Shortwave Log
 

I just installed and have been using shortwave logging software called
"Shortwave Log" and it is pretty neat. Is anybody else using this? I
like it a lot, it has a lot of features and the best part it is FREE!
You do have to download a bit of Microsoft S/W, but the installation
wasn't difficult. He also has small scale version for the pocket pc to
enter log info if you're away from your computer to import later. The
web address is: http://www.sillett.us.eu.org/swlog/.

Gerald

Looks like an awesome program.
Thanks for the link

"Gerald Readore" wrote in message
om...
I just installed and have been using shortwave logging software called
"Shortwave Log" and it is pretty neat. Is anybody else using this? I
like it a lot, it has a lot of features and the best part it is FREE!
You do have to download a bit of Microsoft S/W, but the installation
wasn't difficult. He also has small scale version for the pocket pc to
enter log info if you're away from your computer to import later. The
web address is: http://www.sillett.us.eu.org/swlog/.

Gerald

(Gerald Readore) wrote in message . com...
I just installed and have been using shortwave logging software called
"Shortwave Log" and it is pretty neat. Is anybody else using this? I
like it a lot, it has a lot of features and the best part it is FREE!
You do have to download a bit of Microsoft S/W, but the installation
wasn't difficult. He also has small scale version for the pocket pc to
enter log info if you're away from your computer to import later. The
web address is: http://www.sillett.us.eu.org/swlog/.

Gerald

Gerald,

You can also take a look at WRLog. It has a lot of good features too,
like
importing the ILG and HFCC SW databases. You don't have to download
any
additional software either. It does cost to register it, though.
Last I saw it was just $14.95. I must admit it is hard to beat free!

Charlie

(Gerald Readore) wrote in message . com...
I just installed and have been using shortwave logging software called
"Shortwave Log" and it is pretty neat. Is anybody else using this? I
like it a lot, it has a lot of features and the best part it is FREE!
You do have to download a bit of Microsoft S/W, but the installation
wasn't difficult. He also has small scale version for the pocket pc to
enter log info if you're away from your computer to import later. The
web address is: http://www.sillett.us.eu.org/swlog/.

Gerald

Oops, forgot to post the link:

www.paraclete-is.com/wrlog.htm

In article , berean_315
@yahoo.com says...
I just installed and have been using shortwave logging software called
"Shortwave Log" and it is pretty neat. Is anybody else using this? I
like it a lot, it has a lot of features and the best part it is FREE!
You do have to download a bit of Microsoft S/W, but the installation
wasn't difficult. He also has small scale version for the pocket pc to
enter log info if you're away from your computer to import later. The
web address is: http://www.sillett.us.eu.org/swlog/.

Yes, that is a great program! And considering the price -- free -- you
can hardly beat it! I've been using it for some time now.

Bob Sillett, the author, has a group on Yahoo! Groups for discussion
among users of this package:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swlog

There are some support files on the above page also.


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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email:
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

In article t,
Steve Silverwood wrote:

In article ,
berean_315 @yahoo.com says...
I just installed and have been using shortwave logging software
called "Shortwave Log" and it is pretty neat. Is anybody else using
this? I like it a lot, it has a lot of features and the best part
it is FREE! You do have to download a bit of Microsoft S/W, but the
installation wasn't difficult. He also has small scale version for
the pocket pc to enter log info if you're away from your computer
to import later. The web address is:
http://www.sillett.us.eu.org/swlog/.

Yes, that is a great program! And considering the price -- free --
you can hardly beat it! I've been using it for some time now.

Bob Sillett, the author, has a group on Yahoo! Groups for discussion
among users of this package:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swlog

There are some support files on the above page also.

If you are going to load up the Micro$oftware anyway why not just use
Excel? If I was inclined to start logging what I heard Excel would
appeal to me because with datum in different columns you could sort on
the data for one thing. I would otherwise be inclined to use a database
program where the loggings could be generated as reports sorted in
different ways depending on what I was looking for at the time.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

In article telamon_spamshield-7A5939.17221325112003
@news.sf.sbcglobal.net, lid
says...
If you are going to load up the Micro$oftware anyway why not just use
Excel? If I was inclined to start logging what I heard Excel would
appeal to me because with datum in different columns you could sort on
the data for one thing. I would otherwise be inclined to use a database
program where the loggings could be generated as reports sorted in
different ways depending on what I was looking for at the time.

