Hi Claude, Thanks, I'll take a look at that script. Of course I locally keep and backup all logs that I've ever generated. If this tool automates these kinds of merging issues, I'll certainly experiment with it.
73, KD0KZE / Paul On 5/22/2020 1:06 PM, Claude Frantz wrote: > On 5/22/20 7:22 PM, Paul Bramscher wrote: > > Hi Paul & all, > >> What I've done is maintain two local logs: WSJT-X's native log and XLog >> for everything else. fldigi will auto-ingest into XLog, and I can >> easily enough create Phone and other entries manually in XLog. > > Please note that fldigi is able to change entries in its log. > Unfortunately such updates are not passed to Xlog. > >> I periodically use TQSL to upload WSJT-X contacts to Logbook of the >> World. To make this more efficient, I examine my past activity date on >> LoTW's interface and use my last upload date as the cut-off date for new >> QSO's to upload. > >> I also upload XLog logs there, so LoTW is the place where they all get >> combined. Then I occasionally export those and upload them into QRZ for >> good measure. > > adifmerg is an excellent program to merge ADIF log files. > > Unfortunately, LoTW is not a good place to combine logs files because > only a limited number of ADIF fields are maintained. Please remember > that paper QSL exist too and many other things which are ignored by > LoTW. Finally, only a locally maintained ADIF file can help to maintain > all the information. And adifmerg can help you to do it. This is the way > I'm going. With the optional addition of few user defined fields, such a > locally stored ADIF file can be the base from which one an appropriate > program can automatically generate detailed paper QSL cards. Of course, > received QSL cards have to be mentioned in the appropriate records of > the ADIF file. > > Best wishes, > Claude (DJ0OT) > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel