so ive been using N1MM for a few years now mainly because thats what everyone told me to use when i first got into contesting and it does work great for that, no complaints really. but i find myself doing more and more random DX chasing and casual operating between contests and N1MM feels like overkill or just kinda clunky when im not actually in a contest. like i have to set up a contest profile just to log a random QSO which feels weird.

somebody at the club mentioned Log4OM and i downloaded it and messed around a bit and it seems more like a general purpose logger but im not sure if it handles contests well or if id have to keep both installed and switch back and forth. also i run WSJT-X pretty regularly for FT8 and my current setup pipes the WSJT-X logs into N1MM which mostly works but occasionally drops a contact or duplicates something, never fully figured out why.

does anyone actually run Log4OM as their primary and use it for contests too, or is the consensus still N1MM for anything competitive and something else for day to day. not looking to overthink this just wondering what setups people are actually running

yeah i went through exactly this about two years ago. ended up keeping both installed and honestly its not that big a deal, N1MM stays closed unless im actually in a contest weekend. Log4OM handles my day to day logging fine and the WSJT-X integration is pretty solid once you get the UDP port configured right — i had the same duplicate issue you're describing and it turned out i had both WSJT-X and Log4OM trying to log the same QSO through two different paths simultaneously, took me embarassingly long to figure that out.

for actual contests though i wouldnt try to use Log4OM, at least not serious ones. the dupe checking and run/SP mode stuff in N1MM is just too good and muscle memory at this point. if youre doing like a casual state QSO party maybe Log4OM is fine but anything where rate matters just use N1MM.

i run Log4OM as my main logger and like it quite a bit for dx and general stuff, the clublog integration and the real time propagation overlay are nice touches. havent really used it for contests much though so cant speak to that side of things. the WSJT-X hookup works fine for me but i did have to fiddle with the settings a bit on first setup, think there's a guide on the Log4OM groups.io if you search around.