[WriteLog] General logging

[Jerry Pixton]

Rick,

Gee. Just a counterpoint.

I have used Writelog's format for at least three years for general qso 
logging and dxing on HF and I have a Satellite log that has Grid and 
Satellite fields. All have worked just fine. I must admit that I export the 
log data to a data base for reporting on DXCC etc. I run each log in one 
month increments and then export so I can QSL.

It was not all that hard to setup. And the upside is I am using the same 
software that I want to use for contesting.

Jerry, W6IHG



At 10:45 PM 4/17/2004 -0700, Rick Tavan wrote:
>I tried the DXpedition mode and found the paucity of data entry fields 
>unacceptable for general QSOs, so I defined my own general logging format 
>with more and longer fields. They don't all quite fit within one line, so 
>I have to scroll back and forth a bit to get to the less frequently used 
>fields. And RST-type fields have their bizarre behaviour, screwing up the 
>third digit and working differently on phone and CW. Setting up the field 
>definitions is a frustrating exercise in itself because you have to get it 
>exactly right before logging the first QSO and, as far as I can tell, you 
>must define the fields in display order because they can't be rearranged. 
>I think there may be a way to export and re-import to a newly defined 
>format with better field definitions but I haven't found it yet. And all 
>fields are fixed-length so you have to make them long enough to accomodate 
>maximum-length calls, QTHs, comments, etc., further exacerbating the 
>fit-on-a-line problem. This is all far from optimal and I intend to switch 
>to a real general purpose logger in the future, perhaps DX4WIN. So far it 
>has been easier to fight Writelog than to learn another piece of software, 
>but Writelog's mission in life is clearly contesting, not general logging.
>
>73,
>
>/Rick N6XI
>
>DBellW6AQ at aol.com wrote:
>
>>I'd like to use Writelog for everyday QSO logging.  Anybody doing it?  If 
>>no general log possible, how about a contest that will sort of double for 
>>a simple general log?  Thanks and 73, Dave, W6AQ
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Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs LLC
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