[UK-CONTEST] Contest software development

[Clive Whelan]

As a dyed in the wool user of the N1MM programme, I was
pleased to see some promotion of the IOTA contest on the
reflector. Personally I have little to no interest in that
event, but I do think it deserves more support.

Sadly, as with all U.S. based software, almost anything is
possible for e.g. state QSO parties and the like, whereas
European based contests get scant attention. This is in part
at least doe to the parochialism of our American cousins,
but really we have only ourselves to blame for not
"demanding" a bigger slice of the cake. I recently
petitioned for a {LASTEXCH} macro for ROPOCO, and it has
been added to the features request list, albeit with low
priority. This is hardly surprising since the request
received zero support from U.K. users. In the meanwhile I
have to revert to the (imo) inferior Writelog prog. for this
event, which is indeed a PITB

For users of Eu based software such as WT and SD the
situation is much better of course, but from my personal
p.o.v. the N1MM interface is light years ahead of the game.
The DOS grand-daddy TRlog sadly seems to have sunk without
trace, although of course N1MM is its natural successor. I
k-n-o-w there is a significant band of U.K. users but they
are much too backward in coming forward i.m.o. British
reserve has its appeal, but in the area of discussion it is
not a useful quality.

So c'mon people, tell 'em what you want and do it now!


73


Clive
GW3NJW