[Dx4win] How can I find duplicate QSO's?

[Larry Alkoff]

Thanks for that explanation Paul - I understand better now.

The export includes seconds but when I hand enter the time it's to the even minute.
I'll try changing the export filter as you suggest.

Tnx and 73,
Larry


On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 21:09:42 -0400, Paul van der Eijk wrote:

>Larry,
>
>The dx4win export filters export the logs with the time in seconds.
>When you make a copy of that filter, and change the time format 
>not to uses seconds, you can filter out the second duplicates
>by first deleting all QSOs (this preserves the group numbers you may
>have defined) and import the complete log again, ignoring duplicate QSOs
>You may have to add a dummy QSO in you empty log to force the 
>checking for duplicate QSOs)
>
>This procedure assumes that the times only differs in seconds.
>
>Make sure you save your log under a different name and check it out!
>
>Paul
>At 11:24 AM 4/9/03 -0500, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>>How can I find duplicate QSO's in the DX4Win log file?
>>
>>Sometimes I hand enter a new QSO onto my office
>>computer which I use for "official" QSLing and tweaking, but usually import the current 
month
>>with "Imported QSO is ignored" checked.
>>
>>Although I haven't tested this situation rigorously ,
>>I _think_ this produces two seemingly identical entries because the time is not exactly the 
same
>>to tenths of a second.
>>
>>I sometimes stumble over the dupes but I'd like to eliminate these systematically.
>>
>>Larry N2LA
>>
>>
>>
>>Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
>>
>>
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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX