[Dx4win] ADIF

[Rick Murphy]

Dwayne,

LoTW menu. Export to LoTW.
You should then get a file selector window with "Select the ADIF file to
write to".
Choose a name like "VE6QX-October-2-2014". That will give you an ADIF file
that you can sign with TQSL.

It sounds like you're saving the log records to VE6QX.DXL, which is a very
bad idea as it will over-write your log.
73,
    -RIck

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Dwayne <863 at telus.net> wrote:

> Tnx very much everyone for responding...  When I click on LOTW in my
> Dx4win 804 prog. a window pops up showing save and I try to write in area
> the file Ve6qx.DXL  which is the main file I want to send to LOTW in ADIF..
> I ad the month and year plus the number 1 and it won't let me do it...
>
>  I need a better education on computers.. And I thought learning the
> regs/theory/ CW  was hard...  Tnx again
>  Dwayne
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <
> jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: "Dwayne" <863 at telus.net>
> Cc: "DX4WIN Reflector" <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] ADIF
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Dwayne VE6QX wrote:
>
>  When Iam in Dx4win and click on Lotw, it asks me to select a file,I
>> select the file from the 'save' in Dx4win.. Ok so then it asks if I want to
>> rewrite this file and I say no because I want to keep the original file in
>> the save dir. so I can continue to add to it..  Iam afraid of screwing up
>> the original file in my program... And it won't let me rename this file so
>> that it can be a new file.....
>>
>
> Duane, I'm a little confused here.
>
> Your DX4WIN log file has a ".DXL" file extension.  This is the file
> you do not want to over-write (unless you are re-saving your log).  An
> exported ADIF file will have a ".ADI" file extension.  When you try to
> save the exported ADIF file, just type a unique name into the "File
> name:" field in the "Save As" window.  That name will automatically
> have the .ADI extension appended onto it when you save the file.
>
> Then remember this name, because you will need it for whatever program
> into which you are importing it.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
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> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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