[Dx4win] Uploading FT8 QSO's to LOTW

[Lee Hallin]

Using Kostas' solution, it wouldn't matter which "temporary" mode you
chose (FAX, JT65,etc) because you would be specifying the "length" of
the mode name both places, like:
Find "<MODE:4>JT65" and replace it with "<MODE:3>JT8"

Lee  N7NU
>>> kostas sv1dpi <sv1dpi at otenet.gr> 8/23/2017 12:12 PM >>>
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.
>
>   
>
> 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.
>
>   
>
> 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.
>
>   
>
> 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.
>
>   
>
> 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.
>
>   
>
> 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.
>
>   
>
> There's got to be an easier way..
>
>   
>
> 73, Tom
>
> K8BKM
>
>   
>
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