Thanks John. While my current desire is to log the back seat in the rover like
a single op, and you'd think that would make logging easier, it is actually
problem due to passing to other bands. My UBN/LCR while roving shows a number
of wrong band entries. No surprise as I'm switching bands looking for passes
while my rover partner and I are yelling at each other to work XX on band YY at
freq ZZ while managing a pileup. It is easy to miss logging the correct band.
The perfect person to "fix" this is N3WG with his Piglet and HamLog but
modifying an app that 6 guys might buy is not good business, unless he charges
$400 per copy :-) He did have a Rover version out a while ago and I used it for
a 222 sprint while roving but near the end of the contest I fat fingered the
software and lost my log. He was nice enough to add a "do you really want to
delete this log?" Message that fixed that issue.
--
73,
Mark K2QO
FN03ra
On September 1, 2016 at 23:43:53, nosigma@aol.com
(nosigma@aol.com(mailto:nosigma@aol.com)) wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> I hope this is of some help. I met a lady at the VHF-UHF super conference
> this spring who had the same problem rovering. She wrote an application for a
> tablet PC (6x10 inches very low power draw) to do her logging while on the
> move (single operator too). I hand log as well, but FM only is slow going so
> I have lots of time. I dont have room or the power (mountain topping on
> battery) for a full PC and of course no internet connection. I have no idea
> if the app controlled the radio's or did anything else from the wish list,
> but it was small, low power, easy to use on the move and generated Cabrillo
> format logs. I will try to dig up her QSL card. She go a mention in QST on
> her long long drive from Maine? to Texas.
>
> If its better than hand logging and doesnt require a huge laptop or internet
> I would buy it in a heartbeat.
>
> 73
> John
> KM4KMU
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K2QO <k2qo@mac.com>
> To: vhfcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>; rvhfg_general
> <rvhfg_general@yahoogroups.com>; nf2rs <nf2rs@googlegroups.com>
> Cc: n3wg <n3wg@arrl.net>
> Sent: Thu, Sep 1, 2016 9:21 am
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] iOS Logging Apps for Rover
>
> Hi Gang,
>
> For many reasons including space inside the rover, station setup, and
> interference issues with various chargers and computers including Lind DC
> power and piles of ferrite, I've had to abandon computer logging in the rover
> for the past 5 years. Manually entering 500 Qs after the contests totally
> SUCKS. My ideal setup would be a simple iOS app for the iPad that would work
> like RoverLog. Actually, RoverLog is perfect and is what I use to enter my
> log after a contest.
>
> The apps I've looked at all require 15 button presses to navigate a single
> QSO entry and there is no time for that on the road. A super stripped down
> RumLogNG could work or a roverized version of HamLog, but nothing I've tried
> is close. If I spend a couple hundred hours developing an app for myself it
> is guaranteed that someone will make the perfect app that far surpasses my
> effort :-)
>
> My ideal setup would be:
> An iPad Pro with a BT or Apple Smart Keyboard.
> Networking is not required as the front seat is dedicated to 2M an the rear
> is 6/222/432.
> Dupe checking is not a must.
> Integration with the N3WG Piglet would be great for the back seat.
> Band changes would be with a hot key or or dedicated buttons on screen are
> fine. Would be nice if the radio followed a screen press to change bands.
> Would be nice to have azimuth displayed all the time with the reverse bearing.
> Logging sequence needs to be very simple. Call, grid, enter to log, leave
> call in the window so touching another band button only requires another
> enter to log for passes to new bands.
> Keeps log in Cabrillo format
> Uses GPS from iPad to fill in SENT GRID
>
>
> Does anyone have or know of a possible candidate? It sounds soooo simple when
> I list what is needed.
>
>
> --
> 73,
> Mark K2QO
> FN03ra
>
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