If you ever run into N3ST in a contest, he is a sighted guy using WriteLog
with 15,000 WAV files so that he can run the entire contest without using a
microphone or disturbing his family.
W3IUU
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 8:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: contest logging programs
>
> Pat,
>
> I've been using Writelog for about 7 years. Not a big gun contester, but
> i
> do have over 13,000 contest QSO's in the log. It has a fairly steep
> learning curv and a multitude of features I'll never use: networking,
> packet spotting, so2r(single op / 2 radio) stuff and so on.
>
> It works well with JAWS and all menus and dialogs read ok. You can add
> .wav file prompts to let you know where you are as you move through the
> entry fields.
>
> I tried an older version of N1MM several years ago, but couldn't get it
> working. Lot's of guys on the list use N3FJP, but I never got
> comfortable
> with it. One thing I love in Writelog that N3FJP doesn't have, is that I
> can enter a freq or part of a freq into the entry window, hit enter, and
> rig will jump to that freq.
>
>
> Writelog also has digital voice keying, cw, rtty, and psk. I've never
> figured out the psk tuning, but I use the dvk, cw, and rtty all the time.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
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