[CQ-Contest] "Everyone" knows CT...

[Craig Cook]

Sounds good.

On 7/5/05, N7MAL <N7MAL at citlink.net> wrote:
> 
> WHAT..??.. Just for the record I became a registered user of CT around 
> 1987 and was contesting for @20 years prior to that. Prior to CT I was 
> logging by hand, (what a revolting concept).
> I recently had to use N1MM during a contest and found it was easy to use 
> because the function keys, that are used during a contest, are exactly the 
> same as CT. I just looked at TR, because I haven't looked at it for years, 
> and the function keys, used during contesting, are exactly the same as CT. 
> As for the comment ""re-learn all those obscure function keys and hidden 
> windows"" let me see if I understand alt-s=summary, alt-r=rate, 
> alt-c=country, alt-z=zones, etc etc etc. Seems like one of the most well 
> thought computer logging programs currently available. Many folks seem to 
> have lost sight of the purpose of contest logging software and that is to 
> LOG during a contest.
> CT is as current today as it was 20 years ago, at least is has a windows 
> version unlike TR. IMHO the setup and post contest functions of N1MM and TR 
> leave a lot be desired even though TR is really close to CT.
> I have been asked many times over the years to recommend a contest logging 
> program and it's always CT.
> 
> 
> 
> MAL N7MAL
> BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
> http://geocities.com/n7mal/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kenneth E. Harker
> To: CQ Contest
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 18:46
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] "Everyone" knows CT...
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 08:49:29AM -0400, Mark Bailey KD4D wrote:
> 
> > I recently did an informal survey of PVRC members, and Writelog
> > was by far the most popular logging program!
> >
> > The "big guns" I have been at use CT (DOS) or Writelog (Windows).
> > I personally use TRLog for single operator contests (also DOS).
> > Most people know how to use CT, and this is a factor for the
> > bigger stations.
> 
> I don't think this is necessarily true for anyone getting into the sport
> in the past five to ten years or so. I started contesting in the 1996-1997
> contest season, and I can only recall maybe three contests I've done where
> I had to use CT - Field Day in 1996, the June VHF contest at K8GP in 1998,
> and CQWW SSB 2004 at K3LR. Every time, I have to re-learn all those
> obscure function keys and hidden windows and what-not. I almost always
> use TR, but I've been to several multis where I've had to use WriteLog.
> 
> I think anyone getting into the sport today would almost certainly be
> using something other than CT. If your perception is that "everyone"
> knows CT, maybe you just have an older peer community around you.
> 
> --
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
> kenharker at kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/
> 
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Craig - N7OR