so ive been using Log4OM for general logging for about a year now and honestly love it for day to day stuff, the integration with WSJT-X is pretty solid once you get the UDP ports sorted out and it doesnt fight you too much. but every time a contest rolls around people keep telling me to just use N1MM and i keep putting it off because learning a new piece of software right before a contest weekend sounds like a recipe for disaster

last weekend was the ARRL DX CW contest and i tried to stick with Log4OM thinking it would be fine but i kept feeling like i was missing dupe checking speed and the multiplier tracking felt clunky compared to what i see guys doing in N1MM videos. i didnt lose any contacts or anything but it just felt like i was leaving efficiency on the table

has anyone actually run both? like Log4OM for everything outside contests and then switch to N1MM just for contest weekends? my concern is keeping the logs synced after because i dont want duplicate entries or missing stuff when i import back into Log4OM. also does N1MM even play nice with WSJT-X if i want to do some FT8 mixed in during like a digital contest or whatever

yeah this is basically exactly what i do and it works fine. N1MM for contests, Log4OM for everything else. the key is just exporting your N1MM log as an ADIF after the contest and importing it into Log4OM, takes like two minutes. i havent had duplicate issues doing it that way but i do make sure i set the date range on the import so it only grabs the contest period.

as for WSJT-X and N1MM together, yes it works, there's a whole setup in N1MM where you configure it to accept UDP from WSJT-X. you run WSJT-X, point its UDP output at N1MM's port, and they talk to each other. logging happens in N1MM automatically when you hit log in WSJT-X. took me maybe 20 minutes to figure out the first time but once its set its set. honestly for a serious contest weekend N1MM is just in a different league for the dupe checking and rate display stuff, Log4OM isnt really built for that kind of pressure

N1MM is kind of the standard for a reason but i'll say the learning curve isnt as bad as it looks. just dont try to customize everything at once, get the basic config right for the contest you're entering and leave everything else default. the built in contest modules handle the multiplier stuff automatically so you dont have to think about it mid-run which is the whole point really