I agree.

Short version.  Your log is data.  Clublog is a set of tools that enables you to manipulate that data in ways that tells you (a) how you're 'performing', (b) how your club is performing and (c) what is left for you to improve your personal or club standing.  The Leader board also lets you compare how you're doing compared to other members of your club; providing a little competition for fun or bragging rights.

I like some of the charts that show, for example what band modes I have or need (57 ATNO to go, a few more than that to confirm yet). 

I also like that most DXpeditions upload there BEFORE they upload to LOTW and often in real time so you can relax (I made it!) or double down your efforts.  That simple function takes some of the pileup load off because folks know 'they got it'.  [Because Clublog doesn't issue awards so the teams can also better leverage hams into donating for a faster LOTW upload, which many have mixed feelings about.  Some pay, some wait.] 

LOTW is a one way street, you only put data in it then ask if it matches; that's IT.  If you put bad data into it, it's there forever and there is no way to find out.  LOTW files grows HUGE because there is no edit or download function (in computer terms, that's just stupid wasteful of storage and the CPU effort to sift through it).  Clublog allows you delete or edit bad log entries, so you don't have a bunch of cruft in the database.  It also operates MUCH faster than LOTW (minutes, not hours) and fixes or updates are done in real time (actually moving to another server while changes are being done so it all stays online, the user is ignorant of these changes).  In the simplest terms, Clublog provides an online backup of your log (but back it up NOT on your primary computer, doh!).

Clublog is a wonderful tracking mechanism and now includes WAS tracking as well as DX.

Rick nhc

Someone who couldn't attend the meeting asked me a bit about Club Log, and I decided to share my response with others in case they were curious about what Club Log is for, or how it can be used. Here it is.

Club Log is useful not only for seeing where your club sits in relation to other clubs, and where you stand within the club, but is also most useful as a tool to track confirmed contacts in your own log. Club standing is based on the average number of confirmed DXCC entities among the members who have uploaded their logs. The top clubs have an average of 300+ confirmed entities per person. We're currently ranked 57th place which isn't something we're really going to improve on, so I focused mainly on the QSL tracking.

LoTW tracks how many DXCC entities you have but doesn't really give you any information on those you've worked but haven't received confirmation from. Club Log shows how many countries you've worked (all time, or just this year, or last year), and how many of those are confirmed. It also provides information on whether those that are not confirmed use LoTW or Club Log which may provide information on how to confirm QSOs. The thing I really like is that it has a sync function with LoTW, so in your Club Log account you can provide your LoTW login information and it will transfer all of your LoTW confirmations over. So the steps would be to upload your adif log file from your logging program to Club Log, give it some time to apply those to your account, then use the LoTW Sync function to transfer over the confirmations. The DXCC Charts tab is your own place in Club Log to see all those worked and those confirmed. There are a bunch of filters available for looking at just CW, Phone, Data, and the period you are interested in. My logging program (N3FJP) lets me check a box if I received an actual QSL card, and when I upload that contact again to Club Log it shows it as confirmed. Note Some logging programs have the LoTW to Club Log sync function built in. Mine doesn't.

So far this year I've worked 135 countries and have 95 of them confirmed. You just can't get that information from LoTW in a simple fashion, but Club Log makes it one of its main features.

I'd suggest creating an account, uploading a log file and seeing what it can do for you. Let me know if you have any questions.

73, Dennis NJ6G

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