[TenTec] Log, help

Cecil chacuff at cableone.net
Sun Aug 25 12:56:52 EDT 2013


I currently have the same problem...I haven't submitted an update to my DXCC In years.  I'm using DXBase and have come to hate it.  Looking for something new.

I noticed DXlab has a whole suite of products...are they all part of DXKeeper or the other way around...with DXKeeper being a part of the DXLab suite.  Is it all free?  I don't mind paying for a nicely functional product with good support.  Currently using the whole suite of DXAtlas station tools which I highly recommend but it doesn't cover logging.  I noticed DXLab seems to have some of the same type stuff as DXAtlas.

Sorry for the questions...my attention span is a bit narrow today...came down with a nasty cold last night and just feel rotten.  Haven't spent much time on the website.

Cecil

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On Aug 25, 2013, at 11:32 AM, GARY HUBER <glhuber at msn.com> wrote:

> I second Jim's recommendation.... I had not submitted any additional update to my basic DXCC (107 mixed) in 1976. By inputting the original 107, as well as every "new one" on the walls, in paper logs, or on in boxes in the cabinet drawers, into DXKeeper, I was able to generate a submission for DXCC Honor Roll (336 Mixed) thirty four years after the original submission.  Now everything goes into DXKeeper and is uploaded to LOTW.  If I need a paper log, its just a matter of deciding what info is to be printed and send it to the printer.
> 
> If you don't want or need the extra operations, don't use them. The program is free (FREE) and has excellent support by its user group and the program author AA6YQ. The goal for problem resolution is less than 24 hours.
> 
> 73 ES DX,
> Gary -- AB9M
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Jim Brown
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 10:29 AM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Log, help
> 
> On 8/25/2013 7:51 AM, PC Anderson wrote:
>> Hello all, this is way off topic. I am looking for a general logging program that can be printed without going through a bunch of intermediate steps.
> 
> What do you want to print?  When I got back on the air in 2003, I
> adopted DXKeeper, a free logging program. It does almost anything a ham
> would want to do with a log, prints cards, address labels, lists of
> countries you've worked, countries you need to work, counties, states,
> IOTAs, CQ zones and fields.Once you are set up with LOTW and eQSL, you
> can tell it to upload your log, and download QSLs any time you want to.
> It can also import/export log files to/from other logging programs using
> the ADIF format. I'm an active contester, and use the N1MM logger for
> contesting. After each contest, N1MM generates an ADIF file that I
> import into DXKeeper, and then have DXKeeper upload to LOTW and eQSL.
> 
> DXKeeper will even organize your DXCC submission in the new format that
> ARRL requires, and generate the file to submit to them.  When you enter
> a call in the QSO entry window, the DXKeeper log window will show
> previous QSOs with that station, including name, QTH, band, etc.
> 
> Because I was immediately happy with DXKeeper when I tried it ten years
> ago, I've not looked at other logging programs, so I can't say that it's
> better than any specific alternative, but I sure do like it, I've
> recommended to a lot of others who also told me they like it, and who
> are actively using it.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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