Jim, dxlog supports almost every contest instead of wintest which
supports only the basics.
Ken, having used writelog, I would say that dxlog needs some work for
using it for top level rtty contesting. Sure it works reliable and you
can use pleasantly.
I have been asked about what you must do with mouse in n1mm. It is not
simple to explain, maybe Ken can explain it better but when someone uses
and learn dxlog (and wintest as well), he can forget mouse. I can not do
the same in n1mm. Maybe I don't know it so well even I use it in all
major contests...
73 Kostas SV1DPI
Στις 25/1/2022 01:19, ο/η Ken K6MR έγραψε:
"It is good only for basic rtty contesting."
This is the only statement about DXLog with which I would disagree. It
supports multiple decoders when teamed up with 2Tone and Gritty. I find the
no-mouse interface is incredibly efficient when running, and 2BISQ on RTTY
works extremely well. It supports 2 keyboard mode, and the screen layout is
compact so needs little eye movement to follow Qs on both radios. A pleasure
to use.
Ken K6MR
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Software for Logging
I used writelog for a long time. After that I was impressed from the
simplicity and reliability of wintest which I used in EP6T. When dxlog
became free and because it was looking like wintest, I tried it and I
use it as my primary contest software even my most of my operating is
just casual. The small team behind it and especially Paul K1XM is a good
reason to support it. We also use N1MM+ in my club. I have installed
also and tried 5m contest, a Russian software that I don't like.
About my opinion:
N1mm is good for casual contest. You can setup it with everything, has
the best documentation and a big number of users willing to help, and it
is free. Its' graphical interface is also very good, network is reliable
and over the 50% of users use it. Disadvantages are too use of mouse, it
needs a lot of space in screen, default settings are good for casual
contesting, the possibility to crash during a contest is something
normal... but you will not loose qsos.
Dxlog has a rather dos interface (but it looks like the old beloved dos
programs), but it is a completely windows program. It is very reliable,
also free, simple to use especially on cw and ssb, you don't need to
get your hands from the keyboard. It is good only for basic rtty
contesting. Also menus are similar to wintest (good) but with bad
structure (bad). Just a few users use it right now (around 10% ?) while
the most of them are Europeans. Something important to say is that among
the top contesters, dxlog has more users than n1mm! Look the first ten
in several categories in the last cq ww ssb and cw...
So I suggest DXlog...
73 Kostas SV1DPI
Στις 24/1/2022 17:03, ο/η John Bescher via CQ-Contest έγραψε:
For its simplicity, features and outstanding support I use N3FJP software. I am
the Field Day Manager for Citrus County Amateur Radio Club for years and use
N3FJP logging because a lot of operators are new, do not want to struggle with
a feature rich but complicated logger and because N3FJP software is just about
bullet proof. Try a free copy, you will be impressed. John, N4DXI
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