so ive been using N1MM for contests for a couple years now and it works great for that, no complaints really, but for general everyday logging its kind of a pain to set up and i always feel like im fighting it when im not actually in a contest. someone at the club mentioned Log4OM and i downloaded it but havent really dug into it yet.

my current workflow is kind of a mess honestly — i run WSJT-X for FT8 and FT4, that logs to its own ADIF file, then i manually import that into N1MM every so often which is annoying and i always worry im creating duplicates. theres gotta be a better way to handle this. does Log4OM talk to WSJT-X any better or is it basically the same situation

also do people just run two separate logging programs or is there a clean way to have one master log that everything feeds into. ive read about using UDP packets from WSJT-X but havent actually gotten that working yet

yeah the two-program problem is real and honestly most people i know just accept it to some degree. what i do is keep Log4OM as my main station log and have WSJT-X pointed at it via the UDP broadcast — Log4OM listens on port 2237 by default and you just tell WSJT-X to send to that address. once thats set up WSJT-X contacts drop straight into Log4OM in real time, no manual importing. took me maybe 20 minutes to figure out the first time but now it just works.

N1MM i only fire up for actual contests and then i export from there afterwards and merge into Log4OM. its a bit of extra work after a contest weekend but its like 10 minutes and i only do it a few times a year so it doesnt bother me. the duplicate checking in Log4OM is decent enough that i havent had problems with it.

Log4OM 2 specifically is pretty solid for general logging, the interface is a bit busy but you get used to it. clublog integration works well too if you care about that.

I tried to get the UDP thing working between WSJT-X and N1MM once and gave up after an hour, so you're not alone there. Ended up just doing the manual ADIF import like you and yeah the duplicate issue bit me a couple times during a pileup when I wasnt paying attention.

Havent tried Log4OM yet but this thread is making me want to. Does it handle satellite logging at all or is that a whole other thing