[TowerTalk] Working with HFTASweep data

Randy Farmer w8fn at windstream.net
Sun Oct 4 11:30:47 EDT 2020


I re-ran the sweeps again and this time the new data files work fine 
with HFANT. Gawd, I love computers!

73...
Randy, W8FN

On 10/4/2020 10:42 AM, Randy Farmer wrote:
> Thanks for the tip, Dan. Unfortunately, I can't get the HFANT utility 
> to accept the data from the HFTASweep files. I get either complaints 
> about improper antenna name format or invalid character in field. I've 
> done considerable fooling around with the data files and can't figure 
> out what the problem is. I can copy the new data and paste it over the 
> data in one of the sample files and it gives me an error, but doesn't 
> directly say where it is. I haven't taken the time to check all 32,760 
> entries in the data file to see what (possibly non-printing) character 
> is causing the upset. It sure would be nice if I could find a spec for 
> the exact data table format, but no luck there looking through the 
> documentation. Guess I'm stuck with Excel.
>
> 73...
> Randy, W8FN


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