[Logic] How to best use QRZ lookup and Log

Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:24:54 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Bill VanAlstyne
Sent: September 5, 2003 21:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Logic] How to best use QRZ lookup and Log

D'oh!! Looks like I didn't read the right part of the manual very
carefully. :-\  Well, thanks for the tips, Mel. Very much appreciated.

What software do you use for contests?

*** I used to use CT... But switched to Writelog a couple of years back.

Why is it better than using LOGic?

*** Contesting software is optimized for contesting... Has some very
nice features such as band maps and callsign matching against master
lists of contesters. Quicker input.

Do you then import the contest QSOs into your LOGic log for QSL/awards
tracking, etc.?

*** That's the idea. Actually I don't use Logic (yet)... I use DX4Win...
But seriously considering switching. Dx4Win does some things better...
Logic does other things better...  Others swear by DXBase, yet I really
disliked it when I tried it... There is no perfect logging program!

*** I always liked Logic... But when I tried ver 5 it was way too
buggy... Ver 6 is much better, just a few minor rough edges... Nothing
that can't be fixed by Dennis when the evenings get a little longer...

Bill / W5WVO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 05 September, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: RE: [Logic] How to best use QRZ lookup and Log

> I haven't got the program in front of me... But:
>
> 1) Just hit the escape key...
> 2) Just hit F6
>
> I also prefer to have "Confirm changes" enabled... Slows things down a

> bit but prevents errors... I don't use Logic for contests anyway... I 
> use a dedicated contesting program...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Bill VanAlstyne
> Sent: September 5, 2003 19:34
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Logic] How to best use QRZ lookup and Log
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I operate a lot of 6M SSB, chasing grid squares and states, so I 
> enabled auto-logging from QRZ. When I hear a station, I type the call 
> into the CALL field and hit TAB to generate a QRZ query. I get back 
> the info, which fills in the fields in a new database record. Then one

> of two things happens:
>
> 1) I find I already have the grid or state and decide to move on.
> 2) He's a new grid or state, and I decide to try to work the guy.
>
> In the case of 1), I erase the record and open a new blank record for 
> the next try. Ungainly, but not too bad.
>
> In the case of 2), let's say there's a pile-up on him, and working him

> takes some time. After about twenty minutes of trying, I get through 
> and score the QSO. But the time stamp in my log is twenty minutes ago.

> If I remember in the heat of the action, I go into the log and correct

> the time field, but sometimes I forget. Bad news for QSLing!
>
> I thought from reading the Help that I could actually look up a guy in

> the "Callbook from Web" window without generating a log record -- and 
> then if I want to log him, I just click Copy and a new log entry will 
> be generated with the current date/time, etc. But it doesn't seem to 
> work that way. If this is indeed the way it is supposed to work, I 
> must be doing something wrong. When I click Copy, I do get a new 
> record started, but the only fields that get filled in are the fields 
> that carry over from previous QSOs, plus the date/time stamp. (At 
> least that works!) None of the information in the Callbook from Web 
> window -- no call, no name, no QTH, etc., etc. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Bill / W5WVO
>
>
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