[Dx4win] Import of ADIF "Comment" field - answered

[Paul Ferguson]

Len (K1NU) noted that when a WSJT log is imported into DX4WIN, DX4WIN 
puts the contents of the <comments> field of the WSJT log into the 
DX4WIN "Callsign Notes" field. 

What is in the WSJT <comments> field is usually the mode and signal 
reports such as "FT8  Sent: +01  Rcvd: +00". This is clearly 
QSO-related and not Callsign-related information.  

When I look at an ADIF specification, it says the <comments> field is a 
Comment field for the QSO (not for the Callsign).

I do not know why WSJT decided to put the mode and signal reports in 
the <comments> field because other fields already contain the mode and 
signal reports. DX4win imports these mode and signal report fields into 
the proper parts of the DX4WIN log.

The problem with importing the <comments> field into the DX4WIN 
Callsign Notes is when you work a station multiple times. With each 
repeat QSO, QSO-related info is appended to what is already in  
Callsign Notes. With many QSOs, Callsign Notes gets pretty mucked-up 
with info that does not belong there.

I would like to see DX4WIN make a change so that WSJT <comments> field 
is put into DX4WIN Callsign Notes. 

73,
Paul
K5ESW


> Never mind... I found my own answer.  I grabbed the ADIF spec and 
> started playing.
> 
> Turns out the <notes> field will go to QSO Notes.
> 
> 73 Len
> 
> On 2018-06-23 07:45, Leonard Kay wrote:
> > When you import an ADIF file (e.g., from WSJT) into D4W, whatever
> is
> > in the "<comment:25>" field gets imported into the D4W "Callsign
> > notes" field.  This seems wrong to me; in the WSJT example, this
> field
> > contains the signal reports.  A better match seems like "QSO
> Notes".
> > 
> > So, is there an ADIF field that D4W will match to "QSO Notes" on
> > import? If so, I could do a text replace before I import the ADIF
> file
> > to D4W.
> > 
> > Len K1NU
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