[Dx4win] Importing 10M Contest State Data

[Pete Smith]

At 10:49 AM 12/21/02 -0700, you wrote:

>  Pete,
>
>   Thanks for the reply, I get no errors - just nothing comes up
>in the state field when its been converted - No state info in
>DX4WIN state field. Not good when you want to get WAS 10!

OK, I think I see what is going on.  The normal N6TR import filter (at 
least in version 5.01, which I use) does not capture the State info because 
it is not designed to.  However, the filter editor in DX4WIN should make it 
easy for you to add that capability and create a new import filter.  Just 
go to File|Import/Export, click on it, select the N6TR filter, then click 
on Filter|Edit at the top of that dialogue box.  You will need to determine 
at what line position the 2-letter State abbreviations are found, and make 
the filter pick them up, then save it as (for example) N6TR10.

The problem with this (and probably the reason why it isn't there already) 
is that N6TR log files for the 10M contest put the 2-letter state field in 
the same location (in each line) as the DX QTH.  That means a certain 
amount of confusion, as the program will think that Norwegian stations are 
in Louisiana, Dutch stations are in Pennsylvania, etc.  You will also get a 
lot of errors from 3-letter Dx prefixes.

What you might want to do is to edit your log file so that it contains only 
domestic QSOs, before importing it using a filter that captures the state 
data.  The neat part about the DX4WIN import filters is that they are 
almost infinitely customizable.  There may well be more choices, such as 
Cabrillo input, in 5.03, or if not there, hopefully in the next revision, 
which I'm told is currently in the works.

I hope this helps.

73, Pete N4ZR
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