Looks to me as if ADIF 2 determines the "state" based on the country code and seems to cover a large number of countries only a few of which I even realized had such info contained (I knew about Oblasts and LU calls but ZP was a new one on me).
Larry W4RA > -----Original Message----- > From: George Harlem W1EBI [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:07 AM > To: 'Jack'; 'DXBase Reflector' > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] State field in ADIF > > Jack, I don't claim to be at all familiar with ADIF specs, but I > initially > posted to the N1MM reflector and a couple of group members indicated > that > the spec for that field is not limited to a US state: > ========================================= > > RE: [N1MM] RDXC - Oblast is not a State > > According to ADIF specification STATE is NOT just "US state": > > STATE is the code for the contacted station's > Primary Administrative Subdivision (e.g. US State, JA Island, VE > Province) > > I think N1MM is working properly. > > Regards &73! > Andrei, de ZL1TM > ________________________________ > > To: [email protected] > > From: w1...@... > > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:33:35 +0000 > > Subject: [N1MM] RDXC - Oblast is not a State > > > > The ADIF exported in 10.3.4 shows each Russian oblast as , which puts > lots > of > MA and MO, etc., in the log as U.S. states. Can't that be changed to as > part > of > the exchange so it does not get saved in DXbase or other archive > logging > programs as a U.S. state? This did not occur in earlier N1MM releases > with > RDXC > logs. > > > > > > > > George W1EBI > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:59 AM > To: George Harlem W1EBI; 'DXBase Reflector' > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] State field in ADIF > > George, > > This is interesting to say the least. The ADIF specification which > DXbase > 2007 was coded to identifies the "STATE" field in ADIF to be the "US > State". > > If the ADIF specification has changed to now use the "STATE" field for > a > Russian State, I would suggest there is a problem. How would any > import > program know that when the STATE field lists NV, that it is NOT a US > State > but instead is some other non US entity? > > If what you indicate is true, I don't have any suggestions for > resolution > except to say that the ADIF rules need to be examined. Perhaps there > is > more to this story that sheds light on things, but on the surface, the > ADIF > standard is flawed. > > Regards, > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Harlem W1EBI" <[email protected]> > To: "'DXBase Reflector'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:55 PM > Subject: [Dxbase] State field in ADIF > > > > After importing my log from the Russian DX Contest, I noticed that > many > > Russian oblasts have two-letter abbreviations that are identical to > some > > US > > states (e.g., IN, KS, MA, MO, NV). The current version of N1MM > Logger > > correctly includes these in the ADIF field, <STATE:2>, which applies > to > > the > > political entity of the station. However, DXbase assumes that a > "state" > > is > > only one of the 50 U.S. states, so I had to edit my log by deleting > each > > instance of an oblast appearing to be Indiana, Kansas, etc. > > > > I am told that the <STATE> field, per ADIF spec, is not unique to > U.S. > > states. Can DXbase-Next be amended so that this field is imported > only if > > the callsign prefix is K, KH6 or KL7? Of course, a Russian DXbase > user > > might then object... > > > > George W1EBI > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
