[PaQSO] Changes to PAQSO Party rules

[Mark Kempisty]

For those who didn't want to read all my pontification in the other 
e-mail...

For contest logging software, N1MM's Free Contest Logger is my choice.

 o Regularly updated (sometimes in the middle of a contest if the issue 
warrants it).
 o Wide contest support.
 o Wide use by major contesters (many Frankford Radio Club members are now 
using it).
 o Usable from the smallest station to the biggest multi/multi.
 o Handles most state QSO parties but not necessarily all the rule quirks.
 o FREE!

Many complain about the SPAM risk when they have to sign up for Yahoo 
Groups.  I have never had a SPAM issue traceable to them.  They run a tight 
ship.  If you want, create a "mule" e-mail account that you only use on 
them.  The support you get out of the group is second to none.

73,
Mark N3GNW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <heathkit at juno.com>
To: <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:42 AM
Subject: [PaQSO] Changes to PAQSO Party rules


I'm not a big contester, but when I do participate, I use my computer to 
assist me in logging.

Am I in the minority?  Or do most hams -today- utilize other methods/tools 
in their contesting activities?

I bring this up because I wonder if we are gradually chipping away the 
endurance of the folks who write this software when they have to spend time 
continually updating the software to accommodate the constant tide of 
change.

Forgive my ignorance, but maybe we don't suffer from a dearth of such 
software and therefore you can hit the DELETE button here, but in my recent 
quest to find some good logging software, I came across this statement from 
someone who actually WRITES software for our contest:

   ... Generally, rule changes result in a state QSO party program's 
removal.

I for one, miss Don Reamer's (KA3JWE) PAQSO Party program.  Not sure why he 
stop supporting it.  (Could it have been the headaches associated with 
constant change?)

Just food for thought..that's all.

Respectfully,
Danny Ruth
W3ZF   heathkit at juno.com    http://www.qsl.net/w3zf/

P.S.  BTW, I haven't made any decisions on logging software yet and was 
wondering if any type of "buyer's guide" exists to help me make my decision. 
Any recommendations for any logging software (that has wide contest 
coverage) would be warmly welcomed.


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