Re: [Xlog-discussion] Date format error with Cabrillo import?

[Joop Stakenborg]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:14:27 -0600
Nate Bargmann <address@hidden> wrote:

> Everything looked fine except that the zone portion of the exchange 
> was imported along with the RS and the spacing was retained.  Perhaps,
> if the fields can be determined, it would be nice to allow the user to
> decide if non RS parts of the exchange are imported or not.  On the
> other hand,  contests that don't include RS could pose a problem. 
> Perhaps the exchange could be put at the end of the Remarks section?
> 

I think we should just remove the space.
It is quite common to add serial numbers to a signal report. 

> > I noticed fields get garbled when doing a cabrillo import from tlf when
> > 'CONTEST:' is other then 'NA' or 'ARRL-SS', but I don't know if tlf
> > follows the right cabrillo format....
> 
> Here is a log extract from the one I imported:
> 
> START-OF-LOG: 2.0
> ARRL-SECTION: Kansas
> CALLSIGN: N0NB
> CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
> CATEGORY-OVERLAY:
> CLAIMED-SCORE: 24252
> CLUB:
> CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB
> CREATED-BY: tlf-0.8.4
> NAME: Nate Bargmann
> ADDRESS: P.O. Box 22
> ADDRESS: Bremen, KS 66412
> ADDRESS:
> OPERATORS: N0NB
> QSO: 21000 PH 2002-10-26 0020 N0NB          59  04     VE5RI         59  04   
>   0
> QSO: 21000 PH 2002-10-26 0034 N0NB          59  04     KP2A          59  08   
>   0
> QSO: 21000 PH 2002-10-26 0038 N0NB          59  04     W7ZR          59  03   
>   0
> QSO: 21000 PH 2002-10-26 0044 N0NB          59  04     JA3YBK        59  25   
>   0
> QSO: 21000 PH 2002-10-26 0045 N0NB          59  04     VP5B          59  08   
>   0
> END-OF-LOG:
> 

Thanks, this helps. We should probably also convert PH to SSB...

> This is from a very old version of TLF which probably won't be
> encountered any more.
> 

I will check against a newer tlf version and the current cabrillo specs.

> Imported raw TLF logs have the unfortunate side effect of the RS and
> exchange being run together, which probably isn't good for eQSL log
> uploads.
>

eQSL should be smart enough to distinguish between SSB signal reports,
which use R+S and others, like CW which use R+S+T.
If they can't figure this out it is crap... there are plenty logbook
programs that add serials to the signal report.
 
> 73, de Nate >>
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Regards,
Joop