Looking for a good Cabrillo type logging program for the upcoming CQWW
CW contest - logging each contact by hand and then transferring to a
home made logging sheet gets kinda old pretty quick...

Needs to be in Cabrillo format for submission.

Any suggestions? Prefer free or small fee (under $50).

Thanks.

John

reply here or: john _ stlmo at yahoo dot com

The most user friendly program is at www.n3fjp.com
It's a great program, user friendly (don't even really need to read the help
files to get started), automatically checks for duplicates, allows
monitoring the online DX clusters if you are so inclined, allows rig control
if you are so inclined, allows keying the radio from the computer if you are
so inclined, creates Cabrillo files for contest submission and adif files
for importing into general logging programs. There's other neat features
but that's a good start. It is also quite inexpensive.

Dee, N8UZE


"John" wrote in message
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Looking for a good Cabrillo type logging program for the upcoming CQWW CW
contest - logging each contact by hand and then transferring to a home
made logging sheet gets kinda old pretty quick...

Needs to be in Cabrillo format for submission.

Any suggestions? Prefer free or small fee (under $50).

Thanks.

John

reply here or: john _ stlmo at yahoo dot com

N1MM's LOGGER program... Can be used as a simple logging program.. But
has all the bells-n-whistles you can imagine (and some you can't) if
you want to use all its features... Has a community of users who will
help you and a chat group...
And is free - not shareware, or pay me later - f r e e ....... Go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/N1MMLogger/

enjoy - denny / k8do
who has used most of the logging / rig control, programs out there, is
a life time subscriber to TRLOG, CT. and others, and N1MM is among the
best...


John wrote:
Looking for a good Cabrillo type logging program for the upcoming CQWW
CW contest - logging each contact by hand and then transferring to a
home made logging sheet gets kinda old pretty quick...

Needs to be in Cabrillo format for submission.

Any suggestions? Prefer free or small fee (under $50).

Thanks.

John

reply here or: john _ stlmo at yahoo dot com

In rec.radio.amateur.misc John wrote:
Looking for a good Cabrillo type logging program for the upcoming CQWW
CW contest - logging each contact by hand and then transferring to a
home made logging sheet gets kinda old pretty quick...

Needs to be in Cabrillo format for submission.

Any suggestions? Prefer free or small fee (under $50).

XPost & Fup to rec.radio.amateur.misc.

My first choice (for single OP, unassisted): CT(Win) by K1EA,
available at http://www.k1ea.com/. It's free, easy to use and
offers all features you'll need to get started. Saves the log in
Cabrillo format, export to ADIF possible to import it into your
general purpose logging program.
CT is one of the most used contest loggers for many years now,
for a good reason.

More advanced: Win-Test (http://www.win-test.com/). Not free, but
worth the price, if you need the rich features it offers.
Especially great networking capabilities for multi-operator
environments (probably not important in your case), good SO2R
support etc.

Other free Contest loggers: N1MM (Mentioned in another post. It
works fine, but it's a bit too bloated for my taste.), SD
(http://www.ei5di.com/ similar to CT).

Hope to meet you in CQWW, I'll be Single OP Allband High Power
with SO2R (using good old CT).

73,
--
Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK * Dresden, Germany * http://fkurz.net/
Online Log: http://dl0tud.tu-dresden.de/~dj1yfk/log.html

Fabian, if you are using CT and I am using N1MM (or TRLOG, haven't
decided) am I allowed to work you? Isn't that crossed electrons or
something?

denny / k8do

Fabian Kurz wrote:
In rec.radio.amateur.misc John wrote:
Looking for a good Cabrillo type logging program for the upcoming CQWW
CW contest - logging each contact by hand and then transferring to a
home made logging sheet gets kinda old pretty quick...

Needs to be in Cabrillo format for submission.

Any suggestions? Prefer free or small fee (under $50).

XPost & Fup to rec.radio.amateur.misc.

