so ive been using N1MM pretty much exclusively for the past few years and its been fine for contests, does everything i need there, but for day to day logging its kind of a pain to use honestly. someone at the club mentioned Log4OM and i downloaded it a while back but never really dug into it.

the thing im trying to figure out is whether people run two separate programs, like N1MM for contests and Log4OM for everything else, and just import/export between them, or if they just stick with one. i tried running WSJT-X into Log4OM once and it was working but then it stopped seeing the spots and i never figured out why, probably something with the UDP port settings but i never had time to dig in.

also does anyone know if Log4OM handles dupes checking well during a contest or is that still something you really want N1MM for. i feel like N1MM is just so optimized for contest operating that nothing else really touches it for that use case but the everyday interface is just kind of clunky for casual ragchewing and DX chasing outside of contests

yeah this is basically exactly what i do, N1MM for contests and Log4OM for everything else. the ADIF import between them isnt perfect, i always end up with some duplicate entries to clean up after a big contest weekend, but its manageable. Log4OM is just way nicer to live in day to day, the DX cluster integration and the cloudlog sync stuff actually works reliably for me.

the WSJT-X UDP thing is almost certainly a port conflict, 2237 is the default and if something else grabbed it first it just silently fails, no error or anything which is super annoying. check what port WSJT-X is set to broadcast on and make sure Log4OM is listening on the same one, took me a while to figure that out the first time too. once its going it works pretty seamlessly, all my FT8 QSOs just show up automatically.

for dupe checking during contests i wouldnt trust Log4OM, N1MM is just built for that and the callsign lookup speed alone is worth it when youre running a pileup and trying to keep rate up

I actually just use N1MM for everything including day to day, probably sounds weird but i got so used to the interface that it doesnt bother me anymore. its not pretty but i know where everything is. the 3830 scores integration alone keeps me on it honestly.

that said a buddy of mine swears by Log4OM and he does link it up with WSJT-X without issues so it definitely works, i think he had to mess with the firewall settings on windows too, not just the port number. windows defender was blocking the UDP packets or something like that