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Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC Competitor loggers 2014, 2018, 2022

Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC Competitor loggers 2014, 2018, 2022
From: Lee Hiers <lee.hiers@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:05:24 -0400
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I was told once by a serious MM host down this way that N1MM *et al* had to
be inferior to Win-Test because WT cost $ and the others were free, and by
definition the free software couldn't be as good.

Uh-huh.

73 de Lee, AA4GA

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 10:46 AM Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I suspect that's right, not merely sarcasm.  If you assume that the
> competitors represent the most serious segment of our hobby, then it
> doesn't seem likely that cost on the order of what Win-Test gets would
> be a significant factor in their choices.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> On 7/17/2023 8:22 AM, Ed Parish wrote:
> > Of course, the fact that Dxlog is now free (as is N1MM+) and Wintest
> > costs money has nothing to do with that trend.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 16, 2023, 19:17 Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >     Wow, DXLog coming on fast, seeming to take most of the wind out of
> >     Win-test's sails. I'm not surprised - my impression is that there is
> >     mostly nobody home at Win-test any more.
> >
> >     73, Pete N4ZR
> >
> >     On 7/16/2023 12:54 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> >     > Below compiled from 2022 public logs and 2014/2018 WRTC websites.
> >     >
> >     > Best viewed in fixed-width font.
> >     >
> >     >     Logger 2014 2018 2022
> >     >     ------ ---- ---- ----
> >     >      N1MM+   15   25   26
> >     >      DXLog    1    5   20
> >     >   Win-Test   40   28    7
> >     >   Writelog    2    1    3
> >     >    Skookum    1    1    1
> >     >    QARTest    0    0    1
> >     >    TR/TR4W    0    3    0
> >     >
> >     >        sum   59   63   58
> >     >
> >     > Tim N3QE
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