All, I recently exported records from two contests that I did in N1MM to ADIF, and then imported them into DXB. The first import (for the ARRL 10 Meter contest) worked fine. By saying Fine, I mean all the data was transferred into the correct fields in DXB. However, when I imported the records for the ARRL 160 contest, the "State" information didn't transfer - Except for the two records where I worked Alaska (AK) and Hawaii (HI). For those two records, the State information transferred correctly into DXB. The two ADIF files are very similar but there are some small differences. I used a text editor to make the data in the 160 ADIF file match that of the 10M ADIF. That didn't help and the results were the same, still no transfer of the State information except for those two off-shore contacts.
Any suggestions as to what may be the problem? It seems to be in the Import program as I can see in the examples window that the State information doesn't appear yet when I run the Import program for the other data from the 10 M contest, it does. ??? I know from the documentation that the Import program follows some logic to make sure the new records are formatted correctly, etc. but the State information is being discarded or not created even though it appears correct when looking at the ADIF source data. i.e., the <SECTION 2:ID> looks good. Hope this makes sense. If anyone wants to look at the data, I can send the files (or parts) when I get home. Thanks and 73, Rod -- Rod Greene, W7ZRC 3560 N. McDermott Rd. Meridian ID 83642 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 13 15:39:32 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Greene) Date: Thu Dec 13 15:51:27 2007 Subject: [Dxbase] Import Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All, I recently exported records from two contests that I did in N1MM to ADIF, and then imported them into DXB. The first import (for the ARRL 10 Meter contest) worked fine. By saying Fine, I mean all the data was transferred into the correct fields in DXB. However, when I imported the records for the ARRL 160 contest, the "State" information didn't transfer - Except for the two records where I worked Alaska (AK) and Hawaii (HI). For those two records, the State information transferred correctly into DXB. The two ADIF files are very similar but there are some small differences. I used a text editor to make the data in the 160 ADIF file match that of the 10M ADIF. That didn't help and the results were the same, still no transfer of the State information except for those two off-shore contacts. Any suggestions as to what may be the problem? It seems to be in the Import program as I can see in the examples window that the State information doesn't appear yet when I run the Import program for the other data from the 10 M contest, it does. ??? I know from the documentation that the Import program follows some logic to make sure the new records are formatted correctly, etc. but the State information is being discarded or not created even though it appears correct when looking at the ADIF source data. i.e., the <SECTION 2:ID> looks good. Hope this makes sense. If anyone wants to look at the data, I can send the files (or parts) when I get home. Thanks and 73, Rod -- Rod Greene, W7ZRC 3560 N. McDermott Rd. Meridian ID 83642 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 13 16:32:31 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Main) Date: Thu Dec 13 16:44:26 2007 Subject: [Dxbase] Challenge Stats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> While waiting to get a response concerning my problem (see below, in case you missed the first posting) I have been trying to determine why DXBase chose the calls it did. As I said when I stated the problem below, there is nothing checked in either the Select or Award columns. So I thought maybe DXBase chose that call because it was the first QSL for that country received for that band, but that proved to be wrong. So at this point I'm not sure what it is. Maybe it "flips a coin" and chooses any QSO that is on that band for that country. I have used the ARRL report to thin out my DXCC Award listing. Seems I had a few extra checked that ARRL hadn't seen. These had been confirmed QSOs, but had not been routed through ARRL yet. So I will get those cards together and send them in with the next submission and change the check from Award to Select. I also used the DXBase report and compared it to the ARRL report (see below for which reports) and found a number of differences between what DXBase "chose" for a call and what ARRL has already given me credit for. The DXBase report had extras because it included new QSLs that I have been getting together since my last submission. I also was able to use the DXBase report to determine other cards that still needed to be sent to ARRL. The one thing I did notice is that for EVERY QSO that is different between what the DXBase report says I should use and what ARRL has already given me credit for is that in the DXBase report the "Confirmed" column has "No" in it. Not sure what kind of a confirmed this is referring but that seems to be the difference. I don't know if "Confirmed" that ARRL gave me credit for is a "Yes" or "No" since those are not listed, but it appears to be something worth looking at. 73, Bob -----Original Message----- From: Bob Main [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:52 PM To: 'DXbase' Subject: Challenge Stats Last week in DXBase2007, I created the DXCC Award worksheet (excluding previous submissions) and printed it out. I also logged in to LoTW\Awards and printed out the Challenge Matrix that they have to show what calls they have given me credit for. What I found was some differences between the two reports and I wanted to eliminate those differences. As an example, the DXBase worksheet said that I have 4C1AE as credit on 10M for Mexico, but according to the matrix that I printed out from ARRL they have given me credit for XE1OW on 10M. I checked and XE1OW has DXCC Award column checked and 4C1AE has nothing in either the Select or Award columns in the log checked. So my question is what do I need to do in DXBase so that when I print out the Award worksheet from now on it will show XE1OW instead of 4C1AE? I just want the report produced by DXBase to match the ARRL matrix, ignoring new QSLs that ARRL has yet to see of course. 73 Bob KB4CL
