[LOGic] Digital Modes and Logic

[Jim Sharp]

I've been using MixW for years with Logic. I have MixW checked in the Log 
form but start MixW first then start Logic. That way MixW interfaces with 
Logic. I enter everything in MixW (even phone contacts) and it all links to 
Logic perfectly. So MixW is set up to interface with the rig for rig 
control, freq, fsk and cw keying etc.  So when I type a call in MixW, it 
does a lookup in Logic and quickly posts that data (name,adr) in Logic which 
is running full screen while MixW is in a smaller window. Neat.
For contesting, I used previously Writelog, but now N1MM (which uses MMTTY) 
to do all tasks as it is a much more powerful (featured) contest logger. 
Then after the contest, transfer all the results to a ADIF file to be 
imported into Logic for record keeping and uploading of calls into LoTW and 
EQsl.

I wish I could interface with the rig with both MixW and Logic 
simultanesously, but that is not possible. So the next best thing is to set 
Logic NOT to interface with the rig and dynamically link it as I deccribed 
above to MixW

73, Jim - W5AP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wes Cosand" <wes.cosand at gmail.com>
To: "Logic email reflector" <logic at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: [LOGic] Digital Modes and Logic


> Ever since the DOS Logic days I have been attempting to find an
> optimal way to use Logic with a digital terminal program.  I do at
> least half of my contacts using MFSK, RTTY, or PSK. It may be my
> provincial view of the world but it seems to me that globally the
> newer hams are increasingly emphasizing digital modes since they no
> longer need CW competency to gain their HF license and because they
> may come to recognize advantages of modes other than phone.  I want to
> be on the modes where they are.
>
> For years I tried the modem route using the terminal capability of
> Logic.  I invested heavily in hardware but always ended up using
> specialized software that made operating the modem simpler than trying
> to adapt the Logic facility.  So the digital software was totally
> independent of Logic and I had to enter data twice.
>
> I really like the slick way that Hamscope feeds the text and logging
> information to Logic.  When I first worked with Hamscope it seemed
> awkward to use and I was dissatisfied.  This week I invested a lot of
> time trying to work with it again.  It seemed to me that the Hamscope
> interface had improved.  I especially like the fact that it uses MMTTY
> engine for RTTY.  However, on PSK in side by side testing, it does not
> appear to copy marginal signals as well as MixW.  I have not done MFSK
> testing vs. MixW or Stream.
>
> Since it has appeared, MixW has been my digital tool.  However, when I
> am rapidly doing one QSO after another, I constantly find my self
> messing up the logging.  I overwrite the data from the previous QSO or
> I fail to get the current QSO logged.  I know this is "operator
> associated" trouble, but after nine years or so, you would think I
> would have mastered it.
>
> Some of you are experienced digital operators.  I certainly could use
> some suggestions about how to use these tools reliably.  Which program
> do you use to read the rig frequency?  Do you just manually enter the
> data twice?
>
> I am committed to Logic.  It has too many features unique in the
> logging domain which I value.  But how do you integrate these
> increasingly popular modes with the logging software we all value?
>
> Wes, WZ7I
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