Convert ADIF to DX4WIN DXQ

The adif2dxq program converts ADIF contest logs from N1MM, Win-Test and WriteLog (and possibly others) into DX4WIN .DXQ format.

Version 5.2 of the program was released on 15 July 2010. Click on this link to download the program. Click on this link to see the revision history.

Features

There is nothing wrong with importing a contest ADIF file directly into DX4WIN. For many, this is a perfectly acceptable solution. However, the adif2dxq program offers a few features beyond simple ADIF import:

The imported QSOs look exactly like they had been logged in DX4WIN directly. The "Notes for this QSO" field contains the frequency in the same format as DX4WIN "contest mode" (DXWIN 7 and earlier), as well as any additional user-specified notes.
The program intelligently populates the Recvd field. This could be a received serial number, or the received power in the ARRL DX Contest.
The program gives you control over the Upload and Label flags, as well as the Group number.
The program recognizes application-specific ADIF fields used in N1MM, Win-Test (limited) and WriteLog and uses them to determine the contest exchange. DX4WIN would otherwise just ignore them.
The program converts county abbreviations used in state QSO parties into full DX4WIN county names. See the list of supported state QSO parties below.

Installing and Running the Program

To install the program, extract the adif2dxq.exe file from the .ZIP file, and save it to your DX4W### directory.

To run the program, navigate to your DX4W### directory and double-click on the adif2dxq program icon. The program will look something like this:

ADIF to DX4WIN

Specify the ADIF input file by clicking on the ADIF button. Once you specify the input file, the output file will be given the same name, but with a .DXQ extension. To change the output file name, click on the DX4WIN button.

Next, select the Format. If you are using DX4WIN 8.0x, use the default format (DX4WIN8). If you are using DX4WIN 6.0x or 7.0x, choose the DX4WIN6 format instead. You must select this same format when importing the .DXQ file into DX4WIN (see below).

Next, select the Contest type. Not all contests are supported, others may be added over time. The operation of the program is unpredictable if you select the wrong contest type for your log.

Enter a Group Number, if desired. The default is Group 0 (the "all QSOs" group). Remember that you can also set the group number in your DX4WIN preferences, before starting the import.

You can enter text in the QSO Note field. You can put any text there you want, up to a maximum of 64 characters.

There are four optional checkboxes:

Checking the Upload box sets the LoTW (Logbook of the World) Upload flag for each imported QSO. For DX4WIN 8 and later, it also sets the eQSL Upload flag. This feature is enabled by default.
Checking the Label box sets the Label field for each imported QSO. This feature is disabled by default.
Checking the Exchg/Serial box does one of two things:
- For ARRL Field Day and Sweepstakes, the full received contest exchange is written to the "Notes for this QSO" field.
- For contests where serial numbers are exchanged, the received serial number is written to the "Notes for this QSO" field, preceeded by SerNr=. This duplicates what would happen if you imported an ADIF contest log directly into DX4WIN.
This feature is disabled by default.
Checking the Frequency box will write the frequency to the "Notes for this QSO" field for DX4WIN 7 and earlier, or to the Frequency field in the logbook for DX4WIN 8 and later. This feature is enabled by default.

Finally, click on the Convert button to perform the conversion. If there are any warnings, they will show up in the window.

The resulting .DXQ file should be imported into DX4WIN using the same format that you selected above (DX4WIN8 or DX4WIN6).

Supported Contests

All Asia
ARRL 10
ARRL 160
ARRL DX
ARRL Field Day
ARRL RTTY Round-Up
ARRL Sweepstakes
BARTG
BARTG Sprint
CQ 160
CQ WPX
CQ WW
CWT
DL-DX RTTY Contest
DRCG Long Distance Contest (formerly ANARTS WW RTTY)
EA RTTY
IARU HF World Championship
JARTS
JIDX
Makrothen RTTY
Manchester Mineira
North American QSO Party (NAQP)
North American Sprint
Oceania DX Contest
RAC Canada Contests
Russian District (RDA) Contest
Russian DX Contest
RSGB Islands on the Air (IOTA)
SCC RTTY
SP DX Contest
TARA Grid Dip
TARA Melee
UBA
UK DX Contest
VOLTA RTTY Contest
Worked All Europe
Worked All Germany

State QSO Parties:

7-Land QSO Party
AL QSO Party
AZ QSO Party
CA QSO Party
CO QSO Party
FL QSO Party
GA QSO Party
IA QSO Party
IL QSO Party
IN QSO Party
KS QSO Party
KY QSO Party
MI QSO Party
MN QSO Party
MO QSO Party
NC QSO Party
New England QSO Party
NM QSO Party
NY QSO Party
PA QSO Party
SD QSO Party
TN QSO Party
TX QSO Party
VA QSO Party
WA Salmon Run
WI QSO Party

(new contests in bold)

Support

This program is offered as-is. I'll try to support it as best I can, but development is primarily motivated by the contests I operate.

I've only tested with very recent versions of N1MM, Win-Test (limited) and WriteLog. If the conversion doesn't go the way you expect, send me the .ADI file and I'll try to fix it.

If there is a bug, please let me know. If you want me to add a particular contest, the easiest way is to send me the .ADI (ADIF) file from your contest logging program (and of course tell me which contest it's from).

Things to Do

Real Windows installer
Make it easier to change output file name
Better Win-Test support

Revision History

Ver 5.2 - 15 July 2010: Added CWops Monthly Mini-CWT Tests. Populates the CWOP custom award fields, as well as counts unique callsigns worked.

