[Dxbase] State field in ADIF

Tue Mar 23 11:26:10 EDT 2010

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:w1ebi at lightband.com]
> 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: N1MMLogger at yahoogroups.com
> > From: w1ebi at ...
> > Date: 2010年3月21日 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:lennoxj at bellsouth.net]
> 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" <w1ebi at lightband.com>
> To: "'DXBase Reflector'" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> 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
> >
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