[Dx4win] export a submission to ADIF?

[B. Nowak]

Dave/Jim & List

Thanks for the help on the ADIF files creation for submission, it worked 
like a champ.
While not an easy process, sure beats entering all by hand and accurate too.

Thanks again,
Brad - N8SNM

On 5/6/2012 7:42 PM, B. Nowak wrote:
> Thanks Dave,
> Seems like quite a dance but I'll give it a go.
>
> It's a new thing with arrl so maybe Paul will be able to come up with an
> export function for the card submissions online sometime in the near future.
>
> 73,
> Brad - N8SNM
>
>
> On 5/6/2012 4:18 PM, N4QS wrote:
>> Brad,
>>
>> I'm not sure the way Pete is suggesting will work.  I just did it a
>> couple of weeks ago, and here is how I did it:
>>
>> 1.  Go to Reports, Awards, and uncheck Lotw under the Confirmation box
>> in the upper left.  This ensures that you will only be submitting
>> confirmations which have been confirmed via a card.
>>
>> 2.  Click on Reports, Award flags and then select DXCC Mixed in the
>> upper box and Clear Submitted in the Action box and then click on the
>> Change button.  Next select DXCC band in the upper box, Clear
>> Submitted and Change. Finally, select DXCC mode in the upper box,
>> Clear Submitted and Change. This clears out all QSOs that you might
>> have already marked for Submission. This step is a precaution to
>> ensure that you did not run Submission before with the LOTW button
>> selected as outlined in Step 1.
>>
>> 3.  Click on Reports and under Report / Action, select Submission.
>> This will mark all cards eligible for DXCC credit for Submission and
>> create a report that you can view.  You should right click and print
>> the report.  It would be great if Paul would allow the user to right
>> click on this report and create an ADIF file for submission to the
>> ARRL.  Unfortunately, you cannot create the ADIF file at this point.
>> So save the report that you just printed out and move on to Step 4.
>>
>> 4.  Go back to the main QSO entry screen and press F5 several times
>> until the Award boxes appear at the bottom of the window.  Then hit F8
>> and click on the Mixed box under DXCC and select S (for submission).
>> Then click on File in the upper left on DX4WIN and select
>> Import/Export.  Select ADIF and then File again in the smaller window
>> and Export.  It should prompt you with a warning that you are running
>> a Filter, say yes that you want to export using the filter.  Name the
>> file something like yourcall mixed.  You have just created an ADIF
>> file for all QSOs eligible for DXCC Mixed credit.  You have to repeat
>> this process two more times -- after doing a F8 fileter for DXCC Band
>> and then a filter for DXCC Mode.  You should end up with three ADIF
>> files named yourcall mixed, yourcall band and yourcall mode.  Remember
>> where you saved these ADIF files.
>>
>> 5.  Finally, go to the ARRL website and log into the online DXCC
>> submission page.  I can't remember the exact navigation within the
>> submission pages, but in essence you are simply going to import the
>> three ADIF files one at a time.  The DXCC online form allows you to
>> import multiple ADIF files into the form.  Very easy.  When you get
>> done, you should click on the View Submission button and compare all
>> the listed QSOs in this report to the DX4WIN Submission report that
>> you printed out in Step 3.  When I did this, my online report matched
>> the DXCC Submission report exactly.  I then merely had to sort my
>> cards to appear in the order as presented in the online submission
>> form and then complete the submission.  I took all of my cards to my
>> local DXCC card checker.
>>
>> This process is a bit complicated and requires some advanced knowledge
>> of DX4WIN.  Paul could make this whole process a snap by allowing
>> users to create an ADIF file directly from the Submission report once
>> it is generated.
>>
>> I hope this helps.  Good luck.
>>
>> Dave, N4QS
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Smith N4ZR"
>> <n4zr at contesting.com>
>> To:<dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 2:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] export a submission to ADIF?
>>
>>
>>> Use LOTW>  Export to LOTW from the QSO window, then sign the resulting
>>> ADIF file with TQSL.  Couldn't be easier - I just did it this morning
>>> with 2 QSOs, to help a guy who just finished his triple play.
>>>
>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>>>
>>> On 5/6/2012 2:18 PM, B. Nowak wrote:
>>>> I would like to attempt an online DXCC submission using the import
>>>> function that ARRL says can be used.
>>>> They only accept ADIF format for this process.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me how to export a submission report to ADIF in DX4WIN
>>>> so I can do this ??
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Brad - N8SNM
>>>>
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