[DogParkList] The recent MacLoggerDX review

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I agree with all of that - MLDX has died-in-the-wool PC users gapping  
at the 3D map (and the 2D map) and wondering if they should switch  
platforms. All the other features have the same affect.
I don't know what I'd do if MLDX was no longer around. I considered  
the cost extremely reasonable when I first purchased it. Having now  
had the benefit of 4 years use and unbelievable service from Don, I  
consider the cost to be tantamount to 'free'!

I fully expect Don to charge for an upgrade to the cocoa version of  
MLDX. I for one will be waiting at the head of the line - credit card  
in hand, forcing it into Don's hand and saying "I don't care, just  
sell me the software"!

Some people wonder why people like me would pay the total cost of my  
K3, up front, 3 days after announcement and then wait 8 months before  
I got the rig (and I only just got the sub-receiver this week, still  
waiting for the Voice Recorder and not complaining).

I put Dog Park Software in the same league as Elecraft and have faith  
in both companies and their founders.
That faith extends to supporting them when required.

Don, I'm sure by now, enough of us have extended our grateful thanks  
to you for the superb job you do of maintaining MLDX and adding  
features as required (I have in mind the great, extremely fast, work  
you did to support the K3 for one thing), that you KNOW your work is  
much appreciated. Let me just add my name to that list.

BTW, I'm always surprised at how Apple Mail manages to pick a suitable  
'random' signature!

-- 
Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And certainly don‘t try
to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly
untrained, unqualified, expendable professional.

On 29 Jul 2008, at 06:43, Lee (WW2DX) wrote:


> I can't agree more with Scott. MLDX is a fantastic piece of software  

> and I can't tell you how many times I have shown hams

> visiting the shack and they are just blown away by the design and  

> functionality. I continue to use and love MLDX and looking forward  

> to what the future brings in new releases.

>

> Brush it off Don, your doing the right thing.

>

> 73 de Lee

> WW2DX

>

> On Jul 28, 2008, at 10:46 PM, B. Scott Andersen wrote:

>

>> At this point MacLoggerDX has over 50 reviews and an average eHam  

>> reviewer score of 4.9.

>> N1MM logger, the hands-down favorite for contesters based on a show- 

>> of-hands

>> response at Contest University last year also has over 50 reviews  

>> and a score of 4.9.

>> That's a nice place to be on a scale of 1-5.

>>

>> I believe that's about as good as it gets. At some point, when  

>> you've got the product

>> in enough people's hands, somebody is going to give it a 4 or even  

>> a 3 -- maybe

>> for goofy reasons -- but they'll do it nonetheless.

>>

>> We are all looking forward to Don's rewrite. I'm guessing Don is  

>> looking

>> forward to Don's rewrite being done! But, in the mean time, it  

>> doesn't

>> matter how many stars KE4YZN thought the program deserved; it matters

>> how many stars YOU believe the program deserves as it runs in your  

>> shack

>> (or on your DXpedition, etc.).

>>

>> I, too, have lots of wishes for the next generation logger Don  

>> produces.

>> (Maybe I should dump those off to you in a private message, eh Don?)

>> But, it doesn't cloud my judgement for how well the current one  

>> performs,

>> or how rock solid it has been over the last five years and all  

>> those many QSOs.