[Trlog] amateur data information file

[Dave Hachadorian]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:34:53 -0800 "KL7RA" <kl7ra at ptialaska.net> writes:
> Having a problem with TQSL signing a TRLog's ADIF file. The error
> is "no records output".

> Example of TRLog's ADIF format using POST to convert log.dat to 
> log.adi:
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------
> 160 CW 08/10/03 0747  1      W1AW         599kw  599  599 Nh         
>     Nh  3
> 160 CW 08/10/03 0747  2      W2AW         599kw  599  599 Nh         
>            3
> 160 CW 08/10/03 0747  3      W3AW         599kw  599  599 Nh         
>            3
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------
> 
> Far as I know ARRL contest log robot accepted the above format for 
> many years.
> TQSL will not sign this file format.

Hi Rich,

That file segment above is not an ADIF. As far as I know, TR has no
ADIF export capability. I think what you have there is the old
"ARRL Format," which precedes Cabrillo.

You can run your log.dat's through the KA5WSS File Converter
program http://www.qsl.net/ka5wss/logconv/ to create an
ADIF.

That same program is also supposed to be able to handle ARRL
format to ADIF, but I haven't been able to figure
out how to use it in that mode. You have to tell it what
contest the file is for.

If you are conversant with spreadsheet programs, you can
import an arrl format into a spreadsheet, juggle the
columns all around, reformat the date and time, and then
use the KH2D program asc2adif to convert to adif.
http://kh2d.net/software/asc2adif.cfm
This would be a last resort. The first log will probably
take you 4 hours to convert, figuring out the formatting.
Subsequent logs would take 10 minutes each.

Good luck.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