Hi Stu, very useful video. You didn't mention it here, but is there any reason to choose SQlite over MySQL for the database? Also, I assume you can create separate databases for different operating QTHs. I operate from several and need to log them separately because I don't use separate callsigns. LOTW is able to deal with this properly because you can create separate location entities but QRZ does not, so its log messes up the locations that are away from home. I think I would need to create three separate databases in Log4OM for my three locations, and possibly a fourth for portable operation.
Hi Edgar, Great question! The reason I didn't touch on MySQL or MariaDB was because it adds a whole new set of complexities to the setup. I happen to have a MariaDB server on the home network, and my guess is you have experience with setting up this type of server as well. Where we can just point to that server to use all the external power of a real SQL database server, most don't have a foundation for it. For the average person, explaining all the issues with setting up a MySQL/MariaDB server would have really not fit the "Minimal Setup" title. Oh, and yes, Log4OM2 supports multiple databases so you can work with them independently. Thanks again for the great comment! Stu AG6AG
Did you ever check out the protable version? I am trying to run log4om on my desktop and protable on my laptop for POTA. Need to have both computers be synced with little or no fuss. Any ideas on how to do this? You would think the program would have that option already for those who partake in field days and POTAs.
The Portable Version does work as promised. You can use it off a USB thumb drive and move it with you on whatever device you are using... I tend to do it a bit differently when I operate in the field. I have a separate Log4OM-2 install on my laptop and when I'm done in the field, I just export the QSOs that I made to an ADIF file (with extended fields) and then import it into my shack computer. Remember, keep these logs backed up! Stu AG6AG
The answer depends on what hypervisor you are using. The system that was being videoed was a Hyper-V VM. This will not work in the real world. I use a VM in some videos to show fresh installs of software. Totally theatrical. I have had success using COM ports on a windows VMs when the host system is a Linux system utilizing KVM as the Hypervisor, but your mileage may very. When I operate for real, all my radio software runs directly on iron. Hope that answers your questions, Stu AG6AG
Hi Bob, You can export your QSOs to an ADIF file as well as directly send them every time you close the program. Stand by for more videos on direct upload options coming soon! Stu AG6AG
@@AG6AG Thanks, Stu. This is what I've been doing with WSJT-X and JS8Call - these generate ADIF entries, which I upload to my QRZ and LoTW logs. For HF contacts, I enter these manually into QRZed and then send them to LoTW. I set up Log4OM2 in the Windows VM I use with the SDR panadapter, will be playing around with it some more - great app! Wish they had a Linux build available...! Great videos, BTW!
Thank you, I was going crazy because I couldn't save my contacts...
Hi Stu, very useful video. You didn't mention it here, but is there any reason to choose SQlite over MySQL for the database? Also, I assume you can create separate databases for different operating QTHs. I operate from several and need to log them separately because I don't use separate callsigns. LOTW is able to deal with this properly because you can create separate location entities but QRZ does not, so its log messes up the locations that are away from home. I think I would need to create three separate databases in Log4OM for my three locations, and possibly a fourth for portable operation.
Hi Edgar,
Great question! The reason I didn't touch on MySQL or MariaDB was because it adds a whole new set of complexities to the setup. I happen to have a MariaDB server on the home network, and my guess is you have experience with setting up this type of server as well. Where we can just point to that server to use all the external power of a real SQL database server, most don't have a foundation for it. For the average person, explaining all the issues with setting up a MySQL/MariaDB server would have really not fit the "Minimal Setup" title.
Oh, and yes, Log4OM2 supports multiple databases so you can work with them independently.
Thanks again for the great comment!
Stu
AG6AG
Did you ever check out the protable version? I am trying to run log4om on my desktop and protable on my laptop for POTA. Need to have both computers be synced with little or no fuss. Any ideas on how to do this? You would think the program would have that option already for those who partake in field days and POTAs.
The Portable Version does work as promised. You can use it off a USB thumb drive and move it with you on whatever device you are using... I tend to do it a bit differently when I operate in the field. I have a separate Log4OM-2 install on my laptop and when I'm done in the field, I just export the QSOs that I made to an ADIF file (with extended fields) and then import it into my shack computer.
Remember, keep these logs backed up!
Stu
AG6AG
You have installed this into a VM(Virtualbox? maybe)
Will the USB/CAT Serial work from the VM O.K, no timing/lag issues..??
Thanks
The answer depends on what hypervisor you are using. The system that was being videoed was a Hyper-V VM. This will not work in the real world. I use a VM in some videos to show fresh installs of software. Totally theatrical.
I have had success using COM ports on a windows VMs when the host system is a Linux system utilizing KVM as the Hypervisor, but your mileage may very.
When I operate for real, all my radio software runs directly on iron.
Hope that answers your questions,
Stu
AG6AG
@@AG6AG Thanks...
I guess experiment is the order of the day.. :)
Hi, Stu - Can it import an .adi file from QRZ's logs?
Hi Bob,
You can export your QSOs to an ADIF file as well as directly send them every time you close the program.
Stand by for more videos on direct upload options coming soon!
Stu
AG6AG
@@AG6AG Thanks, Stu. This is what I've been doing with WSJT-X and JS8Call - these generate ADIF entries, which I upload to my QRZ and LoTW logs. For HF contacts, I enter these manually into QRZed and then send them to LoTW. I set up Log4OM2 in the Windows VM I use with the SDR panadapter, will be playing around with it some more - great app! Wish they had a Linux build available...! Great videos, BTW!