So ive been using N1MM pretty much since i got my license, mainly because thats what the guys at my club use and it made sense to just go along with it for contest weekends. but im starting to do more day to day HF stuff outside of contests and N1MM feels like overkill honestly, the interface is kind of a mess when youre just casually working DX and dont need all the contest functions running.

Someone at the last club meeting mentioned Log4OM and i downloaded it but havent really dug in yet. looks a lot cleaner for general use. my main concern is how it plays with WSJT-X because i do a fair amount of FT8 these days and my current setup has N1MM and WSJT-X talking over UDP which works fine, occasionally drops a log entry but mostly solid. does Log4OM handle that integration pretty well or is it finicky? also wondering if people actually use Log4OM for contests or if you basically have to fire up N1MM anyway when a contest weekend rolls around.

Not trying to maintain two completely separate logs if i can avoid it, that sounds like a nightmare for tracking confirmations and DXCC progress.

i went through basically this exact situation about a year ago. ended up keeping both installed which i know isnt the answer you want but hear me out. Log4OM is genuinely nicer for day to day logging, the UI makes sense, clublog and LoTW sync works great, and the WSJT-X integration via UDP is actually pretty reliable in my experience, more so than N1MM weirdly enough. i had a period where N1MM was just silently eating FT8 QSOs and i didnt notice for like two operating sessions which was annoying.

the contest thing though yeah, Log4OM has some contest support but its not really in the same league as N1MM for anything serious. if youre doing CQ WW or sweepstakes or anything where multipliers and rate matter you want N1MM. what i do is just export from N1MM after a contest as an ADIF and import it into Log4OM to keep the master log current. takes maybe five minutes and ive never had a dupe issue from it. its not elegant but it works and i stopped worrying about it.

Log4OM and WSJT-X work fine together, just make sure you set the UDP port correctly in both, default is 2237 i think but double check yours. the main thing i ran into was Log4OM not grabbing the grid square from the FT8 decode sometimes, might be a version thing, im running 2.x and it was better after an update a few months back.

for what its worth i dont do many big contests so i cant speak to N1MM comparison there but for SOTA activations and general HF logging Log4OM has been solid for me. the built in map is kind of nice too when youre tracking new grids.