On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 11:28 PM Alan Zack K7ACZ wrote:
> Yes, the LOTW entry shows Z29 in the confirmation. I don't remember
> now but am guessing after downloading the confirmation ADIF file from
> and entering it into my DX4WIN file either it automatically changed it
> to Z29 to match his info or I was directed to do so when I ran the
> search for IMPORT to find differences between what I had logged and
> what LOTW had in its records.
This is why I always search the "Notes for this QSO" field for the
word IMPORT after doing any import, especially "Confirm LoTW using
ADIF file". That VK5 QSO would have been flagged as having a
mismatch. As many have pointed out, VK5 is CQ Zone 30. Only VK6 and
VK8 are CQ Zone 29. Once all import exceptions have been resolved,
there is a Multiple QSO Operation to delete the remaining import
notes.
The ADIF to Marathon conversion program I wrote:
https://ad1c.us/software/marathon/
does not do any parsing or interpretation of the ADIF data (i.e.
callsigns), nor does it do any checking. As someone else wrote in an
earlier reply, Garbage In, Garbage Out.
I'm sorry you lost a zone in the competition.
There are a couple of things to keep in mind:
1. DX4WIN does not store the country prefix or CQ Zone with the QSO.
This is determined by the country file each time you load your log
into DX4WIN.
2. One thing that was new about DX4WIN 9.0x compared to earlier
versions is that it now keeps a local file of callsign/zone exceptions
that only apply to your log. These have priority of the country file.
When a zone is changed, for example, during the LoTW import of that
VK5 QSO, that zone is stored in the local file. I never need these,
and occasionally will delete the file, which can be found in your SAVE
directory (along with its backup):
3/05/2022 20:39 849 usrexcpt.dat
1/27/2022 10:35 811 usrexcpt.~at
The problem with this local file is that once a zone is (incorrectly)
changed, all future QSOs logged with this station will show the same
incorrect zone. Also there, is no way to examine this file to see
what's in there, or why. I could try to figure it out, but I have
never had the need.
73 - Jim AD1C
--
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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