[LOGic] Digital Modes and Logic

Wed Dec 5 09:55:35 EST 2007

I have also given up on the Logic/MixW link. It's simply too cumbersome.
Issues.
No DDE link for rig control... Requires stopping Logic and restarting after
MixW
Issues with default values for reports, for example...
Doesn't reflect changes to a record once it's saved so you MUST defer saving
the record to the end which increases errors and lost records.
I don't see any point whatsoever to the Logic input windows...
I just transfer the records after the fact via ADIF.
+++ Mel
 
-----Original Message-----
From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Wes Cosand
Sent: December 4, 2007 22:13
To: Logic email reflector
Subject: [LOGic] Digital Modes and Logic
Ever since the DOS Logic days I have been attempting to find an optimal way
to use Logic with a digital terminal program. I do at least half of my
contacts using MFSK, RTTY, or PSK. It may be my provincial view of the world
but it seems to me that globally the newer hams are increasingly emphasizing
digital modes since they no longer need CW competency to gain their HF
license and because they may come to recognize advantages of modes other
than phone. I want to be on the modes where they are.
For years I tried the modem route using the terminal capability of Logic. I
invested heavily in hardware but always ended up using specialized software
that made operating the modem simpler than trying to adapt the Logic
facility. So the digital software was totally independent of Logic and I
had to enter data twice.
I really like the slick way that Hamscope feeds the text and logging
information to Logic. When I first worked with Hamscope it seemed awkward
to use and I was dissatisfied. This week I invested a lot of time trying to
work with it again. It seemed to me that the Hamscope interface had
improved. I especially like the fact that it uses MMTTY engine for RTTY.
However, on PSK in side by side testing, it does not appear to copy marginal
signals as well as MixW. I have not done MFSK testing vs. MixW or Stream.
Since it has appeared, MixW has been my digital tool. However, when I am
rapidly doing one QSO after another, I constantly find my self messing up
the logging. I overwrite the data from the previous QSO or I fail to get
the current QSO logged. I know this is "operator associated" trouble, but
after nine years or so, you would think I would have mastered it.
Some of you are experienced digital operators. I certainly could use some
suggestions about how to use these tools reliably. Which program do you use
to read the rig frequency? Do you just manually enter the data twice?
I am committed to Logic. It has too many features unique in the logging
domain which I value. But how do you integrate these increasingly popular
modes with the logging software we all value?
Wes, WZ7I
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