I spend more than $30 a year on laxatives. If you insist on
everything being free, you are to lose out on a lot of quality products.
Dick
At 09:04 AM 1/13/2011, David Levine wrote:
>Jerry,
>
>Thanks for the reply. So for $18 I could check out an almost year old
>version of the logging program? Or their page should be updated to indicate
>for $18 you would get the current version and not the version they indicate
>which is from Feb 2010.
>
>How can you all use logging program software that is "old" and not upgraded?
>I couldn't imagine going more then a release or 2 of N1MM without updating.
>How do you work with a contest where the rules are changing since the last
>run of the contest? That seems to be at least a recent and recurring
>situation with contests where there are at least subtle but sometimes larger
>changes in the rules, what's a multiplier, etc. If your version isn't up to
>date, doesn't that present problems? I guess if you are focused solely on
>logging contacts, and the exchange info isn't changing, then an old version
>might just work fine, but it certainly wouldn't highlight new mults or
>possibly provide support for some rule changes that could be software
>related such as band change timers, etc.
>
>I'd love to have both up and running to see which I like better and,
>probably more so, to help out others that have questions on getting things
>setup with similar equipment. I know in my local club, I only recommend N1MM
>because it's the only one I could actually help the person with if they had
>questions. I couldn't even suggest Writelog because I wouldn't want them to
>have an issue, in Writelog's case spend $30, and I could go over and help
>them. Sure there are others that can help, but I personally would only
>recommend something I've used and could directly help them with.
>
>I'm sure Writelog is a very good program since there are top contesters
>using it and $30/yr isn't worth arguing about if it's your tool of choice,
>but not upgrading because of a fee seems like someone is losing out.
>
>David - K2DSL
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Jerry Flanders
<jeflanders@comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> Check www.writelog.com . They have a "newbie special" for $18.
>> Intended as a trial, but fully featured.
>>
>> I have been using WL for ten years or so. Back then it was twice the
>> price initially, and then an annual fee of $30 or so just to maintain
>> it. That money was and still is the best money I ever spent on
>> something for the shack.
>>
>> It is an even better deal now, and my yearly cost is less because I
>> don't upgrade every year.
>>
>> Since you are already comfortable with a different package, YMMV.
>>
>> Jerry W4UK
>>
>> At 07:07 AM 1/13/2011, David Levine wrote:
>> >Cheryl,
>> >
>> >I'd like to try Writelog. I've used N1MM for 2 years now. Can I *try*
>> >Writelog or do I need to pay $30 to find out I prefer N1MM?
>> >
>> >My guess is that I'm so comfortable with N1MM and know how to work it for
>> >what I need, that like you return to WL, I'd return to N1MM because it is
>> >what I'm comfortable/familiar with. But I'd like to try it out and see. If
>> I
>> >need to pay $30 for even a brief test drive, I'm not interested.
>> >
>> >For N1MM, I tell folks all the time that it is comprehensive and complex,
>> >but a typical user just needs to do the setup and learn the small set of
>> >features they will initially use. Over time, there are additional features
>> >to take advantage of, but there's no need to deal with everything in N1MM
>> to
>> >get started.
>> >
>> >73
>> >K2DSL - David
>> >
>> >On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Cheryl Whitlock <cherwhit@gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> > > I agree with Andrei. Writelog and MMTTY are the way to go.
>> > >
>> > > I guess it depends on what you start out with and for me it was
>> Writelog at
>> > > Field Day in the late 1990s. Tom, KE4KWE sat me down and taught me how
>> it
>> > > worked. Before that I had been running machine RTTY; a C-64 with a AEA
>> > > interface; and a Radio Shack Model IV with a Hal terminal unit and
>> ROM-116
>> > > interface. That Field Day with Writelog was my first experience in
>> > > contesting and I loved it.
>> > >
>> > > I know a lot of you swear by N1MM and I gave it a try, but I keep
>> coming
>> > > back to Writelog.
>> > >
>> > > 73,
>> > >
>> > > Cheryl, AA4YL
>>
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