[Dx4win] Notes For This Call Oddities

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

--- Rick Tavan N6XI <rtavan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wish I could help you, Dick. I have the same problem. Most of the
> 35K QSOs in my DX4Win database are imports from CT, TR and Writelog
> contest logs. For CT and TR I use logconvert to convert to ADIF. For
> Writelog I used its own ADIF generation function. Then I import the
> ADIF using DX4W.  Most of the resulting records have loads of
> extraneous info in the Notes for This Call field. Much of it never
> appeared in any field of the original logs. It must be coming from
> some kind of global database that DX4Win sucks in without provocation.

DX4WIN does not have any such "global database".

Note for this Call append if there is additional/new information in the log you
are importing.  For example, if your log has "Jim" listed under AD1C, and the
ADIF file to be imported has "JIM" in the notes field, then the resulting
DX4WIN note will look like:

  Jim | JIM

I can assure you that if you had used C2A (CT to ADIF) from the K1EA web site,
the notes would have remained unchanged, since it doesn't write to any notes or
comment field (except if you ask for special treatment, like SS exchange,
etc.).

My suspicion is that LogConvert is creating these notes.  Have you ever looked
at the ADIF file to see what's in it before you imported it?

If you can give me a sample .DXL and .ADI file that demonstrates a problem, I
would be happy to work with you to help you understand/resolve it.  

73 - Jim AD1C


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