[Dx4win] ADIF output

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK <k2dbk at arrl.net> wrote:

> If found what I think are a couple of problems with the ADIF output from
> DX4Win. First, I have a handful of QSOs that are logged in D4W as
> mode=Packet and band=Sat. (They were via the Packet repeater aboard the
> ISS.) The ADIF output shows the band as xxxm. The Club Log folks said
> this isn't valid, though I am not familiar enough with the ADIF spec to
> know if the Mode and Prop_Mode fields should be sufficient. Does anyone
> know what it should say?

What version of DX4WIN?  Satellite stuff doesn't work right except in Version 8.

> The other issue issue is for QSOs marked as Invalid for DXCC. According
> to the Club Log folks, they are looking either for an ADIF entity number
> of zero or a QSL_SENT or QSL_RCVD set to I (for invalid). I guess I can
> manually set the invalid QSOs to a QSL type of I, though for some (for
> instance HZ1MD), the QSL was valid, it just wasn't accepted (lack of
> documentation) by the DXCC desk. I guess in the future it might be
> useful if D4W could somehow indicate that these weren't valid in the ADIF.

The ADIF spec does NOT define a way to indicate valid or invalid for
DXCC (or any other award).  What Club Log is doing is inventing their
own interpretation of the ADIF spec.  Paul could add an option to NOT
export QSOs that are marked as invalid.  However, in Version 8, the
valid flags are per-award.  For example, a /MM station can't be
counted for DXCC, but can be counted for CQ DX Field Award.  So
technically, if a QSO is marked invalid for DXCC, DX4WIN *could*
export that QSO with a country code of ZERO.

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us