[CQ-Contest] Question for NA Contest Program Users

[Jim Brown]

Hi Jim,

I know nothing specific about NA or TR-Log. After many years off the air 
running my own small biz, I got back on the air in 2003, contesting with 
WriteLog and using DXKeeper as a general logger. Around 2008, I switched 
to N1MM. Both of those loggers can export ADIF (.adi) files, which I 
exported to DXKeeper so that it contained my entire log. Once in 
DXKeeper, and once you're set up with an LOTW account, upload to LOTW is 
super painless. So is getting your confirmations.

N1MM and WriteLog generate ADIF files that go straight into DXKeeper 
with no problems. Here's the DXKeeper info on bringing logs in from 
almost all other loggers. The only additional conversion I've needed is 
is for state QSO parties. AD1C has written a great utility to convert 
those logs to correctly break out counties correctly. It's the first 
entry in the link below.

http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxkeeper/conversion.htm

I've found DXKeeper very well supported and very stable, and I've 
recommended to a lot of contesters who like it.

73, Jim K9YC

On Sun,8/14/2016 4:33 PM, Jim George wrote:
> With the help of K5NA, I'm "crashing into the present" and getting my 
> contest logs onto LOTW. I've been a TR-Log user since 2003, and TR 
> includes a utility to convert the DAT files to ADIF. Prior to that, I 
> was NA and CT user for years. Yeah, I know. Please don't lecture me on 
> converting from DOS. I'm set up and it works for me. Guilty as charged.
>
> I'm starting on my NA files from 2003, and they generate a file for 
> each contest with the "contest.adf" as an output. I thought that was 
> the ADIF format, but the LOTW does not seem to recognize it. Can 
> someone help me convert my NA ADF files to ADIF to I can load them 
> into the LOTW. Thanks in advance. Please reply directly.
>
> Thanks, Jim N3BB
>
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