[Dxbase] ADIF Export

[Jack]

Maybe something has changed, but last time I researched the applicability of 
the LoTW system maintained by ARRL, the only time an LoTW "confirmation" 
counted was when the user was dealing with an ARRL sponsored award.  Maybe 
all ARRL sponsored awards now use LoTW, I don't know, but in the early days 
of LoTW that wasn't the case.

As best I know, tracking CQ awards, IOTA awards, and such requires a "QSL 
card" and LoTW in not even part of the equation.  Did all that change and 
now LoTW is a direct substitute for any award offered in amateur radio?

Just asking, because if that's not the case, then following the suggestion 
offered by Wes may solve his concern over using his club software by way of 
an ADIF export from DXbase, but it would certainly break things for a lot of 
others and distort the current distinction between having a physical card 
versus having an ARRL acknowledged confirmation report.

Perhaps the more recent ADIF standards addresses this already somehow, I 
don't know.  But, the ADIF standard by which DXbase 2007 was coded uses the 
QSL_RCVD field to reflect physical cards and thereby is universal and not 
ARRL specific.  In other words, the QSL_RCVD field is populated exactly as 
the ADIF standard at the time required.

In the absence of any clear standards for handling Physical cards versus 
LoTW substitutes, I wonder if a more reasonable approach wouldn't be to 
import the ADIF file from DXbase which would reflect cards only for now, and 
then import your LoTW from ARRL into your other software such as the club 
program mentioned by Wes.

Just thinking.....  perhaps Neal already has something in mind, but I'm not 
sure a clear solution has yet been put on the table in the discussion so 
far.

Cheers
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <n7ws at k6mhe.com>
To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>; "Joe WA6AXE" <wa6axe at hotmail.com>
Cc: <michael at g7vjr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] ADIF Export


> Thanks Joe,
>
> So nothing's changed between versions. I hope that in any future version 
> this
> is fixed.
>
> VP2E is different from VP2 by any measure and "QSL" means confirmed, not 
> "QSL
> Card" so the QSL_RCVD field should get populated with "Y" when the QSO is
> confirmed by either a card or LOTW.
>
> 73,
>
> Wes
>
>
> On December 29, 2009 at 1:13 AM Joe WA6AXE <wa6axe at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Wes,
>>
>> When exporting with DXbase2007, the <QSL_RCVD:1>N still shows
>> "N" -- even though the CFM column shows LOTW ... so, it is keying on
>> a CARD rcvd to make it a "Y" ...
>>
>> On the VP2E -- the <PFX:3>VP2 is the WPX column's PREFIX
>> and the <DXBPFX:4>VP2E is the actual PREFIX column from your
>> logbook ..
>>
>> 73 Joe wa6axe
>>
>> > Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:01:09 +0000
>> > From: n7ws at k6mhe.com
>> > To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>> > Subject: [Dxbase] ADIF Export
>> >
>> > Maybe this has been fixed in later versions, but in 2005, there are 
>> > some
>> > issues
>> > with the way DXBase exports ADIF.
>> >
>> > This has surfaced since I've begun using Clublog (www.clublog.org) for 
>> > some
>> > tracking purposes. Clublog reads .adi files for its input. I've had a 
>> > lot
>> > of
>> > QSOs that fail to show confirmed in Clublog and I've tracked it to the 
>> > fact
>> > that
>> > DXB doesn't appear to change the QSL_RCVD field to "Y" when the QSO is
>> > confirmed
>> > via LOTW. DXB uses a field DXBQSL_RCVD with a numeral instead. This is
>> > unrecognized by Clublog, and I suspect a lot of other programs.
>> >
>> > Another issue I noted was that QSOs with VP2E show PFX = VP2 when 
>> > exported.
>> >
>> > Has this stuff been fixed in later versions or will it be if a new 
>> > version
>> > is
>> > offered?
>> >
>> > Wes N7WS
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