[RTTY] [CQ-Contest] Linux contesting software?

[Bill Turner]

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At 12:08 PM 6/12/2006, Doug Hall wrote:



>As you might expect, the pickings are slimmer under Linux. But there is some
>software out there.
>
>TLF is a contesting program for Linux similar to TR-Log, and in fact it uses
>the same file format. See
>http://home.claranet.nl/users/reinc/TLF-0.2.htmlfor details. It
>supports RTTY contesting through the gMFSK program (
>http://gmfsk.connect.fi/index.html) or it can use an external controller.
>
>I have not used TLF to do a full contest, but I have tried it out and it
>runs and appears to be a viable option. Don't know how Linux literate you
>are, but if you're not interested in fiddling with it a bit then you might
>stick with Windows. As far as I know there is nothing out there for Linux on
>quite the same level as N1MM or Writelog, but I've managed to do fine using
>only Linux and Mac OS X in the hamshack for over a year now.
>73,
>Doug, K4DSP

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Thanks Doug, I don't mind fiddling a bit so I'll check out the two websites.

73, Bill W6WRT