On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 11:00:16AM -0700, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
> http://www.wrtc2006.com/WRTC_radioSW.htm lists the logging software used
> by each station in WRTC 2006. Only six different logging programs were
> used by the 46 teams. The following breaks down the usage overall
> and by the continental area of the team captain:
>
> Overall AF AS EU NA OC SA
> ------- -- -- -- -- -- --
> WriteLog: 14 1 6 4 1 2
> WinTest: 12 12
> N1MM: 9 1 5 1 2
> CT-Win: 8 8
> TR Log: 2 2
> Zlog4Win: 1 1
>
> Observations:
>
> * WinTest was used exclusively by teams from Europe, and it was the most
> popular logging program amongst the European teams. Any ideas why it's
> not more popular outside Europe?
>
> * TR Log is the only DOS-based logger still being used by top competitors,
> with CT, NA, and SD all absent from the competition this time around.
SD (another logging program that seems to be predominantly used by
Europeans) I have been informed is both (a) Windows based nowadays, but (b)
only suited to single-operator use, and therefore not really appropriate
for the WRTC team.
> * Over 80% of the WRTC teams still use commercial logging software rather
> than freeware. On the other hand, freeware is now the choice of 20% of
> the teams at WRTC.
As several have reminded me, CT-Win is also freeware, so the percentage of
teams using freeware loggers in 2006 was really more like 37%. This is
a much higher percentage than four years ago.
--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/
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