That's one of the great things about "standards" - all you have to do is
assert that there's one.
LoTW only sees the TIME_ON and not the TIME_OFF. So, the time that the QSO
started is what LoTW tracks, not when it ends.
73,
-Rick
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 1:36 PM <n...@vci.net> wrote:
> To Paul and the group,
>
>
>
> I continue to have problems with dupes being created when importing digital
> QSOs from WSJT-X. It appears that DX4WIN uses the QSO Begin time when all
> other logging programs, including N1MM, use the QSO End time. The Log4OM2
> website states that in the UK amateur regulations require that the QSO end
> time be used.
>
>
>
> Here is how dupes are created:
>
>
>
> After making over 600 Qs in the ARRL VHF test over the weekend, I imported
> all 600 from N1MM into DX4WIN (using Jim's ADIF to DX4WIN Conversion app).
> All 600 showed up in DX4WIN and I then did an upload to LOTW. This morning
> I made a few more FT8 QSOs and imported the WSJT-X ADIF file directly into
> DX4WIN (which I have done hundreds of times). Much to my dismay, a bunch
> of
> dupes were created. I made about 120 digital QSOs in the VHF contest.
> During the contest, when a digital contact is made, WSJT-X broadcasts the
> QSO to N1MM and then save the contact in its own ADIF file. When the QSO
> is
> imported into N1MM, it used the QSO End time for each QSO's time.
>
>
>
> When I imported the WSJT-X ADIF file this morning, DX4WIN used the QSO
> Begin
> time when saving each QSO. By the way, I have always kept all of my
> previous digital QSOs in WSJT-X. I never delete them. So the QSOs that I
> made yesterday were imported into DX4WIN today, but most were ignored
> because they all showed the same QSO time. The QSO Begin and End times
> will
> often be in sync when a digital mode is completed quickly without any
> repeats. But we all know that it can sometimes take several minutes for a
> QSO to complete. There have been times when I finally get a RR73 from the
> other station that are 10 to 15 minutes after the original start time. I
> know that a few times yesterday due to QSB or QRM conditions on 6 meters.
>
>
>
> Two questions for the group:
>
>
>
> 1. Would Paul be willing to change the import map for ADIF files so
> that DX4WIN uses the QSO End time - which is the apparent standard?
> 2. If Paul is not willing to do that, is there a way for the user to
> change the import mapping - so that I can do that myself?
>
>
>
> I might add that these dupes due to time differences become an ongoing
> issue
> with LOTW. Now that I uploaded all of the 600 QSOs that I imported from
> N1MM (using the QSO end time), I will now have an issue with any QSOs that
> get imported into DX4WIN directly from WSJT-X - if the beginning and end
> time would vary significantly (more than a minute). So this will cause
> duplicate QSOs to be uploaded to LOTW - which I try to avoid.
>
>
>
> The other option is the manually edit the WSJT-X ADIF file to make the
> beginning and end times the same so that the next time that I import that
> file, it will not create duplicates. This also requires that I delete the
> duplicates that were already created in DX4WIN due to the time discrepancy.
>
>
>
> The best solution would be the change the import mapping in DX4WIN so that
> it uses the QSO End time. Can anyone help me with that?
>
>
>
> In the meantime, I have to spend this afternoon finding all the dupes that
> were created this morning!
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Dave, N4QS
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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