Ver 5.1 - 6 July 2010: Renamed ANARTS WW RTTY to DRCG Long Distance Contest; Added DL-DX RTTY Contest; Added Oceania DX Contest; Added RAC Canada Contests

Ver 5.0 - 26 May 2010: Added MN, NC and VA QSO Parties; Added JIDX (populates Japanese Prefecture custom award); Added Manchester Mineira; Added combined 7QP/INQP/NEQP/MARAC (choice at the end); CA, MI, OH and VA QSO parties put serial number in Recvd field; Fixed Nebraska QSO Party county abbreviations; ADIF field names (i.e. CALL, EOH, EOR) can be in UPPER or lower case; Volta RTTY now puts exchange in Recvd field (again)

Ver 4.12 - 8 April 2010: Added Russian DX (fills in Russian Oblasts Custom Award field)

Ver 4.11 - 6 April 2010: Added EA RTTY (fills in Spanish Provinces Custom Award field)

Ver 4.10 - 8 March 2010: ARRL DX from N1MM fills in state/province worked by DX stations

Ver 4.9 - 2 March 2010: Added WriteLog support for UBA (fills in Custom Award fields); Fixed bugs when Frequency box is not selected

Ver 4.8 - 27 February 2010: Added Win-Test support for ARRL DX; Improved: Don't write sent serial number (SerNr=) to "Notes for this QSO" field if contest does not use serial numbers

Ver 4.7 - 31 January 2010: Added CQ 160 from Win-Test; Added Stew Perry TBDC

Ver 4.6 - 24 January 2010: Don't write sent serial number (SerNr=) to "Notes for this QSO" field if contest does not use serial numbers

Ver 4.5 - 21 January 2010: Added NM QSO Party; Added Win-Test support for ARRL RTTY Round-Up and NAQP

Ver 4.4 - 25 November 2009: Added AL, AZ, KY and SD QSO Parties; Sent serial number (SerNr=) is written to "Notes for this QSO" field when Exchg/Serial is checked (default is unchecked); Added missing space between frequency and QSO Note in DX4WIN6 format; Corrected/enhanced web documentation

Ver 4.3 - 28 October 2009: Fixed a bug that prevented the Rx (split) freq from being written to the "Notes for this QSO" field if the notes field in the application was empty (DX4WIN8 only).

Ver 4.2 - 21 October 2009: Fixed bug with RDA and WAG (DX4WIN custom award)

Ver 4.1 - 20 October 2009: Added IA and NY QSO Parties; Added Makrothen RTTY; Added Worked All Germany

Ver 4.0 - 14 September 2009: Added support for DX4WIN 8.x; Added CO, KS, MO, OH, TN and WA QSO Parties; Added RDA Contest (fills in Custom Award fields); Added RSGB IOTA; Added SCC RTTY; Added TARA Grid Dip; Broke states out into their own sub-menu (of State QSO Party); RX_FREQ written to output if found; Corrected URL for Help button

Ver 3.8 - 12 July 2009: Frequency in the QSO Notes field is optional; Added IARU HF World Championship; Report when Recvd field is truncated

Ver 3.6 - 23 June 2009: Added All Asia

Ver 3.5 - 14 June 2009: Added 7-Land QSO Party, New England QSO Party; Added ANARTS WW RTTY

Ver 3.4 - 17 May 2009: Added SPDX, UKDX and VOLTA contests; Added GA, IN, MI, TX and WI QSO Parties; Received info (state/province/county/DX) in FL QSO Party now stored in Rcvd field; Fixed a crash if FREQ field used "," instead of "."

Ver 3.3 - 1 April 2009: Fixed ARRL FD, ARRL SS and NAQP for N1MM

Ver 3.2 - 11 January 2009: Don't duplicate names in .DXN file

Ver 3.1 - 16 December 2008: Added IL QSO Party; Fixed bug with long filenames

Ver 3.0 - 12 December 2008 Program is now called ADIF to DX4WIN (adif2dxq)

New features: Added ARRL 10 meter; Added ARRL 160 Meter; Added ARRL DX; Added CQ 160 Meter (2009 rules); ARRL RTTY Round-Up, ARRL Sweepstakes and CQ WW RTTY now work with N1MM; Help button goes to web documentation
Bug fixes: Contest name drop-down box works; Group number defaults to 0; QSO Notes defaults to empty (none); Conversion results displayed first, followed by warnings; QSO Note limited to 64 characters

Ver 2.9 - 7 December 2008: Added TARA Melee; Fixed bug with unrecognized section abbreviation in ARRL SS

Ver 2.8 - 3 December 2008: Fixed CQWW CW/SSB to put CQ Zone in Recvd field

Ver 2.7 - 6 November 2008: ARRL Field Day can write received exchange to Notes for this QSO field; Report invalid ARRL sections in Field Day, Sweepstakes

Ver 2.6 - 4 November 2008: ARRL SS can write received exchange to Notes for this QSO field; Don't report received data warnings in CQWW SSB/CW

Ver. 2.5 - 9 October 2008: Added Florida and Pennsylvania QSO Parties; Added some support for N1MM conversion (tested with CA QSO Party); Prevent program crash if ADIF file doesn't contain frequency; Prevent program crash if ADIF file contains blank lines

Ver. 2.2 - 7 October 2008: Initial release