[Dxbase] LoTW ADIF

Sun Jan 9 14:03:47 EST 2005

It does no harm for them to be there and so it's easier to keep things 
simple with only one output format for ADIF regardless of where it is going.
Regards,
Jack
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Parish K1EP" <k1ep at arrl.net>
To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 1:41 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] LoTW ADIF
> When I create an ADIF file, DxBase asks if I am submitting this for LoTW. 
> If I check YES, it will mark QSOs as LoTW sent. The question I have is, 
> why does the ADIF file contain a lot of seemingly extra DxBase info if it 
> knows that the file is to just go to LoTW? I assume that LoTW ignores 
> many of the fields, but it seems to make the file much larger than it 
> really needs to be. LoTW shouldn't care about fields such as <QSL_VIA:6>, 
> <QSL_RCVD:1>, <DXBQSL_RCVD:1>, <QSL_SENT:1>, <DXBQSL_SENT:1>, <DXBPFX:2>, 
> <DXBMGRN:1>, <DXBAWD:1>, <DXBSEL:1>, or <DXBVAL:1>. Is it really 
> necessary to include those in the ADIF file if I indicate that I am 
> submitting this file for LoTW?
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