I'm hunting counties and IOTA's... The DXbase shows in general that specific QSO is "C" (confirmed) but I can not know whether it's a paper card or LoTW (which is not good for both mentioned awards)...May be it's a good idea for new DXbase version to show one common column named "QSL" and three sub-columns separately for E-QSL, LoTW and Card...
73! ILYA de 4Z1UF > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:dxbase- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe WA6AXE > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:07 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] ADIF Export > > > Jack, > > The ADIF 1.0 standard only had the QSL_RCVD .. and .. yes , now > the ADIF 2.x.x has > > QSL_RCVD > EQSL_QSL_RCVD > LOTW_QSL_RCVD > > > It would appear that if DXbase adopts ADIF 2.x.x that the Selection > Wizard's > ADIF Export function could be updated to reflect the new ADIF 2.x.x > standard -- > with each category of confirmation (Card, LoTW, and EQsl) having it's own > adif tags ... > > > 73 Joe wa6axe > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] ADIF Export > > Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:11:39 -0500 > > > > Maybe something has changed, but last time I researched the > applicability of > > the LoTW system maintained by ARRL, the only time an LoTW "confirmation" > > counted was when the user was dealing with an ARRL sponsored award. > Maybe > > all ARRL sponsored awards now use LoTW, I don't know, but in the early > days > > of LoTW that wasn't the case. > > > > As best I know, tracking CQ awards, IOTA awards, and such requires a > "QSL > > card" and LoTW in not even part of the equation. Did all that change > and > > now LoTW is a direct substitute for any award offered in amateur radio? > > > > Just asking, because if that's not the case, then following the > suggestion > > offered by Wes may solve his concern over using his club software by way > of > > an ADIF export from DXbase, but it would certainly break things for a > lot of > > others and distort the current distinction between having a physical > card > > versus having an ARRL acknowledged confirmation report. > > > > Perhaps the more recent ADIF standards addresses this already somehow, I > > don't know. But, the ADIF standard by which DXbase 2007 was coded uses > the > > QSL_RCVD field to reflect physical cards and thereby is universal and > not > > ARRL specific. In other words, the QSL_RCVD field is populated exactly > as > > the ADIF standard at the time required. > > > > In the absence of any clear standards for handling Physical cards versus > > LoTW substitutes, I wonder if a more reasonable approach wouldn't be to > > import the ADIF file from DXbase which would reflect cards only for now, > and > > then import your LoTW from ARRL into your other software such as the > club > > program mentioned by Wes. > > > > Just thinking..... perhaps Neal already has something in mind, but I'm > not > > sure a clear solution has yet been put on the table in the discussion so > > far. > > > > Cheers > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]>; "Joe WA6AXE" <[email protected]> > > Cc: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 1:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] ADIF Export > > > > > > > Thanks Joe, > > > > > > So nothing's changed between versions. I hope that in any future > version > > > this > > > is fixed. > > > > > > VP2E is different from VP2 by any measure and "QSL" means confirmed, > not > > > "QSL > > > Card" so the QSL_RCVD field should get populated with "Y" when the QSO > is > > > confirmed by either a card or LOTW. > > > > > > 73, > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > On December 29, 2009 at 1:13 AM Joe WA6AXE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Wes, > > >> > > >> When exporting with DXbase2007, the <QSL_RCVD:1>N still shows > > >> "N" -- even though the CFM column shows LOTW ... so, it is keying on > > >> a CARD rcvd to make it a "Y" ... > > >> > > >> On the VP2E -- the <PFX:3>VP2 is the WPX column's PREFIX > > >> and the <DXBPFX:4>VP2E is the actual PREFIX column from your > > >> logbook .. > > >> > > >> 73 Joe wa6axe > > >> > > >> > Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:01:09 +0000 > > >> > From: [email protected] > > >> > To: [email protected] > > >> > Subject: [Dxbase] ADIF Export > > >> > > > >> > Maybe this has been fixed in later versions, but in 2005, there are > > >> > some > > >> > issues > > >> > with the way DXBase exports ADIF. > > >> > > > >> > This has surfaced since I've begun using Clublog (www.clublog.org) > for > > >> > some > > >> > tracking purposes. Clublog reads .adi files for its input. I've had > a > > >> > lot > > >> > of > > >> > QSOs that fail to show confirmed in Clublog and I've tracked it to > the > > >> > fact > > >> > that > > >> > DXB doesn't appear to change the QSL_RCVD field to "Y" when the QSO > is > > >> > confirmed > > >> > via LOTW. DXB uses a field DXBQSL_RCVD with a numeral instead. This > is > > >> > unrecognized by Clublog, and I suspect a lot of other programs. > > >> > > > >> > Another issue I noted was that QSOs with VP2E show PFX = VP2 when > > >> > exported. > > >> > > > >> > Has this stuff been fixed in later versions or will it be if a new > > >> > version > > >> > is > > >> > offered? > > >> > > > >> > Wes N7WS > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > Dxbase mailing list > > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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