[Dx4win] RE: Dx4win digest, Vol 4 #311 - 4 msgs/msge-2

[Larry Gauthier (K8UT)]

John,

Thanks for defining the origin of  the expression "NS46" - this expression
does not appear anywhere in the many QSOs I have had with Tom (GM4DFM). So,
I suspect that this chunk of data originated from the ARRL's match/merge of
my filing with GM4FDM's data.

Paul and I have taken some of the discussion of the LoTW results file
off-line, as we attempt to solve the  re-import problem ---  without
bothering the DX4WIN list with lots of email exchanges. What I am
discovering is that incorrect data, inserted by the _other_ stations at the
time of their registration/filing, is reflected back to their counterparts
when confirming a QSL. Specifically - the source of the errors I reported is
not my log and my ADIF file being uploaded, but incorrect data in the other
operators' self-definition that comes back to me in the ARRL ADIF results
download.

FOR EXAMPLE:  In my QSL confirmations with W/K stations, I am getting some
records back with the COUNTY mis-spelled. But, looking in my log and the
ADIF upload file I sent to the ARRL, their county from me was spelled
correctly. Soooooo... where does the mis-spelling originate? Either from the
other ham, who mis-spelled his county when registering, or from an ARRL
look-up table with a mis-spelling in it. {I have some email into the ARRL...
still working these errors through discovery }

For these reasons (as many others have already suggested) DX4WIN users must
be careful not to import this data into their primary station log. Instead,
create a new log file (I named mine "K8UT-lotw") and import the ARRL results
into that file. As John stated in his reply - you can then examine and
correct the errors in the file at your leisure, and avoid the risk of
corrupting your own log records.

-larry
K8UT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dunnington" <g3lzq@john-dunnington.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <dx4win@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 4:27 AM
Subject: [Dx4win] RE: Dx4win digest, Vol 4 #311 - 4 msgs/msge-2


> Paul wrote
>
>
> 5. A grid locator of NS46 for GM4FDM ??
>
>
> This is his WAB (Worked all Britain Reference)
>
>
> I have circa 2000 LOTW Matches and imported them into a "New Log LZQ
LOTW".
> Error correction and investigation is then easier to resolve when I get
the
> time...
>
> 73 John G3LZQ
>
>
>
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