[Dx4win] Long Calls

[Jim]

After the CQWW contest this weekend, the DX4WIN import of  the bizarre call
of OM2015TITANIC was problematic. It posted to DX4WIN as OM2015TITANI. I'm
not sure if DX4WIN has field length limitation of 12 characters or if
something got lost in the translation. I exported my Writelog file in ADIF
format, used AD1C's conversion utility and then imported the .DXQ into
DX4WIN. The Writelog ADIF file shows a field length of 13 for the call of
OM2015TITANIC. The DXQ file also shows 13 characters but all subsequent data
is shifted one byte to the right. When the  DXQ was imported the call was
truncated to 12 bytes  and other fields had erroneous data due to the shift.


 

I am assuming the CALL is a  fixed field in the database which would require
some work to correct. But perhaps not. In any event, in the likely event
more of these extended calls show up, is there a suggestion on how to handle
the?

 

Thanks

 

Jim KS1J