[CQ-Contest] N1MM/Writelog .adif files

[Pete Smith]

You just have to work the problem of making sure that the field tags match between the two ADIF files.  Fact that his import didn't score correctly probably means that a needed field (like multiplier ,state or section) was not being filled by the import.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 10:26 PM 1/17/2006, Bill Turner wrote:
>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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>At 04:27 PM 1/17/2006, Tim Gardner wrote:
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>>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.
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>Yes, but.
>
>Perhaps as long as you are simply importing adif files into a logging 
>program there will be no problem. Don't, however, try to import an 
>N1MM Logger adif file into WriteLog or vice versa. I tried it once 
>when I was having a problem with one of them (don't remember which) 
>and while it appeared to work at first, the contest would not score 
>correctly and the entire effort was wasted.
>
>Just a word to the wise if you're ever tempted.
>
>Bill, W6WRT
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