[WriteLog] Popular Logging Programs for CQ WW SSB

[Jerry Flanders]

Most of us probably get "locked" into whatever we start with. I started using WL around '97 or '98, IIRC, because it was the best (only?)  Windows program for RTTY. Very hard to climb the learning curve _again_.

Earlier in this thread there was a link to a comparison of programs showing that WL had only around 2%, but that was for a SSB contest. I think I saw something indicating it is second among RTTY users a few months ago.

Jerry W4UK

> On November 27, 2018 at 1:53 PM Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I love ESM!
> 
> Steve
> KG5VK
> 
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:47 PM Alan Maenchen <ad6e at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> > Jerry,
> >
> > I think both WinTest and TR4WIN have only one mode:  ESM with different
> > macros for run and S&P. I don't know if there's any way to turn it off. I
> > had one guest op come over and he had to install TR4WIN because that's what
> > he likes. It would drive me crazy. I've used WinTest a couple of times and
> > was able to use it, but had to be very careful not to do something that it
> > considered unusual .. which would result in QLF.
> >
> > Maybe I've just become too comfortable with WL, but I like the idea of me
> > being in charge of the radio and the conversation. The logger should follow
> > me. Not the other way around. I suppose like most things, you can get used
> > to it with time and practice.
> >
> > 73, Alan  AD6E / KH6TU
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:16 AM Jerry Flanders <jeflanders at comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > On November 27, 2018 at 12:50 PM Alan Maenchen <ad6e at arrl.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >...I really don't like it when keys on the keyboard change
> > > > function .. for any reason. I've learned to change the N1MM macros such
> > > > that "run" and S&P do exactly the same things... and turn off ESM. Then
> > > it
> > > > becomes a usable logger.  IMHO
> > > ...
> > >
> > > I had to use n1mm for a couple contests awhile back. That is exactly what
> > > I had to do to make it usable for me. Strange the n1mm authors defaulted
> > > the user into that mode (changing the macros between run and S&P). The
> > > switch must work well for some guys, or it wouldn't still be there. Do
> > any
> > > other contest programs switch like that? I had always used WL, and never
> > > ran into it before.
> > >
> > > Jerry W4UK
> > >
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