In article telamon_spamshield-7A5939.17221325112003
@news.sf.sbcglobal.net, lid
says...
If you are going to load up the Micro$oftware anyway why not just use
Excel? If I was inclined to start logging what I heard Excel would
appeal to me because with datum in different columns you could sort on
the data for one thing. I would otherwise be inclined to use a database
program where the loggings could be generated as reports sorted in
different ways depending on what I was looking for at the time.

It all depends on your needs. (And of course, not everyone HAS a copy
of Excel. g) For simple logging purposes, a spreadsheet program is
probably just fine. If you need more -- and personally I love having as
many bells and whistles at my disposal as possible -- then a more
specific application is useful. For example, here are some of the
features in SWLog:

- Associates an audio clip, such as a .WAV or .MP3 file, with a
log entry
- writes up a reception report and QSL request in multiple
languages
- Lets you scan images of the QSLs you've received (front and
back), to store with the logbook records
- With data imported from various sources, it can help you
identify signals based on their frequency and time of day,
including telling you if the Radio Netherlands signal you're
hearing is from Europe or from the Netherlands Antilles.
- Publish a web page with images of your QSL cards

In short, there are a LOT of things that Bob's put into this particular
program which I might never have thought of doing, and certainly would
have had difficulty doing with something like Excel. But again, it's
all a matter of what your needs are.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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