Best Ham Radio Logging App?

 I have never been one of those guys who will break a pileup or sit for hours trying to work DX that I can hardly hear. While I have worked over 100 counties over the years, logging is a more of a fun pastime for me. On occasion, during a local CW rag chew on 20 or 40, I'll look back into the log to see if and when I have worked the station and if there are notes in the log entry.

 On a day to day basis, the N3FJP Amateur Contact Log is the app of choice for me. ACLOG is not free but it offers a direct interface with my 7300 for mode, frequency and also CW memory keying. ACLOG also has the ability to analyze and display countries, states and counties worked and those that are needed. ACLOG also provides importing and exporting of  log contents from and to Club Log, eQSL, LoTW and QRZ Logbook. I have also used N3FJP's Field Day, Winter Field Day, NA Sprint and NAQC logging apps. 

HAMRS is my go to field logging app. HAMRS is free and has several canned logging formats. The POTA or Parks on the Air format is what I use when operating from local parks with POTA numbers. HAMRS does have an easy way to export to ADIF format. For now, if using HAMRS for Winter Field Day logging when the Cabrillo format is needed, just export the HAMRS log in ADIF format and import it into N1MM logger. Then save the imported file in Cabrillo format. Perhaps the HAMRS author will provide direct Cabrillo exporting in the future. 

N1MM logger is also a free and diverse logging app. N1MM goes way beyond my needs as a logging app but it does contain a big list of canned formats for logging events. I had to experiment with N1MM to find out how to set up the canned format to enter my Winter Field Day contacts. If you don't want to mess with exporting from HAMRS and importing to N1MM logger, then N1MM logger turns out to be a good choice for Winter Field Day logging. 

While there are tons of Ham Radio logging apps around, like anything else, much depends on specific needs. I believe the N3FJP suite of apps and the N1MM logger fall into the same category as countless other Ham Radio apps. That is, the apps only run on the Windows platform. HAMRS stands alone in that category because it runs on Mac, Windows, Ubuntu and Raspian and operates identically on all platforms. 

72 es 73 until next time de KE2YK

    Here's a Snippet of my QRZ logbook uploaded directly from ACLOG.

HAMRS Logging App - Where Every Day Is Field Day

 

 HAMRS (1.0.6) is a multi-platform logging app that is used as a generic, parks on the air, summits on the air, ARRL field day or ARRL winter field day logger.

HAMRS is available for Windows, MacOS, Ubuntu (LINUX) and Raspian (Raspberry Pi). HAMRS is also available in 32 bit format. 

The app provides for multiple profiles. For each profile, settings is where you choose to enable expanded mode, call sign look ups, notifications and the site used for call sign look ups.  I don't use multiple profiles but my guess is only the logs associated with that profile are displayed.  

The HAMRS Community site is where you can view the latest bug fixes and enhancements to the app. The Community page also includes a request for enhancements section. 

I often use HAMRS on Windows as a hunter and have run the app on both Ubuntu and Raspian platforms as an activator.

All logging formats include automated call sign look ups and the ability to export logs into .adif format. 

At of the time of this post, the POTA system now allows for direct upload of .adif activator logs. If you are using Windows, running your activator log through ADIF Master prior to uploading it is a step I recommend taking.

Logging formats are:

Generic logging with automated call sign look ups and a cool QSO map. 

Parks on the Air logging for both activators and hunters.

For POTA hunters, POTA spots are shown on a QSO map and spots are displayed in linear or card format. Spot display options include choosing mode such as CW, FT8 or SSB as well as hiding  QRT stations and logged contacts. Spots can also be ordered by time or frequency.

Summits on the Air logging for activators. The format is much the same as the POTA format with the name Summit instead of Park.

ARRL Field day and Winter Field day logging contains the expected fields to capture class and section for a single op. To my knowledge there is no provision for network logging. 

Since the first release of HAMRS, the app has become very stable. Bug fixes and user requests have been incorporated into the work in progress. IMHO, I think HAMRS has a great future ahead. 

 

 Which logging features of HAMRS do you use. How would you improve HAMRS? 

72 de @ke2yk