> I suppose you really have a reason to want to stay with > WriteLog in spite of how difficult it is and can be > (although it certainly does not sound so in your post!) > so my suggestion may be moot - but - why not try N1MM > Logger....
When I purchased WriteLog I looked at several other logging programs. I use N3FJP and like it for general logging, so I was looking for contest logging in particular. I looked at N1MM and others a year or so ago when I bought WriteLog. I tried lots of demos and freeware programs and dumped any that gave me any trouble at all during installation and initial setup. I don't remember if N1MM was in that group or not (i.e. if I had trouble installing it and getting it to run). N3FJP has problems with its internally generated CW and I wanted something that did a better job at that. The write-up at the WriteLog Web site about how they do their internally generated CW made sense to me as a programmer (it's interupt-driven, not software-loop driven). That was a plus in its favor, since I eventually want to run this on my 750MHz laptop instead of my 2 GHz desktop. I was also looking for something that decoded CW since contests tend to run at a higher speed than I can easily copy and I was looking for a backup to my ears. WriteLog can decode CW in six or seven frequency ranges so it works even if the other guy does a bad job of zero-beating your freq. In a pile-up it will often decode two or three of the callers simultaneously. I don't believe N1MM does that, and would have required me to download another program for that function. I tried CWGet, which works OK but for best results seems to require more manual intervention than I can give it during a contest. Of course WriteLog doesn't tell you that you'll have to decode its .ini files for many of its advanced features. Once you figure that out, it's not a huge deal, but it seems unnecessarily complicated. If I had an afternoon with the documentation I could write a program that would let you read and write the options using more conventional Windows controls instead of Notepad. (Hmmm....) As far as its loss of comm with the K2, I haven't narrowed that down yet. I don't know if it's the microKEYER, WriteLog, my K2, cabling, or what. So I hesitate to dump the program for that reason only to discover that N1MM or some other program has the same problem. As far as sounding negative about WriteLog, I sound negative about almost all the software I use (except the programs I write) so you have to discount that a little bit. :-) The point of my post was to see if anyone else had similar experiences and how they solved them. But I appreciate the recommendation. Craig _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
