so ive been using N1MM for contests for a few years now and it does what i need for that but for everyday logging its kind of a pain, the interface just feels clunky when im not in contest mode and i end up not logging half my QSOs which defeats the whole purpose

someone at the club mentioned Log4OM and i downloaded version 2 a while back but never really got into it. then last week i was running some FT8 with WSJT-X and realized the ADIF import situation is kind of a mess if youre juggling two different programs. like i had dupes all over the place in my main log because i forgot to import the WSJT-X log before a contest and then imported it after and everything got weird

so i guess my question is does anyone actually run Log4OM as their main logger AND still use N1MM for contests, or do you just pick one and deal with the limitations. also does Log4OM talk to WSJT-X any better than N1MM does, i know N1MM has that UDP thing but i never got it fully set up right

yeah i went through pretty much the same thing about a year ago. ended up keeping N1MM strictly for contests and using Log4OM for everything else. the UDP integration with WSJT-X in Log4OM actually works pretty well once you get the ports configured correctly, just make sure WSJT-X is set to send logged QSOs to the right port and Log4OM is listening on the same one, theres a setting in Log4OM under tools > UDP server or something like that. the two can coexist fine if you're disciplined about which log you're entering QSOs into but honestly that discipline part is where i fall down sometimes

the dupe thing you mentioned is a real issue. what i do now is before any contest i export a clean ADIF from Log4OM and import it into N1MM so at least the dupe checking is accurate, then after the contest i import the N1MM log back into Log4OM. its a little annoying but it keeps everything in one master log. havent found a cleaner way to do it

tbh i just use N1MM for everything including FT8 contests and let WSJT-X handle the actual decoding, the two play nicely enough together for that. for regular logging i admit i barely log outside of contests which i know is bad practice but there it is

Log4OM looked really nice when i tried it but it felt like a lot of setup for my use case. maybe worth it if you do a lot of DX chasing and want the awards tracking and stuff