[SFDXA] Why ADIF? - Amateur Data Interchange Format

[Bill]

 From Tony N2MFT:

Many folks may not understand what ADIF is or why it exists. I was 
recently asked to help merge two existing logs in the same contest 
program. Many of us already send a file to ARRL for LOTW and this is in 
fact an ADIF file with a few extra parameters thrown in - like date of 
upload.

ADIF stands for Amateur Data Interchange Format and was invented shortly 
after computers first entered the ham shack. This was because there 
arose several different programs and there needed to be a common frame 
of reference to the logged data. Nowadays, the most common use is to 
export those contacts made in a specialized contest program such as 
N1MM, N3AJP
specific contest programs or Writelog, and send them to your daily log 
program such as AClog, LOGic, etc., so as to track awards, send to LOTW, 
etc.

The actual ADIF file is actually written in HTML and is a text file with 
the suffix ADI. A newer format will be coming out which makes use of XML 
and will have the suffix ADX. All will be backwardly compatible. 
Importing and exporting between different programs an ADIF file is 
simple. It is even more simple when you combine two logs in the SAME 
program.

A good primer on this ishttp://www.xmlog.com/help/Import.htm.

73, Jamie
WB4YDL