I'm late jumping into this discussion, but want to add my two cents' worth. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a beta tester and evangelist for Ham Radio Deluxe, but have no financial interest.
HRD provides all the functionality everyone has mentioned on this list (including the info Ed asked for below, for V/UHF logging). In addition to rig control, logging (which provides at-a-glance worked/confirmed info in the cluster window), and digi modes, HRD also provides satellite tracking and rotor control, all in one suite of tools. Awards tracking is superb. And, HRD allows the use of MariaDB (a variant of MySQL) as the log database, instead of just using Access (Access is the default data store, but it can be converted very easily, following the video on HRD's YouTube channel). One new feature that HRD has that I haven't heard about in any other logger is the ability to take input from N1MM Logger+ directly as it is being input into the contest logger. There are a couple of configuration items in HRD to set, and the HRD logger must be running in the background during the contest. This eliminates the step of exporting the contest log to an ADIF and then importing it into HRD. I admit my bias, but feel HRD is well worth the license fee and is among the best all-in-one suites available. Thanks and 73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik....@gmail.com 10-10 #74624, North Georgia Chapter #2038 PODXS 070 #1962 K3# 281, P3 #688, KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468 -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Edward R Cole Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 12:23 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] : logging/k3s control program Barely dare ask, but is there a logging program suited for VHF logging? My logs are simply excel spreadsheets and cover: No. MO/DY/YR TIME CALLSIGN GRID LOCATION DXCC WAS FREQ MODE QSL-RX QSL-SENT Last two columns track QSLs received "X" or sent "MO/DA/YR" Especially would be nice to determine with callsign entry if I had worked the station, previously. MY log is an initial contact log and I do not enter repeat contacts. Present use is all manual entry and search. Grid is six digit locator. e.g. on 2m-eme I have 438 initial contacts (distinct callsigns). So far I run contests on paper with pencil. Eme and VHF contests normally are not so fast and furious as on HF. But a log that saves frequency, mode and date info while one enters time and call would be nice on contests, especially if it would detect a dupe. Be most handy tallying score and entering contest log. Cabrillo conversion would be nice for contests. I keep separate logs by band (only logging 6m+ contacts) 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubus...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to km4ik....@gmail.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
