[Dxbase] Import/Export Issues

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Jack <lennoxj at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> DXbase 2007 uses the DXCC field during both ADIF import and export.  The
> numeric entity code assigned by ARRL is part of the DXbase Prefix database
> table.  So, if this field is contained in the ADIF file to be imported, it
> is used.  If it is not present, DXbase will attempt to identify the correct
> country prefix through different logic.

If this "different logic" is using information in the ADIF file which
is not in the spec, i.e.

    <APP_WRITELOG_PREF:1>K

than this is prone to failure, as the prefix names in the CTY file may
not be what DXbase expects.  This is where the DXCC enumeration is
needed, since that's an invariant value, i.e. Alaska will always be #6
regardless of what "prefix" is in the ADIF file.  However, no logging
software supports this, nor does the CTY file.

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us