I belong in the itinerant casual operating category. I operate from two main QTHs, in California and in New Hampshire. In addition, I also operate mobile HF and backpack portable HF. I am quite well served by RUMlog for these operations except for location support. I used RUMped for field day and was quite satisfied. I could easily transfer the QSOs to a new RUMlog log for LotW upload. However RUMped also dosen't have any kind of location support, and I was operating mobil (with my wife, KI6DSLX driving). So I lied and said all the QSOs were from Lewisburg WV when some of them were from a few miles away.
I am a big fan of paper QSLs, considering them an art form. RUMlog's paper QSL support is minimal but useful, and being able to log the ones received can be quite useful. I have not heard of any logging program, Mac, Linux, or Windows, which has decent location support. I think, but am not sure, that with a GPS location, it is straight forward to look up all the other information that hams seem to want, including: State, IOTW, CQ zone (whatever that is used for), county, city, etc. So it would be nice to get them all automatically with a connected GPS, and automatically add it to LotW and eQSL (when they can support it) uploads. Having them available to automatically print for paper QSLs would be nice too. Note that the internet may not be available during the QSO, but it is reasonable to assume it is available during uploads. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz |Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |not an add-on feature. - Attr-| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |ibuted to Andrew Tanenbaum | Los Gatos, CA 95032 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
