[MacLoggerContest] Contest Logger for Macs

Jack Brindle jackbrindle at earthlink.net
Tue Feb 8 16:32:25 EST 2005


Why not use MacLoggerDX for this mode of operation? Make the contest 
program excellent at handling contests, NOT general purpose logging.

On Feb 8, 2005, at 12:27 PM, John Bastin wrote:

> On Feb 7, 2005, at 3:30 PM, Ted Brattstrom wrote:
>
>>
>> 2- as one of the "Contests" - please have a "DXpedition mode" - no 
>> dupe
>> checking - all band - all mode... the style is similar - all you need 
>> to
>> do is get the Call... and maybe write a signal report... :-)
>
> Why no dupe checking? Nowadays, it seems that many DXpeditions are 
> discouraging duplicate contacts on a band, with the objective of 
> giving as many different stations as possible a chance to get in the 
> log. When so many current DXpeditions are posting online logs while 
> the DXpedition is still in process, the need for "insurance" contacts 
> seems much less and they are right to discourage the practice.
>
> By all means provide dupe checking in the software; a DXpeditioner can 
> disregard it if he desires.
>
> 73,
>
> John E Bastin, K8AJS
> jbastin at sssnet.com
> http://www.qsl.net/k8ajs/
>
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-Jack Brindle, W6FB
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