so ive been using N1MM forever basically, like since maybe 2015 or so, and it does everything i need for contests which is mostly what i do on weekends. but a few guys at the club keep pushing Log4OM and saying its better for day to day logging when youre not in a contest. my issue is i run WSJT-X on the side for FT8 and the integration with N1MM for that is kind of a pain honestly - i have to mess with the UDP ports every time i update either program and half the time the spots dont show up right in the bandmap.

someone told me Log4OM handles WSJT-X better but i havent actually tried it myself. anyone gone through this kind of transition? i dont really want to mess with my N1MM config right before contest season kicks off, i've got the ARRL 10m coming up and a few others i dont want to break anything. but if its genuinely better for the FT8 side of things i might set it up on the laptop just to try it out. or is there some other way people are handling the N1MM + WSJT-X thing that im missing

Log4OM is pretty solid for general logging and yeah the WSJT-X integration is more or less plug and play compared to N1MM. you basically point WSJT-X at Log4OM's UDP port and it just works, no fiddling. that said i wouldnt ditch N1MM for contesting, nothing really touches it for that. what i do is run both - Log4OM handles my day to day stuff and FT8 logging, then when a contest comes up i fire up N1MM and import the ADI file after. its a bit clunky but honestly once you get the workflow down its fine. just make sure your ADIF exports are clean before importing or you'll get duplicates showing up everywhere and that gets annoying fast.

i had the same headache with WSJT-X and N1MM a while back. the UDP thing is kind of a known annoyance, especially if youre on windows and something updates and resets your firewall rules without telling you. i never actually switched to Log4OM but i did start using WSJT-X in a way where it logs to its own ADIF and then i just periodically import that into N1MM manually. not elegant but it works and i dont lose any contacts. for contest season though just leave everything alone honestly, dont touch configs you dont have to touch right before a big one, learned that the hard way during the CQ WW a few years ago lol