[Dx4win] File Merge Problem: Gibberish in Call Notes

Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:47:22 -0500

Paul, you were right, but the cure didn't work.

I did a search for QSOs containing the gibberish and found 14 QSOs, which I
deleted.  The gibberish still persists.

The gibberish does not appear in the original imported HS0ZCK file.  Nor
does it appear in my K2XX backup file.  The QSOs without any call also do
not appear in these files.  However, when I merge them both the gibberish
and the 14 QSOs without any call appear.  Again, deleting those QSOs does
not eliminate the gibberish.  Incidentally, when those QSOs are displayed,
they are filled with ASCII squares and other unusual characters.

Is it possible that there is a bug in the "Merge DX4WIN file" routine?  Is
there another way I can merge the two files without using that command?

On another issue, is there a way to save the QSOs from a search as a
separate log file?

Tnx for ur help.

73, Joe

Paul van der Eijk wrote:

> Joe,
>
> You most likely have a QSO in your log with an empty callsign
> that has this funny note in it. Locate that bad QSO and delete it.
>
> I have no good clue how one can enter such a QSO, but it seems possible.
>
> Paul
>
> At 01:01 PM 1/24/02 -0500, Joe Giacobello, K2XX wrote:
> >Dear List Members:
> >
> >I recently used my laptop to log some QSOs as HS0ZCK during a recent
> >trip  to Thailand.  When I got home, I merged these QSOs as a new group
> >with my K2XX file on my shack desktop computer using the DX4WIN file
> >merge commands.  Ever since I did the merge, I have gibberish in the
> >"Notes for this Call" area of the QSO window.  The gibberish is:
> >/stonDWF8C, and the "D" is in red with the rest in black.  It appears
> >whenever I hit F9 to log a QSO in real time and disappears when I start
> >to enter a call into the QSO window.
> >
> >I tried merging the HS0 log into my K2XX backup file and the same
> >gibberish appeared in the same place.  However, since I didn't save the
> >merged files in this case, the gibberish problem can be reversed by
> >simply deleting the merged HS0 QSOs.  In the case of my main K2XX file,
> >where I did save the HS0 QSOs, the gibberish problem cannot be reversed
> >by deleting the HS0 merged files.
> >
> >Does anyone have an idea of what's going on here and how I can correct
> >the problem?  (BTW, both computers are using version 5.03 of DX4WIN.)
> >
> >Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
> >73, Joe
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