WB9SBD asks:
> Now the odd thing is,, then why in all the sources of contest coverage,
> news, web pages, magazines, facebook etc. when someone is running a
> contest, all I ever see is the N3FJP Program, now it's a great program
> and I have nothing against it. but it seems really odd that if 40% use
> N1MM and only 3% use N3FJP, why is it that N3FJP all you ever see being
> used?
This is like asking "If all I see are ads for Fords, then why do none of
them look like the cars that win the Indy 500?"
I would suggest that contesters using N3FJP's software, spend little time
contesting, and have a lot of spare time to take selfies during the contest!
Below is my breakdown of loggers (arbitrarily set the cutoff at "10 or more
logs submitted claimed to be by this logger") sorted by average (mean, not
median) QSO's per log submitted, for CQWWCW2014. N3FJP is near the bottom
of the list (and several below it are obviously things like logs typed in
from paper and web Cabrillo converters).
To some extent, loggers with a reputation as "easy to use" do poorly in
this ranking because a large number of part-time contesters will use them.
I will note that the *average* (2124) QSO's per log for Win-Test, is larger
than the *largest number of QSO's* (1443) made by any N3FJP user.
I think if you are looking for "what do serious contesters use", sorting by
average QSO's per log results in a better list.
mean
QSO's
per
Logs QSO's Log First word in logger
---- ------- ---- --------------------
667 1416837 2124 Win-Test
30 37144 1238 TR
13 13497 1038 NA
11 11247 1022 SkookumLogger
69 65148 944 CT
34 31294 920 DXLog.net
317 279648 882 WriteLog
3050 2540830 833 N1MM
161 114242 709 5MContest
566 399449 705 TR4W
135 67701 501 SD
17 8305 488 SuperLogger
29 13287 458 zlistw(zlog)
270 120494 446 UcxLog
159 70426 442 AATest
18 7907 439 RTCL
178 76588 430 QARTest
216 86587 400 UNKNOWN
89 34854 391 CQWW
28 10938 390 RCKLog
24 8635 359 GenLog
124 44433 358 MixW
22 7760 352 ADIF2CABR
43 14467 336 zlistw(zLog)
95 30958 325 LM
74 21985 297 UR5EQF
222 59482 267 N3FJP's
26 6668 256 DQR_Log
31 7681 247 WinURECon
13 3206 246 Contest
21 4626 220 RUMped
32 6885 215 Paper
337 69110 205 CTESTWIN
44 7517 170 WA7BNM
10 902 90 DXKEEPER
Tim N3QE
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