[SECC] N1MM Software

[Bill Coleman]

On Nov 21, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Macie, Gordon wrote:

> I just did a quick search on my old reflector emails. I remember  
> about a year ago taking a survey and we only had 1 N1MM user, AE4Y.  
> Hence, Our "EXPERT".. I now see KU8E, K4SAV, AA4GA and myself  
> experimenting. Any comments ??...

I used it at N4N for Field Day.

On my wimy Windows laptop, it had a few problems. First, laptop's  
only 800x600. N1MM assumes you have a monster screen and opens up a  
zillion windows, some of which it positions off the edge of the  
screen. Second, N1MM assumes you have computer control. Computer  
control is nice, but shouldn't be required. Third, it was very hard  
to configure. There were a zillion options, many of them buried in  
sub-windows that were hard to find. Forth, at the N4N field day site,  
the networking tended to hang my laptop about every half hour, and I  
had to restart the program. The hang was random, so it might do it  
twice in 2 minutes, then nothing for an hour.

I considered using N1MM for SS, but decided to go with the more  
practiced CQPWin instead. I'm currently working on contest logging  
software for MacOS X, so perhaps I can get rid of the Windows  
machines altogether.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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