Hi Dean:
CT has a "MERGE" utility which will merge multiple binary files and
remove duplicates. I don't remember the exact details, but check
their web site. I recently merged 10-15 logs for a Field Day in a
few minutes.
Merge is a stand-alone program.
73,
Mark, KD4D
> Hi Phil,
>
> Great job on Sable Island!!!
>
> I can only answer one section of the question, which is that if it were a
> contest, the dupes would be marked in the log, and you would not be
> penalised.
>
> Personally, I think you should just leave the dupes - what if I work you on
> 20m at 0100z, but wasn't sure I made it into the log, I then work you two
> days later at 2200z on 20m.. I figure I'll use the second contact which I
> was sure got into your logs, you on the other hand take out that second QSO
> on 20m as a dupe... Can you really QSL my report, which is technically not
> in your log???
>
> This could be even more complicated if (I'm 8P6SH) and you worked say 8P6FH
> soon after me the second time around at say 2204z, 25 QSO's further down the
> log. When you receive my QSL card, and it shows up as not in log... and then
> you run into 8P6FH.... you may even be tempted to believe that you did work
> 8P6SH at the time on my card....
>
> I think you should just leave the logs as they are, dupes and all.
>
> I'm not so sure I have a solution to the rest of your query.
>
> Again congrats on a nice operation on Sable Is.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Dean
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Florig" <W9IXX@arrl.net>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:57 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Networking and dups in log
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Returned from the Sable island trip and Writelog worked great.
> >
> > The other two were using CT and were impressed by the Writelog program.
> >
> > This is the situation/problem.
> >
> > The two computers on CT were networked together and ok for awhile
> > until some interference happened and they broke the connection to
> > both work individually. Logging continued with just the network now
> > disconnected. Looking back should have stopped the logging
> > here and restarted with new log names to keep the logs seperate.
> >
> > Looking at the logs on both computers, now have duplicate entries
> > while they were networked and stand alone entries after the
> > connection was broken. How can the logs be combined/merged and
> > not have the duplicates show in the combined log? I can go in
> > the ADIF files and manually delete the dups but if the log is
> > large can be long day... In age of computers must be a fast
> > way I don't know about.
> >
> > I bring this up here, because once I get them to use Writelog and
> > if this same thing happens, what are the options? I could not
> > find anything in the archives on my computer or the web.
> > I noticed in the Help file under File Merge that it will
> > import ADIF files but would it clean the dups (meaning real dups
> > with all the parameters the same) or just add the two dups as
> > independent qso's? See next as answered this question.
> >
> > I tried importing the two ADIF files, with dups in them, into
> > Writelog and it just appended them in the log. Did not strip
> > out the real dups. Could this then cause a scoring problem
> > if it were a contest.
> >
> > Hope I am clear on this and open to comments/suggestions.
> >
> > 73 Phil W9IXX/CY0AA
> >
> >
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