[Dxbase] Entering from paper log

[Gary Senesac AL9A]

I'm currently in process of entering old paper contest logs into DXbase
myself.  I've found that I can expedite the entry process by using Writelog
to enter the info.  Select the appropriate contest format, set the computer
clock to the proper date (don't worry about the specifice times, these are
edited later), and enter the call signs.  Most contests will fill in default
values for RST, State, Country, etc.  The most difficult contest I've
entered so far is Sweepstakes as there are lots of required info such as Nr,
Check, and Section that really aren't needed in the DSXbase log.

Once the paper log is in Writelog, reset the computer clock to the current
date and time and edit the log times.  Click on the first QSO in an hour
segment and then find the last QSO for that hour period.  Use Ctrl Click to
highlight all QSO's within the hour long segment.  Then click on
Edit/Interpolate QSO Times and Writelog will evenly spread out the QSO's
times
beteween the first and last QSO's that were highlighted.  This will get the
hour part of the time correct for all entries.  Most of minute entries may
need further editing, but this can be quickly done by double clicking on the
time and adujsting the minutes.  Do the same for the next hour long segment
of the log.  Once all times are corrected in the log, export an ADIF file
and then use the non-Dxbase import to bring the entries into your .mdb log.
Gary AL9A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sanford Ardern" <w4dup at frontiernet.net>
To: "DXbase Reflector" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: May 26, 2004 8:46 AM
Subject: [Dxbase] Entering from paper log


>        Does anyone know a good method for entering QSOs from a paper log
> into DXB2005?  I did my own into a DOS version of DXB years ago (takes
some
> work but not too bad) then imported to DXB2004 but need to help a couple
> people enter paper logs.  It looks like entering directly into DXB2005 is
> going to be extremely slow work unless there's some 'trick' I don't know.
I
> find it much faster to use a keyboard than a mouse.  Any suggestions would
> be appreciated.
>       Thanks,      Sandy    W4DUP
>
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