It all depends on your needs. (And of course, not everyone HAS a copy
of Excel. g) For simple logging purposes, a spreadsheet program is
probably just fine. If you need more -- and personally I love having as
many bells and whistles at my disposal as possible -- then a more
specific application is useful. For example, here are some of the
features in SWLog:

- Associates an audio clip, such as a .WAV or .MP3 file, with a
log entry
- writes up a reception report and QSL request in multiple
languages
- Lets you scan images of the QSLs you've received (front and
back), to store with the logbook records
- With data imported from various sources, it can help you
identify signals based on their frequency and time of day,
including telling you if the Radio Netherlands signal you're
hearing is from Europe or from the Netherlands Antilles.
- Publish a web page with images of your QSL cards

In short, there are a LOT of things that Bob's put into this particular
program which I might never have thought of doing, and certainly would
have had difficulty doing with something like Excel. But again, it's
all a matter of what your needs are.

--

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email:

Please visit the following sites:

American Shortwave Listening Club (ASWLC)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aswlc

Southern California Area DXers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scads

In article ,
says...
I must admit it is hard to beat free!

So true!

Bob Sillett's done a great service to his fellow SWLs. If I recall, it
started out as a learning exercise for him, giving him an excuse to
build his skills in Microsoft C# and .NET programming. If I were
grading this as his final exam, I'd be looking for a grade higher than
an A+ to give him -- he's certainly earned it! ;-)

--

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email:

Please visit the following sites:

American Shortwave Listening Club (ASWLC)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aswlc

Southern California Area DXers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scads

In article ,
Steve Silverwood wrote:

In article telamon_spamshield-7A5939.17221325112003
@news.sf.sbcglobal.net, lid
says...
If you are going to load up the Micro$oftware anyway why not just
use Excel? If I was inclined to start logging what I heard Excel
would appeal to me because with datum in different columns you
could sort on the data for one thing. I would otherwise be inclined
to use a database program where the loggings could be generated as
reports sorted in different ways depending on what I was looking
for at the time.

It all depends on your needs. (And of course, not everyone HAS a
copy of Excel. g) For simple logging purposes, a spreadsheet
program is probably just fine. If you need more -- and personally I
love having as many bells and whistles at my disposal as possible --
then a more specific application is useful. For example, here are
some of the features in SWLog:

- Associates an audio clip, such as a .WAV or .MP3 file, with a
log entry
- writes up a reception report and QSL request in multiple
languages
- Lets you scan images of the QSLs you've received (front and
back), to store with the logbook records
- With data imported from various sources, it can help you
identify signals based on their frequency and time of day,
including telling you if the Radio Netherlands signal you're
hearing is from Europe or from the Netherlands Antilles.
- Publish a web page with images of your QSL cards

In short, there are a LOT of things that Bob's put into this
particular program which I might never have thought of doing, and
certainly would have had difficulty doing with something like Excel.
But again, it's all a matter of what your needs are.

Well SWLog sounds like a mighty fine program. I had no idea there was a
program that did all that SWLog does. Whenever I perused logs in printed
media it seemed to me that a spreadsheet would be all that you would
need. Hopefully SWLog can save data (or export) to a common file format
like CSV so if the program becomes unsupported you don't loose your data
in the future.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

You can export your logbook from SWLog in a variety of ways:

* XML - this is the preferred method as it's the most portable
* CSV
* B-Log
* MS Word DOC
* Adobe PDF
* Excel XLS

The DOC/PDF/XLS exports are through the report writer and are really
more of a printout than a data export; however, it's still a way to
get data out of the program.

If you have Access 2000 or later, there is no need to even export your
data since you can use Access to directly open and manipulate the
database.

You can download SWLog from http://www.sillett.us.eu.org

- Bob


Telamon wrote in message ...

Well SWLog sounds like a mighty fine program. I had no idea there was a
program that did all that SWLog does. Whenever I perused logs in printed
media it seemed to me that a spreadsheet would be all that you would
need. Hopefully SWLog can save data (or export) to a common file format
like CSV so if the program becomes unsupported you don't loose your data
in the future.