[UK-CONTEST] Win-Test

[Cooper, Stewart]

I have used the DX-Net software by this author, and I can recommend it. His support is good too. He is an active contester himself. As for 'not being open source' 'missing the target'... whilst I like the notion of open source, in reality it is a support nightmare, and probably about 2 radio amateurs in the UK would have the skills or desire to start re-engineering their logging software. Besides, you yourself have said that a platform independent piece of software would be difficult to write, let alone support. I have long time looked for a logger that would support contests and allow a comments field (for 4m QTH, etc) and bandmap on VHF. I don't know if this one does, but I'll probably give it a try.
73
Stewart


-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Andy Summers
Sent: 24 January 2005 13:20
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] Win-Test


Hi Simon and all,

Yet another logging app! Whilst it looks pretty good, I think software
authors are perpetually missing the target. Why is this wheel continually
being re-invented? What I would like to see is an open source logger that is
platform portable. That way you could add any missing features yourself (if
you can write software), and run it on Linux if you like. N1MM is more or
less run open source, but sadly isn't platform portable (Use of VB and MS
Access).

I think a Java based logger would fit the bill. I did a bit of hacking in
Java myself to see, but it's a lot more complex than you might think. It's
become an abandoned project for now because I can't devote the necessary
time to it (bear in mind N1MM runs to about 72,000 lines of code). I had
used the working title 'jlog', but subsequently discovered somone had bagged
that name already <www.jlog.org>! Whilst this is written in Java, it's not
fully open source and isn't really aimed at contesting.

In replying to your post and having a rant, I guess I'm just hoping that
someone might 'take up the baton'.

73,
Andy.

PS: Glad to see CVRS is resurgent on the contesting front. I was a CVRS
member 25 years ago, where I was first introduced to contesting.

> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 14:53:34 +0000
> From: Simon Pearson <m0clw at ftml.net>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Win-Test
> To: UK-Contest <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <41F3BA6E.3070701 at ftml.net>
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> Hi folks,
>
> I came across Win-Test, a Windows contest logging program
> written by Oliver F5MZN (who also wrote the open source DX
> cluster software, 'DXNet'). From what I've seen thus far, it
> looks very promising!



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