[Elecraft] Windows vs Mac

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Quite a lot of software is available for OSX (iMac OS) now and I think MacLoggerDx is one of the best (although not free) and has a companion version for iPad. It does a lot, including rig control. See http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html
There is a forum too http://two.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/dogparklist and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macloggerdx/

For digital modes, there is cocoamodem, very good and has an interface to MacLoggerDX (via OSX scripting language - AppleScript).
See http://www.w7ay.net/site/Applications/cocoaModem/index.html (Chen is an ex Apple engineer and all his software is good).

There are plenty of other logging programs, including http://www.k1gq.com/SkookumLogger/, http://www.aetherlog.com, http://www.dl2rum.de/rumsoft/RUMLog.html (free) and many more.

A good place to look is http://machamradio.com which is "Devoted entirely to amateur radio operators using macintosh"

73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108)

Some tortures are physical / And some are mental, / But the one that is both / Is dental. -Ogden Nash, poet (1902-1971)

On 24 Aug 2012, at 14:44, Paul and Sue Huff wrote:

> Please forgive me for a slightly off-topic post but I know that the collective 
> wisdom of the people on this list can give me a lot of good advice.
> 
> My shack computer is getting a little "long in the tooth" and I am starting to 
> research a replacement machine.  My current ham usage for the computer consists 
> of logging and some digital work, but future rig control could be something that 
> I would be interested in doing.  Recent experience with a new iPad has created a 
> very positive impression for me regarding Apple products but I know that "in the 
> old days" most ham radio software was designed for Windows only.
> 
> So my question is this - Are there now good choices available for ham radio 
> software (logging, digital, rig control) that will run on OSx computers?
> 
> BTW, I know that Linux is a popular operating system for ham radio these days 
> but I don't really know anything about it.  I can certainly try to learn, 
> however the computer has other uses in the family and so I would need to be able 
> to easily switch it back into it's "standard" manufacturers configuration for my 
> wife who is even less techie than I am.
> 
> Any and all opinions would be appreciated.
> 
> 73,
> Paul - N8XMS
> 
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