so ive been using Log4OM for general logging for about two years now and i really like it for day to day stuff, the integration with WSJT-X is pretty solid once you get the UDP ports sorted out. but every time a contest rolls around i feel like i should just switch over to N1MM because thats what everyone seems to use and i dont want to miss out on the multiplier tracking and stuff.

my question is does anyone actually run both at the same time or is that just asking for trouble with the UDP ports conflicting. i tried once and Log4OM kept grabbing the WSJT-X traffic before N1MM could see it. or maybe i had something misconfigured, honestly not sure. the contest last weekend (ARRL DX CW) i just ended up using N1MM standalone without WSJT-X which was fine but im trying to figure out a cleaner workflow for when i want to do FT8 during a contest like the state QSO parties where it counts

yeah dont try to run them both pointing at the same WSJT-X instance, thats gonna be a mess. what i do for the state QSO parties is just run N1MM as the primary and set WSJT-X to send UDP to N1MM's port directly. Log4OM gets completely shut down on contest days. then after the contest i just import the ADIF from N1MM into Log4OM for the permanent log. little bit of cleanup sometimes on the fields but nothing terrible. its not the most elegant solution but it works and i stopped fighting with port conflicts two years ago when i did basically the same thing you described and lost like 40 contacts to a logging split-brain situation that was not fun to sort out

N1MM is really the only sensible choice for serious contesting imo, the telnet cluster integration and the rate meter alone are worth it. Log4OM is great software but its not really built around the contest workflow the same way. that said i havent tried the newer versions of Log4OM so maybe it got better. for WSJT-X during contests i just accept that im switching modes and deal with the logging manually if i have to, FT8 in a contest always feels a bit slow to me anyway compared to running CW