My first choice (for single OP, unassisted): CT(Win) by K1EA,
available at http://www.k1ea.com/. It's free, easy to use and
offers all features you'll need to get started. Saves the log in
Cabrillo format, export to ADIF possible to import it into your
general purpose logging program.
CT is one of the most used contest loggers for many years now,
for a good reason.

More advanced: Win-Test (http://www.win-test.com/). Not free, but
worth the price, if you need the rich features it offers.
Especially great networking capabilities for multi-operator
environments (probably not important in your case), good SO2R
support etc.

Other free Contest loggers: N1MM (Mentioned in another post. It
works fine, but it's a bit too bloated for my taste.), SD
(http://www.ei5di.com/ similar to CT).

Hope to meet you in CQWW, I'll be Single OP Allband High Power
with SO2R (using good old CT).

73,
--
Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK * Dresden, Germany * http://fkurz.net/
Online Log: http://dl0tud.tu-dresden.de/~dj1yfk/log.html

"Denny" wrote in message
oups.com...
N1MM's LOGGER program... Can be used as a simple logging program.. But
has all the bells-n-whistles you can imagine (and some you can't) if
you want to use all its features... Has a community of users who will
help you and a chat group...
And is free - not shareware, or pay me later - f r e e ....... Go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/N1MMLogger/

enjoy - denny / k8do
who has used most of the logging / rig control, programs out there, is
a life time subscriber to TRLOG, CT. and others, and N1MM is among the
best...




I agree that N1MM is very good. For a beginner in computer logging of
contests, it has a steeper learning curve than the N3FJP programs. While
you do have to purchase the N3FJP program, it is so easy and intuitive to
use that it is great for the inexperienced. I will admit N3FJP doesn't have
quite as many features but it does do all the basic stuff (basic rig
control, dxspot access, etc). Again that makes it good for contest
beginners.

Here is my list of preferred contest logging programs in order:

1. N3FJP if he has one for the particular contest.
2. N1MM when there is not an N3FJP program available
3. GENLOG when neither of the above has a program or module for the
contest.

Dee, N8UZE

Dee Flint wrote:
The most user friendly program is at www.n3fjp.com
It's a great program, user friendly (don't even really need to read the help
files to get started), automatically checks for duplicates, allows
monitoring the online DX clusters if you are so inclined, allows rig control
if you are so inclined, allows keying the radio from the computer if you are
so inclined, creates Cabrillo files for contest submission and adif files
for importing into general logging programs. There's other neat features
but that's a good start. It is also quite inexpensive.

There's a downside to the N3JFP logger Dee - the country files
(CTY.DAT) are only irregularly updated and I haven't found a way to
update them before each contest via AD1C's service.

Dee, N8UZE

w3rv



"John" wrote in message
...
Looking for a good Cabrillo type logging program for the upcoming CQWW CW
contest - logging each contact by hand and then transferring to a home
made logging sheet gets kinda old pretty quick...

Needs to be in Cabrillo format for submission.

Any suggestions? Prefer free or small fee (under $50).

Thanks.

John

reply here or: john _ stlmo at yahoo dot com

"Brian" wrote in message
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Dee Flint wrote:
The most user friendly program is at www.n3fjp.com
It's a great program, user friendly (don't even really need to read the
help
files to get started), automatically checks for duplicates, allows
monitoring the online DX clusters if you are so inclined, allows rig
control
if you are so inclined, allows keying the radio from the computer if you
are
so inclined, creates Cabrillo files for contest submission and adif files
for importing into general logging programs. There's other neat features
but that's a good start. It is also quite inexpensive.

There's a downside to the N3JFP logger Dee - the country files
(CTY.DAT) are only irregularly updated and I haven't found a way to
update them before each contest via AD1C's service.

Dee, N8UZE

w3rv



However, it is often a good choice for the person who has never used contest
software before due to its intuitive interface. All the other software that
I have experimented with takes time to get familiar with.

Dee, N8UZE