirm on Review's Finalize stage — where the duplicates are listed and you can still exclude contacts — and Import starts the run. The finish screen shows what was imported, skipped, or could not be filed. | Duplicates and the Import Summary |
If a file will not load or a record is marked unreadable, see Import Validation and Offline Imports.
Moving from another logger
Each of these covers only how to get your contacts out of that logger. Bring the result back to the guides above, which own the maintained Hamtrax-side steps.