[Dx4win] Program ID info

[Dave Sharred]

Hi Michael

 

Some while ago, I commented that Clublog doesn't pick up on my Program type;
even though eQSL and I think LOTW does.

 

I was spurred on into looking at this; following comments about the Program
stats on the Clublog page; and I noticed that ClubLog does not pick up on
this 44% of the time (big percentage !!)

 

I think I know the answer.   Seems like PROGRAMID and PROGRAMVERSION  are
only available in ADIF 2;    and I wonder how many other logging programs
are still using ADIF 1, which is much simpler. I now suspect DX4WIN does;
having looked at the ADIF

 

According to ADIF 1 spec:

"Optional header information may be included before the actual data in the
file. To include optional header info, the first character of the file must
be something other than <. Any amount of header info of any value except
<eoh> may be included. The header info must be terminated with <eoh>. Any
number of characters of any value except < may follow <eoh>. The first <
after <eoh> is the start of the first field of the first data record in the
file. Here is an example:

this data was exported using WF1B RTTY version 9, conforming to ADIF
standard specification version 9.99<eoh>"

In the case of DX4WIN; the header is:

DX4WIN ADIF Export V1.0 <eoh>

 

Is it possible to determine characteristics of the first line ; to improve
the coverage of this report ??  Have to say that I can't imagine many more
logging program variants that may still be using ADIF 1; looking at the
number of programs used !

I have cross-posted this to the DX4WIN reflector;  I would suggest that
listing the most popular software is a good market survey initiative; maybe
Paul would like to consider moving to ADIF 2 when he sees that DX4WIN is not
listed here:  http://www.clublog.org/software.php

73

 

Dave

G3NKC