MacLoggerDX - 5.19

I have been a avid PC user and I repair Windows machines all day long, and 90% of todays business is cleaning spyware and viruses. So, I changed over about a year ago and bought a Mac Mini, and there I was searching for a log book to replace a registered Windows one, and found Maclogger.
Wow, was I surprised to see all the features! I had several bumps in the road changing to MAC, but found MLDX just great and EASY!!! I had a couple of minor setbacks, but wrote Don, and in minutes had my problems answered.
For the price, and what you get, I have switched over to MAC completely, and have loved the ease and service that MacLoggerDX does for me. I would HIGHLY recommend it to anyone, and only wished the PC had anything CLOSE to this simple..
Thanks for making MacLoggerDX!!!! W O N D E R F U L L LOGGER!!

I am a ham, and my primary enjoyment is chasing DX. I have tried many logging products, but never a Macintosh product. Some of the previous software was shareware, and at least two were fully licensed products in the same price range as MacLogger DX. MacLogger wins "hands down". The ease of looking up DX addresses and translating that to actual labels for QSL's is a breeze. Now with the new premium "lookup service" from qrz.com, MacLogger DX is always current with DX addresses. Have you seen the map feature? Wow it is too nice to describe, go to the website and check some of the screen shots.

A quick note about the wonderful support from DogPark. I have had a problem or two, and always received support within an hour. DogPark must be watching their e-mail address 24/7. I have gotten support at 9PM on a Saturday night. Did I mention that the problems were both self inflicted?? Hi HI

The product is well supported with new features being added often. I have noticed that many of the new features are the result of comments from users on the MacLoggerDX forum. I have never seen a software product's development driven directly by the users, but I like it.

This is great product. Thanks DogPark for the best logging software ever. Now, can you do something about this solar cycle?

I stand by my previous review and would like to amplify my praise for this product and Dog Park Software because of something, I think quite extraordinary, that happened recently. I was using MacLoggerDX with the MFJ code reader by piping the serial output from the reader into the TNC window. The program wasn't designed for this, of course, but I thought I'd try anyway. It almost worked first time. The MFJ code reader didn't put out line feed characters and the text was not wrapping in the TNC window of MacLoggerDX. Shucks, I thought, so close, yet so far.

Next comes the extraordinary thing: I wrote Don Argo at Dog Park and told him about it on September 18th around 2PM. Don wrote back to me almost immediately and said he'd look into it. A few hours later, Don had a version of MacLoggerDX with automatic text wrapping in that window to support the MFJ code reader output. I could snag off his server immediately. So, I do something kind of unreasonable, write the company, the company responds within minutes, has a new version available to me in hours, and it addresses my problem. How many times has that happened to you?

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you all: September 18th was a Saturday!

This is a fantastic product. It also has extraordinary support from Don. Perhaps it doesn't do everything, but I'd be horrified if it tried. What it does do, it does extraordinarily well. And Don stands behind it.

Does it do what you need? Dog Park Software provides an FTP site where you can grab the latest full-featured version and try it. Play with it until you can make an informed decision whether it works for you and whether it is worth the (I believe very reasonable) price they charge. You can test the full-featured version in your shack before you buy. Caveat emptor is a whole lot easier when you've got full versions to evaluate!

My 2-cents.

-- Scott (NE1RD)