Why Logger
This is a Swedish VHF NAC contest logging program. It runs on a Windows PC, or on Linux using Mono. Version 24-01-17 was the last beta. From 24-01-19 first version was releast, 1.0.
Current latest is 1.3.1 Read the updates file for more information.
Link to WHY-Logger. why-logger_ver-1-3-1.zip
Link to Mono. https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin
No installation is needed. Just run WHY-Logger.exe. Enter your call sign and locator at the top of the window. By pressing "Station info" the window gets larger and you can enter your personal and station information. Station/personal data will be saved when the program closes.
All countries are not included. The most common DXCC to reach from a VHF Swedish contest are. However others can be added if any is missing.
When "Gen EDI" is pressed an EDI file will be saved in C:\NAC-Log
Information of the Maidenhead system from ARRL.
About Grid Locators and Grid Squares
An instrument of the Maidenhead Locator System (named after the town outside London where it was first conceived by a meeting of European VHF managers in 1980), a grid square measures 1° latitude by 2° longitude and measures approximately 70 × 100 miles in the continental US. A grid square is indicated by two letters (the field) and two numbers (the square), as in FN31, the grid square within which W1AW, ARRL's Maxim Memorial Station, resides. Each subsquare is designated by the addition of two letters after the grid square, as FN44ig. These more precise locators are used as part of the exchange in the 10-GHz contest. They measure 2.5 minutes latitude by 5 minutes longitude, roughly corresponding to 3 × 4 miles in the continental US. The Lab Notes column in April 1994 QST covered grid squares in particular and geographical coordinates in general.
The program is free. If you want to donate for further developement:
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