[Dxbase] Importing LoTW IOTA data

[Jack]

Bill,

You continue to be plagued by invalid data from the LoTW system or from
invalid data being submitted by the DX station.  The ADIF specification for
IOTA is very specific and the LoTW process is violating this requirement.
Therefore, the IOTA data is being ignored during import from LoTW because it
does not pass the validation for this field.  Listed below is the rule for
IOTA data in an ADIF format:

HYPHEN MUST BE INCLUDED.  Example:  NA-001   IOTA PROVIDES DISK IN THIS
FORMAT

Please direct your import issues involving "bad" data to the LoTW folks or
to the originator of the bad data so that they may address the problems that
their lack of validations will cause.

Regards,
Courtney

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William H. Hein" <Bill at NT1Y.com>
To: "'DXbase Reflector'" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:32 AM
Subject: [Dxbase] Importing LoTW IOTA data


> I am continuing to sift thru the QSL info I've downloaded from LoTW.  In
> this particular case, the IOTA data in the LoTW QSO Detail (reproduced
> below) does not seem to have updated my blank IOTA field in Dxbase.
> Curiously, the grid square data was imported from LoTW into Dxbase
> correctly.
>
> I am using Dxbase 2005.
>
> 73,
> Bill NT1Y
> Topsham VT
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Station
> Call Sign   AA6TT
> DXCC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
> CQ Zone   4
> ITU Zone   7
> Grid   DM67
> State   CO
> County   LA PLATA
>
> Worked Station
> Worked   VP8GAV
> DXCC   ANTARCTICA (13)
> CQ Zone   13
> ITU Zone   67
> IOTA   AN006
> Grid   FC74QP
> Date/Time   1992-12-11 01:06:00
> Mode   CW (CW)
> Band   17M
> Frequency   18.00000
> QSL   2003-11-11 22:00:06
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Record ID 3936863 Received: 2003-09-26 17:11:29
>
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