#Macloggerdx contests update#
#Macloggerdx contests portable#
#Macloggerdx contests software#
#Macloggerdx contests free#

Maintaining 3 logs that don't tie together is a far cry from what was touted as 1 log doing everything.

#Macloggerdx contests software#

Currently I will might use Maclogger DX for some of my General Logging (due the money and time I already invested and the lack of other Mac logging software available), but I will have to still maintain paper log books for unsupported VHF/UHF contacts, plus a separate PC laptop with real Contest Logging software for Contesting at a Contest pace.

To this end Mac users are very limited in their choices. Maybe someday there will be a logging program available for both Contesting and General Logging, but Maclogger DX doesn't cut it so don't even think that it might. Unfortunately Maclogger DX won't do either Contest or all of my General Logging for me. These all eventually became obsolete for me and as I also moved to a Mac personally I hoped for a Mac based Contest Logging solution. My frame of reference for expedient Contest Logging at contest pace has been the three programs I have previously owned and operated: CT, NA, and TR. In actual fact it only could support one of twelve possible entry classes that exist today for the ARRL VHF Contests. There is a third party Cabrillo Converter built and supported by a user group (not by the actual Maclogger DX developer) which attempts to create a proper Cabrillo log Contest entry from the Maclogger DX software's unique file format, and when you look at what contests are supported they claim it supports the ARRL VHF Contests, but it cannot possibly do so when you operate the aforementioned VHF/UHF bands. That was truly my hope, and I was very disappointed to invest around $100 and more importantly several hours to learn that it is just NOT suitable for contest logging as it is too slow to use for entering contacts at a contest pace, and that it is also not suitable for Contest and/or General logging if you operate VHF/UHF bands because it does not support many VHF/UHF bands that VHF-ers like me do regularly operate such as 222, 903, 1296, 2304, and 3456 MHz. You will be happy with it as well as the incredibly fast service the company will give you when/if you have questions.įrom everything I read Maclogger DX would be a Mac user's dream logging program and would bridge the longstanding gap between Contest and General Logging, so you would only have to maintain one log. If you are a Mac user, buy it and use it. Granted this is an expensive program, but it is worth every single penny you will spend on it. But the conversion is easy to make using any of the many GMT conversion web sites out there and my guess is that few hams would want to do this. The only 'workaround' I do on each new log entry is to change the time-on and-off to local time replacing the UTC (GMT) time. and there is nothing you probably ever will WANT to 'workaround.' There is nothing you can't 'workaround' with this program. Some would be nice to have, but again, they are really not necessary. The items I mentioned are simply not important in everyday use. The changes that I wanted in my earlier review have not been implemented, but they are those of a software nerd, and not of a real user. I have a lot more experience with the system than I had when I first reviewed it. At that review I was talking as a software engineer/developer (which I've been for 40 years) and not as a regular, run-of-the-mail ham. This is really a better program than perhaps it sounded like in my earlier review.

#Macloggerdx contests update#

This is an update to the 4/5 review I did earlier.

#Macloggerdx contests free#

We have tried various other free loggers and although they work, they do not cover all the features of MLDX. If you need to try it do so, it has a 15 min reset period and you will enjoy the fun of exploring. Both Esther GI0AZA and I have found the ease of use, the various features of the logger a gift and the stability excellent. Don the developer can turn around queries and requests inside a very short period of time. It has developed and continues to develop with requests for help and updates actioned within hours and sometimes minutes. This software is the King of loggers as far as we are concerned.

We discovered MacLogger DX a few years ago and have used it extensively.

#Macloggerdx contests portable#

If you are in the field of portable or SOTA this is even more unique. This means that normal software items such as loggers for your contacts can be hard to find and use. We are a family of iMac users as well as iPads and of course when you add in Amateur Radios you find yourself in a unique situation.