[CQ-Contest] Recording CQWW DX Contest on Your Computer

[Jeff Clarke]

I'm curious how most of you serious competitors are recording the CQWW 
DX CW contest?

I downloaded QSOrder by K3IT to use in N1MM Logger +.  After playing 
around it looks like it just records individual files for each contact 
you make. Looking at the CQWW rules  they say :

The recording must be in a common format (e.g., mp3) and should include 
the audio to each ear as a separate channel. The recording must be a 
continuous recording (not a recording of individual QSOs). Time “off the 
air” (when not transmitting or receiving) does not have to recorded.

Maybe I don't have QSOrder setup correctly??? It appears this plugin to 
N1MM Logger + wouldn't meet the requirements in the rules?  Another 
option would to be to buy an external recorder and plug it into the LINE 
OUT of your radio. The prices of these are from about $29 to some well 
to the hundreds of dollars.

A free option to record the contest that I found was to download some 
software named Audacity. I have a cable from my LINE OUT on the K3 going 
to the LINE IN of my West Mountain Radio Rigblaster Advantage. The 
SPEAKER OUT from it goes to the Microphone input on my computer. When 
the contest starts you just start Audacity and press the record button 
to start recording the contest. I made a one minute recording and the 
file was 20 MB. That would mean one hour of recording would be 1200 MB. 
The program shows how much recording time you have available. On my 
computer it says 670 hours. I had 678 GB of space left on my hard drive.

Jeff KU8E