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 > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html