so ive been using Log4OM for a couple years now and mostly happy with it for day to day logging, the WSJT-X integration works pretty well once you get the UDP port sorted out, but every time contest season rolls around i feel like im missing something not running N1MM. my buddy keeps telling me to just switch to N1MM full time but honestly the interface feels like it was designed in 2003 and never touched again, which maybe it was, i dunno.

the thing is i do a mix of stuff — some FT8 on a tuesday night, occasional SSB contesting, and log4om handles the everyday stuff great but when i jumped into the sweepstakes last fall i was fumbling around with the contest module and definitely left points on the table. does anyone actually run both? like log4om for the normal hamming and then switch to N1MM just for contests? that seems annoying to manage but maybe thats just how people do it. also does N1MM even do the WSJT-X UDP feed cleanly or is that still a mess?

yeah thats pretty much exactly what i do, log4om for everything day to day and then when a contest comes up i fire up N1MM. the ADIF import between them is a bit of a pain but honestly its not that bad once you get a workflow going. i just export from N1MM after the contest and import into log4om to keep the master log clean.

as for WSJT-X and N1MM together — dont bother trying to run them simultaneously, thats asking for trouble with the UDP ports fighting each other. N1MM has its own FT8 mode stuff now but its not the same as WSJT-X and i personally dont use it that way. for serious contesting N1MM is just miles ahead, the bandmap alone is worth it, and if youre doing anything like CQ WW or sweepstakes the dupe checking and multiplier tracking is so much faster than fumbling through Log4OM's contest module which feels like an afterthought to me honestly.

the N1MM WSJT-X thing actually works fine if you set it up right, theres a config in WSJT-X to send the UDP log packets and N1MM can recieve them, i ran that setup during FD a couple years ago and it was pulling the FT8 QSOs right into N1MM without issues. might have been version specific though, i havent tried it recently since i mostly do CW in contests anyway so its kind of a non issue for me.

one thing i will say is dont sleep on the N1MM interface, yeah it looks old but every single thing has a keyboard shortcut and once your fingers know where everything is you can log a QSO in like two seconds flat. thats kind of the whole point in a pile up. Log4OM is prettier but pretty doesnt help you when youre running 150 an hour on 40m phone.