Thats how I see it also (its country-code based).
Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Larry E Price <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
