[UK-CONTEST] Contest software development

[Ian Pritchard]

Can this be the same GW3NJW who was once a dyed in the
wool WRITELOG  supporter??  Shum mishtake shurely!
...73 Ian G3WVG


--- Clive Whelan <clive.whelan at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
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