[CQ-Contest] Field Day Logging Reply Summary (to date)

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

Thanks to all who've replied to me on the FD Logging software question I
posed yesterday.

Examining the replies has been interesting.

In terms of raw numbers, the overwhelming number of responses have been in
favor of TRLog.  Interestingly enough, most of these responses have come
from the TRLog reflector, NOT the CQ-Contest reflector... since one of the
replies to me was cross-posted.

Sticking solely to reponses from CQ-Contest, TRLog still had the most
favorable responses, with NA and CT both tied for a close second.  But most
of the CT comments have not been ringing endorsements -- most have basically
told me that since I already own CT, might as well stick with it rather than
learn a new package.  Also interesting comments there.

I'm still interested in further comments from anyone familiar with these
three packages.  Meantime I'm going to have to hunt up copies of TRLog & NA
for comparison... a thought that still makes me shudder (several years ago,
I once asked a few questions about one of these on the Pa QSO Party
reflector and unexpectedly received a phone call from the distributor who
had been told I was ready to buy it!)

A few additional comments:
Several people have told me that networking the laptops for FD isn't worth
the aggravation.  Actually, I agree, but I was asked to check into it.  (
Don't shoot the messenger! )

Several others have had... interesting reactions to my comment regarding our
blind member.  I've been called Politcally Correct ( please! ) for even
mentioning it; and prejuduced for not referring to him as "visually
impaired" instead of "blind."  Must be doing something right if I'm ticking
off both sides of THAT nonsense.  In any event, while I appreciate the
well-meant comments on alternatives to sticking to text-based software so
that Shawn's text-to-voice stuff would work... well, we don't work that way
here, sorry.  He's a member of our club, he's a great operator, and a
reasonable request like this is not a burden, merely a small problem to be
solved.  Sorry a few don't look at it that way, but that's life.

Besides, the alternative is that he'll cook again this year.  (Think I'm
kidding? Go to http://doit.pgh.net/~wolfie/washrag.htm, pull up the July
2001 issue, and look at Page 7)  Although a cross-state wedding kept me from
the club FD op last year, I hear that his burgers were first-rate...

73, ron wn3vaw

"There's No Crying in Baseball!"
-- Jimmie Dugan, "A League of Their Own"