[Dxbase] BUG in the Non-DXB Import (Import.exe) Program - NEW FORMAT from LOTW downloads

Sat Jan 13 23:00:40 EST 2018

Also agree that its difficult to wade thru for the DXB stuff. I will try to
make it easier in the future.
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
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On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 10:59 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I will update the import program shortly, I am in the middle of something
> else that if I lose it I will never get it back!
>>> Neal Campbell
>> Abroham Neal Software
> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
>>>> See components used in our computers at:
> https://www.amazon.com/shop/abrohamnealllc
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 7:34 PM, Tom Lewis via Dxbase <
> dxbase at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>> Walt,
>> Yes, it is consistent with the latest specification. The extra characters
>> are essentially comments.
>>>> The ADIF Specification has this statement “Characters outside
>> QSO-Data-Specifiers and outside End-of-Record tags are ignored”.
>>>> 73 Tom N4TL ,
>>>>>> On Saturday, January 13, 2018, 7:25:56 PM EST, Walter Miller%2C AJ6T <
>> aj6t at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> Is the new ARRL LoTW county format with the slashes consistent with the
>> latest ADIF specification? My quick web search found the latest ADIF
>> version 3.0.7 has only the state and county separated by a comma:
>>>> <Two-letter state abbr.>
>> COMMA
>> <county name>
>>>> What is really going on here?
>>>> 73, Walt, AJ6T
>>>> > On January 13, 2018 at 2:58 PM Paul Smith <nd4x at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Anyone been to the DXBase.COM web site lately? Just finding DXbase to
>> see if there was an update to the LoTW import program (there was not) was
>> an adventure with the new template website.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
>> on behalf of Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 8:37 PM
>> > To: Tom Lewis
>> > Cc: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] BUG in the Non-DXB Import (Import.exe) Program -
>> NEW FORMAT from LOTW downloads
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> > Thanks for the analysis, I haven't had a chance to look at the program
>> so
>> > this will ease the repair tremendously.
>> >
>> > 73
>> >
>> >
>> > Neal Campbell
>> >
>> > Abroham Neal Software
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:09 PM, Tom Lewis via Dxbase <
>> > dxbase at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > January 10, 2018
>> > >
>> > > Hi Everyone
>> > >
>> > > I looked at this problem with the Non-DXB Import Program. The new LoTW
>> > > down load file has extra information after the CNTY text. In the
>> example
>> > > below the text data is “HI,HONOLULU”, eleven characters long. The
>> extra
>> > > characters are “// Honolulu”. The Non-DXB Import Program should ignore
>> > > these extra characters.
>> > >
>> > > <CNTY:11>HI,HONOLULU // Honolulu
>> > >
>> > > The ADIF Specification has this statement “Characters outside
>> > > QSO-Data-Specifiers and outside End-of-Record tags are ignored”.
>> > >
>> > > I wrote a simple command line program that reads an ADIF file and
>> writes a
>> > > new one. Most of the file is not changed. The lines that have “//” are
>> > > modified. The program deletes the “//” and all characters after that
>> within
>> > > that line of text.
>> > >
>> > > I down loaded all my new contacts for 2018 and when I did a test
>> import
>> > > there were 16 warnings. Like this one.
>> > > Warning: County? N1UZ 20180107 234543 3598.00 80m RTTY MA WORCESTER //
>> > > WORCESTER
>> > >
>> > > I ran my program on the ADIF file and did the import with the new
>> file.
>> > > All the warnings were gone. I checked the counties in the log and
>> they were
>> > > all correct. Before the import the county data was blank for all these
>> > > contacts.
>> > >
>> > > The Non-DXB Import Program needs to be updated to ignore the extra
>> > > characters.
>> > >
>> > > 73 Tom, N4TL
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 7:08:03 PM EST, Joe WA6AXE <
>> > > wa6axe at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Just FYI to all,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I have been made aware that there might be an OOPS!! when it
>> > >
>> > > comes to downloading an ADI file from LOTW - and the COUNTY
>> information...
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > YES!! There is a conflict NOW -- since LOTW adi file now is FORMATTED
>> > >
>> > > totally different than it ever has been before.. With this conflict,
>> the
>> > > COUNTY
>> > >
>> > > information from the LOTW file is NOT IMPORTED.. You will see BUNCHES
>> of
>> > >
>> > > Warnings in the Error file.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > The Non-DXB Import Program (Import.exe) will have to be modified so
>> that
>> > >
>> > > it can find the correct information... Here is a SAMPLE QSO (from my
>> LOTW
>> > > download)
>> > >
>> > > that SHOWS the NEW FORMAT for the STATE and COUNTY info:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > <APP_LoTW_OWNCALL:6>WA6AXE
>> > > <STATION_CALLSIGN:6>WA6AXE
>> > > <CALL:4>KH7X
>> > > <BAND:3>40M
>> > > <FREQ:7>7.24200
>> > > <MODE:3>SSB
>> > > <APP_LoTW_MODEGROUP:5>PHONE
>> > > <QSO_DATE:8>20050305
>> > > <TIME_ON:6>082000
>> > > <QSL_RCVD:1>Y
>> > > <QSLRDATE:8>20090501
>> > > <DXCC:3>110
>> > > <COUNTRY:6>HAWAII
>> > > <APP_LoTW_DXCC_ENTITY_STATUS:7>Current
>> > > <APP_LoTW_2xQSL:1>Y
>> > > <CQZ:2>31
>> > > <ITUZ:2>61
>> > > <GRIDSQUARE:6>BL01XP
>> > > <STATE:2>HI // Hawaii
>> > > <CNTY:11>HI,HONOLULU // Honolulu
>> > > <eor>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > For the sake of my AutoLOTW program -- I am going to in the next few
>> days,
>> > > go
>> > >
>> > > into the coding and try to make it so that the COUNTY info will be
>> seen
>> > > correctly.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > As far as the DXbase Non-DXB Import -- an update will have to come
>> from
>> > > Neal ...
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Just FYI
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 73 Joe wa6axe
>> > >
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