so ive been using N1MM for contests pretty much since i got my ticket and its fine, does what it needs to do, but a buddy of mine keeps going on about Log4OM for everyday logging and i started wondering if anyone actually switches between the two or just picks one and sticks with it

my main thing is i do a fair bit of FT8 through WSJT-X and the ADIF importing situation between all three of these has been kind of a mess for me honestly. like i'll run a contest in N1MM, then come back to normal operating and WSJT-X dumps its log and then Log4OM is supposed to pull it all together but i end up with dupes or missing QSOs sometimes and i cant always figure out where the gap is

does anyone have a workflow that actually works cleanly or am i just expecting too much from these things talking to each other

yeah the ADIF sync thing between WSJT-X and anything else is kind of a known headache. what i do is set WSJT-X to log to its own file and then at the end of the day i import manually into Log4OM rather than relying on the UDP broadcast stuff. the real-time logging via UDP sounds great in theory but ive had it drop entries when the cpu gets busy during a pile-up and then you're chasing down missing contacts anyway

for contests i just use N1MM and dont even try to merge it into Log4OM until after the contest period ends and i've submitted the Cabrillo. then i just do a manual ADIF import and check for dupes. its an extra step but honestly less aggravating than fighting the auto-sync. Log4OM's dupe checking is decent enough that it catches most of the overlap if you have it set right for the band and mode.

I tried running Log4OM as my main logger for everything including contests and gave up after about two weekends. it's genuinely a great piece of software for day to day stuff, the QRZ lookup integration and the award tracking are really nice, but when you're in the middle of a sprint and need fast keyboard entry N1MM just feels faster. the macro system in N1MM for CW and the rate meter and all that, it's just built for the contest mindset in a way Log4OM isnt really trying to be i think

the WSJT-X thing I handle by just letting WSJT-X keep its own log as the master for FT8 and importing to wherever else periodically. trying to make one program the single source of truth for all modes kind of breaks down when the programs all have slightly different ideas about what a QSO record looks like