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Contest Log Conversion
Updated:
23 June 2009
This note gives some tips for importing and exporting contest logs into and
out of DX4WIN.
Importing Contest Logs
The easiest way to way to import logs from a contest is if the log is in
ADIF format. CT,
N1MM Logger,
Writelog and certainly other programs can generate ADIF files. TR LOG
can only generate minimal ADIF, enough to upload to ARRL LoTW but not enough to
populate the contest exchange information into your DX4WIN log.
If you want to get some of the contest exchange information imported into
DX4WIN, try the Convert ADIF to DX4WIN DXQ utility.
This utility has been tested with ADIF files from both N1MM and WriteLog.
For state QSO parties, it may be useful to import the state and county
information into your log, but the contest log may only contain a county
abbreviation. My ADIF County
Conversion program can help in this regard (some state QSO parties are
supported in ADIF to DXQ).
If your logging software can export Cabrillo but not ADIF, or the ADIF format
is lacking, there are at least three ways to convert a Cabrillo contest log to ADIF:
- KA5WSS LogConv
tool. This program can convert between many log formats, including ADIF and
Cabrillo. LogConv is licensed software, but the $5 cost is modest and it can be purchased on-line.
- Rich VE3IAY has written a Cabrillo to ADIF conversion program called
CBR2ADIF.
- If the contest is supported by
CT, you can convert the Cabrillo log to CT
.BIN format, then convert the .BIN file to ADIF. Both programs to do
this can be found here. You might
question why this isn't a single program instead of two. The CT to ADIF
conversion was written before Cabrillo even existed!
Exporting Contest Logs
Many contest sponsors accept contest logs in the
Cabrillo format. In fact, most
of them accept contest logs only in the Cabrillo format. Unfortunately,
DX4WIN can not export Cabrillo.
There are several ways to convert an ADIF contest log to Cabrillo:
- SP7DQR has written a number of
log conversion utilities.
- KA5WSS LogConv
tool. This program can convert between many log formats, including ADIF and
Cabrillo. LogConv is licensed software, but the $5 cost is modest and it can be purchased on-line.
- Import ADIF into a contest logging program like Writelog. The Writelog
contest modules use field names which may differ from the ADIF field names.
Thus, you might need to rename the fields in your DX4WIN file before export.
For example, DX4WIN exports the "Recvd" field to the ADIF field "SRX". To
import this into Writelog for the ARRL DX Contest (USA/VE side), you need to
change "SRX" to "RX_PWR".
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