About WriteLog Registration Codes

When you purchase WriteLog, K5DJ issues you a registration code based on your call sign. The first time WriteLog runs after you install it, it requires you to type in your call sign and the corresponding registration code. As of version 10.19, we are implementing a slightly different registration code policy than with prior versions.

Versions 10.11 through 10.18 all share a common 11 character registration code for a given call sign. New versions will use a 13 character registration code. Current users please do not panic! All WriteLog upgrade versions through the end of 2000 will be available for free download and will accept the 10.18 and older registration codes.

As of version 10.19, each WriteLog upgrade version will have its own registration code, and will also accept the registration code for your call sign for any WriteLog version released in the preceding 12 months. The upgrade versions will continue to be posted here on the site for free download, but an upgrade version that is too new for your registration code will not install. 

Customers that purchased WriteLog between January 2000 and September 2000 will need to contact K5DJ for a new registration code (with a pro-rated price for the as much as 8 months of updates you already had paid for), but all customers with codes issued prior to January 2000 or later than September 2000 will need to purchase a new registration code only in order to install a new upgrade.

Please note: a given code and WriteLog version will continue to work indefinitely without paying for an upgrade. You only need to buy an upgrade if you want to install newer versions. Older versions continue to work with old codes.

Why are we changing?

This change will enable us to get upgrades into customers hands more quickly than we could when we had to accumulate enough features into a new version. With the new scheme, we can deliver new features as quickly as we can build them and test them, and you can download them for 12 months after your purchase. 

Why Registration Codes?

Because WriteLog is a copyrighted commercial program and not available for free copying, WriteLog employs a simple registration code that is computed from your amateur call sign. Anyone using WriteLog with a "borrowed" call sign and registration code is requested to immediately purchase the program or de-install it.