[Dxbase] State field in ADIF

[Jack]

George,

This is interesting to say the least.  The ADIF specification which DXbase 
2007 was coded to identifies the "STATE" field in ADIF to be the "US State".

If the ADIF specification has changed to now use the "STATE" field for a 
Russian State, I would suggest there is a problem.  How would any import 
program know that when the STATE field lists NV, that it is NOT a US State 
but instead is some other non US entity?

If what you indicate is true, I don't have any suggestions for resolution 
except to say that the ADIF rules need to be examined.  Perhaps there is 
more to this story that sheds light on things, but on the surface, the ADIF 
standard is flawed.

Regards,
Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Harlem W1EBI" <w1ebi at lightband.com>
To: "'DXBase Reflector'" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:55 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] State field in ADIF


> After importing my log from the Russian DX Contest, I noticed that many
> Russian oblasts have two-letter abbreviations that are identical to some 
> US
> states (e.g., IN, KS, MA, MO, NV).  The current version of N1MM Logger
> correctly includes these in the ADIF field, <STATE:2>, which applies to 
> the
> political entity of the station.  However, DXbase assumes that a "state" 
> is
> only one of the 50 U.S. states, so I had to edit my log by deleting each
> instance of an oblast appearing to be Indiana, Kansas, etc.
>
> I am told that the <STATE> field, per ADIF spec, is not unique to U.S.
> states.  Can DXbase-Next be amended so that this field is imported only if
> the callsign prefix is K, KH6 or KL7?  Of course, a Russian DXbase user
> might then object...
>
> George W1EBI
>
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