I was also a long time user of Logic. Started back with Logic 1 or 2 (can't remember). I think Logic is an excellent logging program. If it were not for the issues ( I had) with interfacing the Flex with it, I would likely still be using it.
Now that being said, because of the issues I gave DXLabs a try. I made the conversion about 3 years ago and have not looked back. All went smooth. I did lose some of my QSO notes from Logic in the transfer, but made no special effort to save them. There are some adif data massaging programs that could be used to maybe prevent that from happening. I made the transition knowing that I could always go back to Logic and put more effort into resolving the issue with the flex interfacing. When I first made the change to DxLabs I had a bit of "switchers remorse", but that lasted about 2 days! Then I was hooked. The bottom line is that DX Labs is an amazing program. ( and it's free - with incredible product support!!!!) Regardless of what radio I was using, If I knew what I know now about this program I would have made the switch. I'm a happy camper Mark NU8Z -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of George Steube Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 7:28 AM To: K0DAN; dan edwards Cc: flex list Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Dan, The transfer was easy, the software is free, there is a ton of QSLing options that work. Just down load and try it. George W2GS -----Original Message----- From: K0DAN [mailto:k0...@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:46 PM To: dan edwards; George Steube Cc: flex list Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting I've been running LOGic with hardware radios for a l-o-n-g time, pretty much trouble-free and frankly can't complain about the product or support. OK, so some have reported troubles interfacing with FLEX, others not. Those of you who have switched from LOGic to DXLab or something else, how bad was the data transfer, esp as regards reports, awards, QSLO info, eQSL, LOTW, etc., etc., all that background stuff which you have accumulated for years? Surely all this stuff doesn't just port over....or does it???? 73 dan k0dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "dan edwards" <w...@att.net> To: "George Steube" <a...@bellsouth.net> Cc: "flex list" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting i second that motion.... dxLab work GREAT !!!! dan, w5xz --- On Fri, 12/11/09, George Steube <a...@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: George Steube <a...@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting To: "K0DAN" <k0...@comcast.net>, "FlexRadio reflector" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 12:00 AM I did, but Logic8 kept locking up, I repeatedly tried to get the developer to fix the problem with no luck. I changed to DXLab suite and have not looked back. You will not get better support on any product than Dave provides with DXLab. George W2GS -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz]on Behalf Of K0DAN Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:35 PM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Speaking of logging software, have any FLEX users out there interfaced LOGic to their SDR radios? 73 dan k0dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rudy Bakalov" <r_baka...@yahoo.com> To: "FlexRadio reflector" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz>; "Brian Lloyd" <brian-wb6...@lloyd.com> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Fair enough. The issue with the logger is the ease of configuration. Many hams are intimidated by messing with CAT commands. Also, there is a much higher risk of an error compared to a visual interface that clearly defines the configuration. Rudy N2WQ --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Brian Lloyd <brian-wb6...@lloyd.com> wrote: From: Brian Lloyd <brian-wb6...@lloyd.com> Subject: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting To: "FlexRadio reflector" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 1:00 PM On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Rudy Bakalov <r_baka...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It appears that the logger can in fact re-program the antenna > selection on the fly using the set of available CAT commands. But this > is extremely inefficient as the logger will have to send all the CAT > commands just to turn the TX on, before even sending the actual > contest message. It is much better to extend the existing PowerSDR > software with a SO2R mode where antenna and relay outputs are per VFO > rather than band. What you have described, i.e. sending all the commands to change the antenna settings before initiating the transmit, is both necessary and sufficient to meet all cases, present and future. If your data link is fast there will be no appreciable delay. At 19200 bps a 20 byte command sequence is transmitted in 10.4 ms. If it is running on a virtual serial port where the speed is limited only by the context switching time and processing delay, it would be much faster. 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