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

[Paul Ferguson]

Dave,

Thanks. I was not aware of the option in WSJT to not put db reports
into the comments field. 

One other thing to consider is that when you log a WSJT contact, you 
can type something into the WSJT "comments" part of the log entry. I 
think this field is more useful if applied to the QSO and not to the 
Callsign. The ADIF spec says it is about the QSO. 

I think DX4WIN should conform to the ADIF spec and change to import the 
comments field into QSO Notes in the DX4win log.

73,
Paul 
K5ESW

> Paul,
> This used to bother me.  I solved the problem by unchecking the "db
> reports
> to comments" box under the Reporting tab in Settings within WSJT-X. 
> By
> doing that, nothing is saved to the comments field in the ADIF file
> and thus
> nothing gets imported into the Call Sign Notes field in DX4WIN.
> 
> 73,
> Dave, N4QS
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of Paul Ferguson
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2018 8:56 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Import of ADIF "Comment" field - answered
> 
> 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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