That's what I did several months ago, sensing the program was dying, needing SteppIR control, and wanting a simpler LOTW process. I looked at the reviews on eham.net (http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/27), asked other DXers, downloaded and tried Logger32, XM Log, and DXLab.
I made notes of pluses and minuses, subscribed to the reflectors to see how many issues there were and how they were addressed. Logger32 is popular and seemed OK, but I went with DXLab and have been very happy. It's somewhat more complicated than I wish it were and has many fields I'd eliminate, but it wasn't custom written for me. OTOH, the author, AA6YQ, has incorporated a few suggestions that I've requested, as did Jack, some of which are from DXbase, such as a default power level for each band. I totally agree with W2IRT's posting two days ago, even the part about paying $250 for the perfect package. Jim N7US -----Original Message----- The first thing I did after Jack's announcement, was to backup my log file by doing an ADIF file export of my full log file. I feel like the train has left the station on DXBase support. And, if I have to make a recovery, it may have to be to another logging database (Reloading backlevel software can be difficult ). I have used the exported ADIF file to load trial versions of LOGIC8 and the regular version of DXLab, to try these products. I did learn that Logic 8 was unable to correctly interpret the ADIF file from DXBase(DXCC errors) - although the DXLab product did correctly interpret it (DXLab has a specific interpreter for the DXBase ADIF file ---obviously all ADIF files are not created equal). I will be evaluating other programs in the next month. 73, Merle - W0EWM ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
