so ive been running Log4OM for general logging for about two years now and honestly its been great for day to day stuff, QSL tracking, LOTW sync, all that. but contest season rolls around and i keep getting told to just use N1MM and i finally caved and set it up last weekend for a state QSO party.

heres the thing though - now i have logs in two different places and im trying to figure out the best workflow. like do people actually export from N1MM after a contest and import into Log4OM for the permanent record? or do you just keep contest logs separate forever? the ADIF export from N1MM seems straightforward enough but i havent actually tried pulling it into Log4OM yet and i dont want to end up with a bunch of dupes or missing fields.

also separately - im running WSJT-X for FT8 and that auto-logs to its own file which i then import into Log4OM every couple weeks. so now i potentially have three logging situations going on and it feels like it should be simpler than this. anyone got a clean setup that doesnt involve manually shuffling ADIF files around constantly?

yeah this is basically the eternal logging question and everyone seems to land on a slightly different answer. what i do is treat N1MM as a contest-only tool and never even try to merge those logs with my general log - contest QSOs are kind of their own thing with their own exchange data that doesnt really map cleanly into a general logger anyway. so after a contest i submit the Cabrillo to whatever robot and then just leave the N1MM log alone.

for WSJT-X though the easiest thing ive found is pointing it directly at Log4OM via the UDP logging port. you set WSJT-X to broadcast logged QSOs over UDP and Log4OM can listen on that same port and just eat them in real time. no more manual ADIF imports, it just shows up. took me maybe 20 minutes to configure once i actually read the Log4OM documentation which is admittedly kind of scattered.

N1MM can also do real time LOTW uploads during contests if you want that satisfaction but i usually just batch upload afterward.

the UDP thing the other guy mentioned is definitely the way to go for WSJT-X. i was doing the same manual import thing for way too long before someone told me about it on this forum actually.

i'll be honest i never really warmed up to Log4OM, i just use N1MM for everything including general logging which i know is kind of weird but it works for me. the interface is ugly but ive been using it so long i dont even notice anymore. it does get a little clunky for non-contest casual operating but whatever.