so ive been using N1MM pretty much exclusively for the last few years and it does what i need for contests, no complaints there. but outside of contest season im finding it a little clunky for everyday logging and keeping track of QSOs, especially now that im doing more digital stuff with WSJT-X. the integration isnt terrible but it feels like N1MM is kind of fighting me when im just casually working FT8 on a random tuesday night and not actually in a contest.

a buddy of mine at the club keeps pushing Log4OM at me and i finally installed it last week just to poke around. honestly the interface is a lot nicer for day to day stuff, the awards tracking is way better, and the WSJT-X integration just worked right away which was a nice change. but i dont know if i want to give up N1MM for contest season because i really dont want to be fiddling with something unfamiliar when im trying to run a pile or stay competitive in a sprint.

is anyone else running both depending on what theyre doing, like Log4OM for regular rag chew and digital and then switching to N1MM when a contest comes up? does the ADIF import export between them cause any headaches, dupes showing up weird or anything like that? or am i overcomplicating this and should just stick with one and learn it better

yeah i do exactly what youre describing, been doing it for maybe two years now. Log4OM for everything day to day, N1MM when theres a contest i actually care about. the ADIF transfer is mostly fine but i did have one weird situation during the CQ WW last fall where some of the exchange data didnt come through clean and i had to manually fix a handful of log entries. wasnt a disaster but annoying. just make sure your ADIF fields are mapping right before you commit to it, Log4OM has some quirks about how it exports certain contest-specific fields that N1MM doesnt love.

the WSJT-X thing is honestly the main reason i moved casual operating to Log4OM. once i had that UDP logging just humming along and everything showing up in the logbook automatically i didnt want to go back to babysitting N1MM for it. for FT8 chasing DXCC it just makes more sense.

i tried running both for a while and eventually just got frustrated keeping them in sync so i went back to N1MM for everything including the digital stuff. the WSJT-X integration in N1MM actually works fine once you get the UDP port set right, i think a lot of people trip over that initial setup and then assume its broken when its just a config thing. granted the UI is not pretty and if youre coming at it fresh Log4OM probably feels more modern. but for me contest muscle memory matters and i didnt want two different workflows in my head.