When it did finally get working, I found I still neeeded to fill in most of the log entry by hand (all that was coming into the logging software was the frequency, date and time) and then re-type into all the other programs, so I gave up. Setting it up to work was challenging as the FT-991 has a rather simplisttic USB interface and getting data to flow still needed a lot of RS-232-era ‘bit setting’ to get it to go. I initially played around with some logging apps and attempted to integrate them with my Yaesu FT-991 (my first rig after I got back in 2015). The pitch was that by having the logging software track what you do on the radio automatically (such as frequency, mode, power output, etc.) that it would automagically fill in that info in the log - leaving only a few elements such as signal reports, names, and other comments to be provided by the operator. It’s low tech and always available, but it does require considerable re-typing effort to input the results into various databases for confirmation, awards and printing.Īfter my re-start in ham radio in 2015 and especially after I acquired the Flex radio in 2016, I started dabbling in ‘logging software’ which could be directly integrated with the transceiver. Last time, we talked about logging of contacts in general and my travails in maintaining a manual, handwritten log.
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