[Dxbase] BUG in the Non-DXB Import (Import.exe) Program - NEW FORMAT from LOTW downloads

Sat Jan 13 22:59:07 EST 2018

I will update the import program shortly, I am in the middle of something
else that if I lose it I will never get it back!

Neal Campbell

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On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 7:34 PM, Tom Lewis via Dxbase <
dxbase at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Walt,
> Yes, it is consistent with the latest specification. The extra characters
> are essentially comments.
>
> The ADIF Specification has this statement “Characters outside
> QSO-Data-Specifiers and outside End-of-Record tags are ignored”.
>
> 73 Tom N4TL ,
>
>
>     On Saturday, January 13, 2018, 7:25:56 PM EST, Walter Miller%2C AJ6T <
> aj6t at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Is the new ARRL LoTW county format with the slashes consistent with the
> latest ADIF specification? My quick web search found the latest ADIF
> version 3.0.7 has only the state and county separated by a comma:
>
> <Two-letter state abbr.>
> COMMA
> <county name>
>
> What is really going on here?
>
> 73, Walt, AJ6T
>
> > On January 13, 2018 at 2:58 PM Paul Smith <nd4x at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Anyone been to the DXBase.COM web site lately? Just finding DXbase to
> see if there was an update to the LoTW import program (there was not) was
> an adventure with the new template website.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> on behalf of Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 8:37 PM
> > To: Tom Lewis
> > Cc: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] BUG in the Non-DXB Import (Import.exe) Program -
> NEW FORMAT from LOTW downloads
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Thanks for the analysis, I haven't had a chance to look at the program so
> > this will ease the repair tremendously.
> >
> > 73
> >
> >
> > Neal Campbell
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:09 PM, Tom Lewis via Dxbase <
> > dxbase at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >
> > > January 10, 2018
> > >
> > > Hi Everyone
> > >
> > > I looked at this problem with the Non-DXB Import Program. The new LoTW
> > > down load file has extra information after the CNTY text. In the
> example
> > > below the text data is “HI,HONOLULU”, eleven characters long. The extra
> > > characters are “// Honolulu”. The Non-DXB Import Program should ignore
> > > these extra characters.
> > >
> > > <CNTY:11>HI,HONOLULU // Honolulu
> > >
> > > The ADIF Specification has this statement “Characters outside
> > > QSO-Data-Specifiers and outside End-of-Record tags are ignored”.
> > >
> > > I wrote a simple command line program that reads an ADIF file and
> writes a
> > > new one. Most of the file is not changed. The lines that have “//” are
> > > modified. The program deletes the “//” and all characters after that
> within
> > > that line of text.
> > >
> > > I down loaded all my new contacts for 2018 and when I did a test import
> > > there were 16 warnings. Like this one.
> > > Warning: County? N1UZ 20180107 234543 3598.00 80m RTTY MA WORCESTER //
> > > WORCESTER
> > >
> > > I ran my program on the ADIF file and did the import with the new file.
> > > All the warnings were gone. I checked the counties in the log and they
> were
> > > all correct. Before the import the county data was blank for all these
> > > contacts.
> > >
> > > The Non-DXB Import Program needs to be updated to ignore the extra
> > > characters.
> > >
> > > 73 Tom, N4TL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 7:08:03 PM EST, Joe WA6AXE <
> > > wa6axe at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just FYI to all,
> > >
> > >
> > > I have been made aware that there might be an OOPS!! when it
> > >
> > > comes to downloading an ADI file from LOTW - and the COUNTY
> information...
> > >
> > >
> > > YES!! There is a conflict NOW -- since LOTW adi file now is FORMATTED
> > >
> > > totally different than it ever has been before.. With this conflict,
> the
> > > COUNTY
> > >
> > > information from the LOTW file is NOT IMPORTED.. You will see BUNCHES
> of
> > >
> > > Warnings in the Error file.
> > >
> > >
> > > The Non-DXB Import Program (Import.exe) will have to be modified so
> that
> > >
> > > it can find the correct information... Here is a SAMPLE QSO (from my
> LOTW
> > > download)
> > >
> > > that SHOWS the NEW FORMAT for the STATE and COUNTY info:
> > >
> > >
> > > <APP_LoTW_OWNCALL:6>WA6AXE
> > > <STATION_CALLSIGN:6>WA6AXE
> > > <CALL:4>KH7X
> > > <BAND:3>40M
> > > <FREQ:7>7.24200
> > > <MODE:3>SSB
> > > <APP_LoTW_MODEGROUP:5>PHONE
> > > <QSO_DATE:8>20050305
> > > <TIME_ON:6>082000
> > > <QSL_RCVD:1>Y
> > > <QSLRDATE:8>20090501
> > > <DXCC:3>110
> > > <COUNTRY:6>HAWAII
> > > <APP_LoTW_DXCC_ENTITY_STATUS:7>Current
> > > <APP_LoTW_2xQSL:1>Y
> > > <CQZ:2>31
> > > <ITUZ:2>61
> > > <GRIDSQUARE:6>BL01XP
> > > <STATE:2>HI // Hawaii
> > > <CNTY:11>HI,HONOLULU // Honolulu
> > > <eor>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For the sake of my AutoLOTW program -- I am going to in the next few
> days,
> > > go
> > >
> > > into the coding and try to make it so that the COUNTY info will be seen
> > > correctly.
> > >
> > >
> > > As far as the DXbase Non-DXB Import -- an update will have to come from
> > > Neal ...
> > >
> > >
> > > Just FYI
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73 Joe wa6axe
> > >
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