[Dx4win] LotW import problem

[WA7AA]

Hi, Paul and the group.

I just noticed an unusual problem while importing LotW QSOs into the 
log. When a Russian station has its Oblast set in the LotW QSO details 
that matches an abbreviation of a US state, the state flag for that 
particular QSO in DX4Win gets changed from blank to the state matching 
the abbreviation and, in addition, the zone of the station changes to 
the zone matching the state.

For example: RX3APM lists its Oblast as Moscow (abbreviation MA). DX4Win 
imports this QSO ADIF field as State (see below), then promptly updates 
the QSO with the Massachusetts entry in the state field and changes the 
zone from 16 to 5.

This seems to happen for all Oblast abbreviations that correspond to the 
US state abbreviations, like MO for Moscow Region, OR for Orel, MA for 
Moscow, etc. When the abbreviation for an Oblast does not match any US 
states (such as PK for Primorsk), it is ignored and no change is made to 
the QSO. Furthermore, this occurs when the "Include QSL detail" box is 
checked before downloading the report. The DX4Win Import setting of 
"Show QSO information and ask" does not apply here because it seems to 
check only for prefix and zone differences.

Is anyone aware of this problem or is there something I'm missing in the 
import procedure? My version is 8.05 and I use LotW -> Import from LotW 
to import, not Import/Export option. Before you say it, yes, I am aware 
that importing just basic ADIF data from LotW (i.e. no station details 
like Oblast, Grid, IOTA, etc) would not cause that problem, but that is 
not a solution.

Please let me know if this is on a radar and what the fix would be.

Thanks,

Zoran WA7AA

==================== Here's the ADIF entry for this example 
===================

<APP_LoTW_OWNCALL:5>WA7AA
<STATION_CALLSIGN:5>WA7AA
<CALL:6>RX3APM
<BAND:3>40M
<FREQ:7>7.02304
<MODE:2>CW
<APP_LoTW_MODEGROUP:2>CW
<QSO_DATE:8>20101128
<TIME_ON:6>002112
<QSL_RCVD:1>Y
<QSLRDATE:8>20110114
<DXCC:2>54
<COUNTRY:15>EUROPEAN RUSSIA
<APP_LoTW_DXCC_ENTITY_STATUS:7>Current
<PFX:3>RX3
<APP_LoTW_2xQSL:1>Y
<CQZ:2>16
<ITUZ:2>29
<STATE:2>MA
<eor>