Pete, I would not mind looking at cabrillo import; but which one? Last time I looked, there were several versions around. I prefer ADIF, and it looks that many software packages support that now. As long as a product exports to ADIF, DX4WIN can import !
Paul At 02:17 PM 12/21/02 -0500, Pete Smith wrote: >At 10:49 AM 12/21/02 -0700, you wrote: > >> Pete, >> >> Thanks for the reply, I get no errors - just nothing comes up >>in the state field when its been converted - No state info in >>DX4WIN state field. Not good when you want to get WAS 10! > >OK, I think I see what is going on. The normal N6TR import filter (at least >in version 5.01, which I use) does not capture the State info because it is >not designed to. However, the filter editor in DX4WIN should make it easy for >you to add that capability and create a new import filter. Just go to >File|Import/Export, click on it, select the N6TR filter, then click on >Filter|Edit at the top of that dialogue box. You will need to determine at >what line position the 2-letter State abbreviations are found, and make the >filter pick them up, then save it as (for example) N6TR10. > >The problem with this (and probably the reason why it isn't there already) is >that N6TR log files for the 10M contest put the 2-letter state field in the >same location (in each line) as the DX QTH. That means a certain amount of >confusion, as the program will think that Norwegian stations are in Louisiana, >Dutch stations are in Pennsylvania, etc. You will also get a lot of errors >from 3-letter Dx prefixes. > >What you might want to do is to edit your log file so that it contains only >domestic QSOs, before importing it using a filter that captures the state >data. The neat part about the DX4WIN import filters is that they are almost >infinitely customizable. There may well be more choices, such as Cabrillo >input, in 5.03, or if not there, hopefully in the next revision, which I'm >told is currently in the works. > >I hope this helps. > >73, Pete N4ZR >Happy Holidays > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com
