[WriteLog] 73 De NG1I

Tue Nov 15 02:31:21 EST 2005

Hello Frank,
> A lot refer to buggy software because they have failed to RTM.

These seem to be a really true words.
If You want to have a look and feel, how writelog can be used,
than You should _really_ read those websites:
<http://www.k9jy.com/>
This is a really good made Introduction into writelog, and
it reveals a lot of tipps and tricks even for long year users.
(thank You very much for this site, Scot!)
<http://www.rttycontesting.com/>
This site by AA5AU (thank You, Don!) is a perfect introduction
into setting up a Computer for RTTY with RTTY basics, and covers
MMTTY and Writelog with MMTTY also.
Look at the grat tutorials here:
<http://www.rttycontesting.com/tutorials/tutorials.htm>
If you have all necessary connectors ready, it's a startup in minutes.
And last not least for writelog:
If they say (in the yahoo group) writelog is buggy, just think about
those things:
- have you ever seen a software without a bug? it is just normal
 for mankind to make mistakes, why should a programmer be better
 than any other man?
- look at those "bugs" they write of. Are they really important or
 are those just minor tweaks that have long been fixed by Wayne
 with the next update?
- In my opinion the most important thing is, how You can get support
 for a software - and for Writelog there is much of it:
 * reflector here with traffic and helpful HAMs that do respond to
 questions
 * perfect introductional Websites
 * good documentation in the program itself
 * lots of third party tools for writelog (i.e. contest modules
 for nearly every contest - even the smaller ones, and MMTTY
 for example
 * really good support by Ron, K5DJ for everything
 covering distribution
 * and last not least even direct contact with the autor if things
 go into details with programming.
I personally would not like to go back - now that I have found this
software - it's useful for all contests, for dxpeditions, and for
all daily logging (if you just want to track date/time/call/band).
Of course there are better logging programs for qso rounds, where
you can lots of information about your qso partner and so on, but
theses programs are made for all-day-logging and not for
contest-logging where You don't need those things.
best 73s de Werner DL4NER.
--
Dipl.-Ing. Univ. Werner Maier
http://www.maiers.de/