[Dx4win] Uploading FT8 QSO's to LOTW

[kostas sv1dpi]

I don't agree. Let's say we choose FAX as alternative mode. And then you 
say "search and replace": fax with ft8. Nice. But if there is a callsign 
with a suffix fax (I know at least sp2fax!). So I believe that the best 
option is to make a "search and replace" like the following :

<MODE:3>FAX with <MODE:3>FT8


73 Kostas SV1DPI

Στις 23/8/2017 21:19, ο Tom Hammond έγραψε:
> Greetings folks. Thought I'd share an experience that might help you, or,
> someone might point out how to do this differently.
>
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> I've made a handful of FT8 QSO's. Since DX4WIN doesn't have an FT8 mode
> (YET!) I was selecting a similar mode of JT65. When the ARRL announced that
> FT8 was now a supported mode on LOTW, I decided to export my FT8 QSO's and
> upload to LOTW.
>
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> So, in DX4WIN, I exported my QSOs creating an .adi file. I then edited this
> file and changed all occurrences of JT65 to FT8. I saved the file and then
> used TQSL to sign and upload my .adi file. However, TQSL said the "FT8 " was
> an invalid mode. Wait, what? Maybe you already know where I went wrong.
>
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> In the .adi file there are XML-like field names. My .adi file had
> <MODE:4>FT8. Well, it turns out that "4" after MODE means that the mode is
> 4-characters long, BECAUSE, I had originally chosen JT65 as the mode which
> IS 4-characters long. Once I figured this out, I changed the field heading
> to <MODE:3>FT8 and saved the file. This time my file was signed and uploaded
> with no errors.
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> I've done similar search and replace from FSK441 to MSK144 but both of those
> mode strings are 6 characters, so I didn't have to change the <MODE:6> field
> heading.
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> So, lesson to be learned here is, when selecting an alternative mode for
> your FT8 QSO's, try to find a 3-character mode so that when you perform a
> search and replace of your adi file, you also won't have to change each
> occurrence of the <MODE:X> length character.
>
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> There's got to be an easier way..
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>
> 73, Tom
>
> K8BKM
>
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>
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