[Dx4win] Importing 10M Contest State Data

Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:21:17 -0500

Pete,

I would not mind looking at cabrillo import; but which one? Last time I looked, there were several versions around. I prefer ADIF, and it looks that many software packages support that now. As long as a product exports to ADIF, DX4WIN can import ! 

Paul

At 02:17 PM 12/21/02 -0500, Pete Smith wrote:
>At 10:49 AM 12/21/02 -0700, you wrote:
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>> Pete,
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>>  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!
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>I hope this helps.
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>73, Pete N4ZR
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