[SD-User] Cabrillo Mapping

[Paul O'Kane]

The QSO records in SD's .ALL file looks very like Cabrillo records but, 
in many cases, the fields in each QSO are in inappropriate positions.  
The MAP parameter lets us take any field in the input file (the .ALL 
file) and place it in the appropriate position in the output file (the 
Cabrillo .LOG file).

Each field is identifies solely by its starting position, and its length.

MAP         :41 3 45            'RST Sent

This means - take 3 characters starting at position/column 41 in each 
QSO and place them at position 45 in the .LOG record - or, in terms that 
people with an IT background might relate to - "take 3 characters 
starting at position 41 in the input record and map them to position 45 
in the output record".

MAP         :FIXED 0 49         'State or DX Sent

"FIXED" refers to an exchange element sent in every QSO  
(state/zone/district), specified by the user at startup, that does not 
need to be held in each .ALL record, but which must to be included in 
the .LOG Cabrillo QSO.  In this case, it's your State abbreviation and 
it goes to position/column 49 in the Cabrillo record.  The "length" 
parameter has no significance, and is included as 0.

I hope that explains things.  I should have described it in the manual, 
and I will do that now.

73,
Paul EI5DI



On 18/04/2024 03:48, Anthony Jaacks wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have been playing around with writing some .TPLs.
>
> I have just copied and pasted the Cabrillo info without really
> understanding the mapping part. Can someone explain that to me?
>
> MAP         :41 3 45            'RST Sent
> MAP         :FIXED 0 49         'State or DX Sent
> MAP         :27 12 56           'Call Logged
> MAP         :50 3 70            'RST Rvcd
> MAP         :59 4 74            'County Rcvd
>
> What do the numbers mean?
>
> Any info would be appreciated. If you could point me to a link with an
> explanation, then that would be great, as well.
>
> Thank you and 73,
>
> Will
> NQ2W
>