On Apr 3, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 03 Apr 16:25 -0500, Jeff Lane wrote: >> I know this comes up from time to time, and I also know the answers >> can be defended/argued as strongly as vi v emacs ;-) but I thought >> I'd ask you guys what the cool kids are using for logging these >> days. > > For general logging, I think CQRlog wins hands down. > >> I've played with various logging programs over the years, none of >> which I've ever stayed with, mostly for one big reason... no way to >> easily store or sync the log data online somewhere. Which means if >> I use a program on one laptop, that means it's yet another piece of >> data I have to remember to sync between systems. > > I do my logging on my main machine. If I were to do any on a laptop I > would probably export it as ADIF and import that into the main database. > > With the Spideroak backup that I use, it's probably possible to sync > between machines, but that is a very low priority for me so I haven't > investigated it. > >> So I was hoping to get an idea of what good general purpose logging >> programs are popular right now. I don't do a lot of contesting, so I >> don't need that kind of horsepower, but something good for general >> purpose logging. > > CQRlog does considerably more than I use it for. Admittedly, it is the > first logging program I ever became serious about using so I don't have > preconceived notions about what/how it should do things. > >> Hopefully something that will sync on the fly or on demand with >> something online (looking at LOTW, I've never used it before but >> maybe that's the solution I'm looking for, even though their >> software doesn't appear to be linux friendly). > > LoTW, despite its name, is NOT a logging system/program. It is an > electronic QSL system for certain ARRL and now CQ WPX awards. That's > it. It retains far too little data for me to consider it to be any sort > of backup for my main log. I think the same of eQSL. > >> I do most of my logging still with pen and paper because I've never >> found a logging program that wow'ed me enough to stick with. I even >> started writing my own at one point that was going to sync with a >> SQL database hosted along with one of my websites, or at the very >> least sync its data to one of my websites for backup purposes. But I >> got lazy and abandoned that because pen and paper still work well. > > I was at that point until last fall and committed my paper logs to > CQRlog and uploaded the entire works to LoTW and eQSL. Since then > CQRlog has made it painless to update each site with new log data. > > What I don't do is import any contest log data into CQRlog although it > is uploaded to LoTW and eQSL separately. > > With my log data now in CQRlog and backed up offsite with Spideroak, my > log data is now recoverable after a catistrophic event than when it was > on paper. > >> It would be nice to have something that could do QSL lookups on the >> fly but that's not necessarily required as I may or may not have >> internet connectivity when operating (portable, QRP, etc) > > Once a call is entered in the Call field, CQRlog does a search and shows > any previous QSOs in its database that match the call once <Space> or > <Tab> is pressed. QSL received and sent are among the available fields > shown. > >> Anyway, it just occurred to me to ask that old familiar question as >> I sat here working today with the HF rig on behind me. I've stopped >> and made a few contacts today, including an IOTA and a SOTA station >> on 20m and realized that sometimes my logs consist of scraps of >> paper that were handy when I needed something to write on :/ > > Back in 2000 I worked the FO0AAA expedition but when I entered my log > data last year I nearly panicked when I didn't find it in my logbook. I web > search showed that the expedition has an online log and a search of my > call showed that we had worked, but I had none of the particulars. I > was bummed until I decided to look in the notebook that I used mobile > back then, and still use (not much HF mobile in between time). I found > the QSO logged for date, time, and frequency and entered it. I uploaded > it to LoTW and received the confirmation! Don't throw those scraps away > until a card is received or it's confirmed via LoTW or other award > tracking method. > > If you want to try CQRlog, you'll probably be better served installing > the 1.3.1 .deb from its home page: > > http://www.cqrlog.com > > as the latest version is not yet able to be packaged by Kamal for > Debian/Ubuntu as I understand it. > > 73, de Nate >>
There is a PPA for cqrlog: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ok2cqr/ppa I'll give it a try when I get my station re-assembled (hopefully in the next few weeks). In the past I used TLF for both contest and general logging but it is time to move on. 73, Bob N7XY _____ N7XY DX Cluster Node - telnet to n7xy.net, port 7300 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
