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N1MM Contest Logging Software
N1MM Contest Logging Software
I have started using N1MM Logger for contest logging over the past few years. I started out using CT and after moving to Mississippi from Oklahoma I tried NA because some of the contesters here were using that. I really wanted a Linux or Windows based contest logging package. I went with WriteLog for Windows and had great success with it. But the ongoing cost of WriteLog every year was getting old, so I took the plunge and started trying N1MM Logger. A lot of the contesters had moved to it and you cannot beat the price, FREE!
I started working with it and figuring out how to integrate it with my computer and radios. Then I started digesting the commands and short-cuts to get familiar with them. I have not been very active lately, mainly due to an Oracle E-Business Suite implementation at work and grandchildren, but N1MM has turned into one of the flagship contesting logging packages. So let's delve into some of the features:
- All major and many minor HF Contests are supported
- Including General DX logging, DXpedition, DXSatellite and VHF DX.
- SSB, CW and Digital support
- Multi-user support
- Rover support for QSO parties and other contests which support this.
- VHF and up contesting
- Transverter support (SHF bands supported up to 10, 24, 47, 76, 142 and 241 GHz).
- Dxpedition mode (Run or S&P)
- ESM- Enter Send Message Mode - just press the Enter key to make a qso.
- Uses sound card for DVK but also DVK interface for W9XT and other DVK interfaces.
- Automatic CW generation (LPT and via USB to serial converter).
- Rotator control (Using N1MM Rotor, LP-Rotor or ARSWIN).
- Grayline program
- Two VFO support when using one radio, with one VFO per Bandmap.
- SO2R/SO2V support including $5 SO2R supporting SO2R with just sound cards.
- Telnet and packet support - spots from both automatically update the bandmaps.
- Winkeyer support (Serial CW keyer by K1EL).
- Automatic beam heading and sunrise/sunset calculations.
- Contact recording to wav files. Right-click on log entry to play back.
- Record level indicator for recording QSOs.
- Spot all S&P calls locally (QSYing wipes the call and spots QSO in bandmap).
- All major and most smaller RTTY and Digital contests
- AFSK and FSK with use of soundcards and terminal units (DXP-38, PK-232, Kam, etc.)
- Interfaces with MMTTY, MMVARI, and Fldigi
- SO1V, SO2V and SO2R
- Up to 4 parallel RX decoding windows using either MMTTY or a TU, all interacting with the Entry Window
- Multiplier/Dupe color coding of calls on the fly in any RX window
- Ability to find calls in Master.dta file in long strings of text in the RX windows
- Multiple call Grab window that displays last 7 callsigns received in the RX window.
- Point and click capture of callsigns and exchanges to Entry Window
- Ability to complete entire QSO with mouse and never leave the RX window (With ESM turned on)
- Up to 24 additional macro buttons
- Ability to stack incoming calls and work them off the stack by using a TU/Now macro
- Entry Window Window, Log Window, (Packet/Telnet), Score Window Summary, Info Window, Available Mults and Qs Window and the Digital Interfaces
- Multiplier window.
- Call check function , including N+1 matching
- Dual graphical bandmaps click to tune radio to the spot selected. The bandmap can be zoomed in or out depending on number of spots shown.
- Available Window keeps track of needed spots and mults on each band for easy band-change decisions. **Color-coded buttons indicate on which bands the current contact is needed.
- The program retains the size and position of windows as specified by the user.
- Click on packet spot in Packet/Telnet window, Bandmap or Available window to tune to that frequency/mode.
- SO2R including Dueling CQ and selectable advanced SO2R modes
- Serial number server for SO2R and multi-user modes - coordinates serial numbers between radios.
- S&P callsign stacking.
- Multi user support with automatic resync on reconnect.
- Rotator control
- Antenna mapping.
- Radio interface supports radios from Alinco, Elecraft, FlexRadio, Icom, Kenwood, Orion, TenTec and Yaesu
- LPT port functionality to control antenna switches, radio selection, and PTT (95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP).
- Support for microHAM and OTRSP SO2R protocols.
- Cabrillo export support.
- ADIF import/export support.
- Transaction log, which keeps all QSOs to facilitate recovery of log.
- Statistical reports.
As you can see, N1MM Logger is a full featured contesting software package. It integrates well with my computer and rigs. I still consider myself a rookie with this software so I have a long way to go before I consider myself knowledgeable. But it is always fun to learn a new software package! There are also a good number of third party and other add-on software and hardware packages for N1MM.
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