[Dx4win] ADIF import quandary

[A. Sewell]

Pete,

You need to replace CONTEST_ID with COMMENT.  That will put it in the 
Notes for this QSO field.  If you want something to go into the Notes 
for this call field you would use NOTES.

73,

Alan  N5NA

Pete Smith wrote:

> I'm trying to import my N1MM log into DX4WIN 6.03, and am having 
> problems understanding how DX4WIN decides which ADIF fields to import 
> and where to put them.  For example, when I import an unmodified ADIF 
> log, the import goes fine, but for every contest QSO the frequency to 
> several decimal places (FREQ, in ADIF) plus the transmitted serial 
> number (STX, in ADIF) are both put into the Notes for QSO field.
>
> What I would like to import into this field, in most cases, is the 
> name of the contest (CONTEST_ID).  I couldn't care less about the 
> frequency or the STX (which in many cases, at least with MM, is not an 
> actual contest exchange serial number, but a mythical creature, in 
> contests that don't require one).
>
> I tried using a word processor to replace CONTEST_ID with STX, and 
> that worked, so far as importing the contest name, but it wound up 
> labeled with "SerNr=" in every QSO record.
>
> I have rummaged through the import file editor, as well as the help, 
> and have not been able to find anywhere that explains which ADIF tag 
> is mapped to which location in DX4WIN's record structure, or the 
> extent to which the mapping can be changed.  Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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