[CQ-Contest] N1MM/Writelog .adif files

[Jim Rhodes]

It all works as long as both programs agree on what to call the fields. For 
instance when exporting a domestic contest file from writelog the state 
data is called "QTH" my dx4win expects it to be labeled "STATE", so one has 
to change the data heading in a word processor so that the proper data tag 
is found. A simple replace function in wordpad is all it takes.

At 06:27 PM 1/17/2006, Tim Gardner wrote:
>Terry,
>
>
>The ADIF file format uses tags to identify each piece
>of information. The tag identifies both the data type
>and the number of characters for the data.  For
>example, your callsign would appear as: <CALL:4>N6CW
>
>Spaces or tabs between fields are ignored (actually
>all  intervening characters are ignored) and the data
>for a single QSO may appear across one or many lines.
>
>The ADIF spec allows for the creation of new tags more
>or less at will.  Programs that read (import) ADIF
>format files understand this and will simply ignore
>any data types they do not understand.
>
>The gist of all this is that the specific ordering of
>data is not important, and for this reason, no two
>logging programs write ADIF files that look exactly
>alike. In other words, don't worry about the ADIF
>files looking different - it is normal and expected.
>
>For all the gory details about ADIF, see
>http://www.hosenose.com/adif/
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>
>Tim - N9LF
>
>
>--- n6cw at aol.com wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > A question about .adif files exported from Writelog
> > and N1MM. I am in the process of importing a
> > N1MM.adi file into my general logging program
> > (PlusV4). I noticed that the .adif files from N1MM
> > are completely different in format than that from
> > Writelog. Before I dump the N1MM.adi file into the
> > existing log I want to make sure I am going to have
> > a clean install. Do I have reason for concern here,
> > or will PlusV4 pick out what it needs? I don't think
> > this is a PlusV4 question, but I am curious at the
> > difference in format between N1mm.adi and
> > Writelog.adi.
> >
> > Terry Baxter/N6CW
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Jim Rhodes K0XU
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