Friday, August 27, 2010

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KEEP AN ELECTRONIC LOG???

The days of the paper log are long gone! Oh sure, there are some old timers AND "newbie" Hams who are using them, but today's Amateur Radio operators are all using electronic logs! Well, at least the good looking ones are!

Electronic logs are like cars, everyone is going to have their "preference" but when you boil it down...there are a few that rise to the top....I can honestly say I have tried the lion's share of them all!...:
DX4Win
DXBase
WinLog
Logic 
N3FJP
Aether
Amateur Contact Log 2.2
CommCat
CQ Log
DasLog
Easylog -- by microware softwareEUROWINLOG
Fastlog
GC   --  From OE8YDQ and OE8CIQ
Ham Radio Deluxe
ILIA Software 
Logger 32 

Just to name a few....
And when the dust settled...... the overwhelming winner for best all around log was DXLab Suite by AA6YQ


DXlab suite is FREE!...and it does everything and I mean everything (and then some you could ever want)...

http://www.dxlabsuite.com/

DXLab is a freeware suite of eight interoperating applications designed to automate amateur radio DXing activities:
  • Transceiver control with bandspread - controls up to 4 transceivers, with frequency and mode tracking by an independent transceiver, receiver, SDR-based panadaptor, or skimmer
  • RTTY - dual receive via the included MMTTY engine and a TNC
  • Logging - can be optimized for real-time logging, or for recording QSOs from paper logs
  • Award tracking and submission - AJA, Canadaward, Challenge, DDFM, DOK, DXCC, Holyland, IOTA, JCC, JCG, Maidenhead Fields & Squares, Marathon, RDA, SRR,  TopList, VUCC, USA-CA, WAB, WAC, WAE, WAJA, WAIP, WAHUC, WAS, WAZ, WPX, WAJA, WITU

 If this program does NOT do everything your current logger does and MORE...and does not satisfy...then something is wrong....BEST PART is....you do not have to worry about installing anything...REAL TIME Updates come out every few weeks, program lets you know it....ONE CLICK and your program downloads AND updates AUTOMATICALLY....Do you read that? AUTOMATICALLY! No more fuss with, "What the hell do I do with it now" syndrome!!! And you can run one or ALL the programs at once....it is your choice! 


And check this out...IF you want a feature added....email the reflector, and if makes enough sense, it will be implemented in short order.


Try it! I dare you not to like it!


73 and good DXing...


Jose - N4BAA


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