Thanks for that explanation Paul - I understand better now. The export includes seconds but when I hand enter the time it's to the even minute. I'll try changing the export filter as you suggest.
Tnx and 73, Larry On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 21:09:42 -0400, Paul van der Eijk wrote: >Larry, > >The dx4win export filters export the logs with the time in seconds. >When you make a copy of that filter, and change the time format >not to uses seconds, you can filter out the second duplicates >by first deleting all QSOs (this preserves the group numbers you may >have defined) and import the complete log again, ignoring duplicate QSOs >You may have to add a dummy QSO in you empty log to force the >checking for duplicate QSOs) > >This procedure assumes that the times only differs in seconds. > >Make sure you save your log under a different name and check it out! > >Paul >At 11:24 AM 4/9/03 -0500, Larry Alkoff wrote: >>How can I find duplicate QSO's in the DX4Win log file? >> >>Sometimes I hand enter a new QSO onto my office >>computer which I use for "official" QSLing and tweaking, but usually import >>the current month >>with "Imported QSO is ignored" checked. >> >>Although I haven't tested this situation rigorously , >>I _think_ this produces two seemingly identical entries because the time is >>not exactly the same >>to tenths of a second. >> >>I sometimes stumble over the dupes but I'd like to eliminate these >>systematically. >> >>Larry N2LA >> >> >> >>Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Dx4win mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.dx4win.com > Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX

