ADIF Converter
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1. Call E OAWAECW ADI Locator COMBOALL ADI Cancel Destination Log s Create new log Create new log window User manual Page 8 1 4 Importing ADIF converter The use of this program is very easy and intuitive The main window includes a list of buttons that invoke all the features of the program as ADIF importing and exporting To Import an ADIF file Click on the Import ADIF file button of the opening window and the import window is displayed Import ADIF file ADIF source file GS CA gt ELS SYSTEM Destination Lag TEST c e adi gt Al Create new log note id Cancel Import ADIF file window Select the ADIF file to convert and a destination Log and then click the Import button A progress window will inform the user about import process status and the number of the QSOs imported User manual Page 9 ADIF converter Import in progress Importing from file C AELSYSYSTEMACOMBOALL ADI To Log TESTI Ly C Imported records 5868 Abort Import Progress Window At the end of the conversion process quit the converter program run EasyLog and open the destination Log of the conversion EasyLog will prompt the user who can decide at that time whether or not to keep the imported QSOs or delete them When you confirm the importing EasyLog will complete the conversion and update the awards status to include the ne2. KHz 28050 21005 3 etc and is validated in the sense that the user cannot insert frequencies that are not within assigned AmateurRadio bands This is based on the IARU Region you selected and the band plan for that region Thus it can be used to automatically determine the QSO band and mode in accordance with the Regional band plan you have selected These Regional band plans are editable so you can keep it up to date with the current IARU band plans as they are modified Unfortunately the ADIF specifications do not include recommendations about the right frequency format They just define that the FREQ field must be expressed in MHz without saying how many decimals and which decimal separator should be used For this reason there are big differences between implementations of ADIF exporting of the FREQ fields Some implementations do not include the frequency field others include frequency with only the MHz 7 14 21 others export frequency with KHz and as decimal separator 14 010 21 260 and others may export frequency with KHz and as decimal separator 14 010 21 260 To avoid the problem the ADIF converter for EasyLog imports the FREQ field only if it contains both MHz and KHz i e 21 080 without regard for which decimal separator character has been used because the ADIF specifications are much too vague about this topic We cannot exclude the fact that a European ADIF exporting implementation will most likely use the comm
3. ADIF converter EasyLog gt ADIF Converter User manual For version 5 0 0 6 All rights reserved 1989 2008 Microware Software Rev 1 0 7 September 4 2008 User manual Page 1 ADIF converter Table of Contents 1 0 Introductio i m ARS 1 1 N b impl i f ADIF i 4 1 Notes about implementation o ju og eeessoisiessrosssesssossiesssoseseessoioiosesossseeseoiesessss iss ee ssoi eseseS 1 21 llati 7 PPn Siotos 1 3 Create MA a o 1 4 I i 9 R 1 5 E i 11 FEDIM INDIEN E bi i rise p DRE NE ERE ES OM DONI A E CEDE D ard 2 User manual Page 2 ADIF converter 1 0 Introduction The EasyLog 5 ADIF Converter allows directly importing ADIF log files to EasyLog The accuracy and completeness of importing ADIF files can be influenced by an incorrect implementation of exporting by another program The EasyLog 5 ADIF converter is not responsible for unsuccessful importing of ADIF files that have not been generated correctly Fields not coded correctly could be incorrectly imported The ADIF Converter program is compatible with ADIF 1 0 specifications and works perfectly on files produced by programs that are fully compatible with ADIF 1 0 specifications That said not all ADIF 1 0 fields are implemented in this version of the software Those fields that are implemented are described in Section 1 1 User manual Page 3 ADIF convert
4. a as decimal separator because in Europe this is the most commonly used separator To check whether the FREQ field contains the KHz part of the frequency the converter performs an evaluation of the field based on the presence of the decimal separator It will import the field into the EasyLog Frequency field ONLY if the field contains the decimal separator comma or decimal point to support both European and US standards This method excludes the frequencies that do not contain KHz 14 21 7 28 etc During the import process the frequencies are converted to EasyLog standard KHz format GRIDSQUARE field This field is imported in an EasyLog Locator field for both 4 and 6 character locators JN34XW or JN34 QSL SENT and QSL RCVD fields These fields are imported respectively in the QSL SND and QSL RCV of EasyLog Only the Y and N markers are imported I and R markers are ignored because they have no meaning in EasyLog User manual Page 5 ADIF converter IOTA REF field This field is imported when available in the ADIF format into EasyLog IOTA REF field Please be advised that for correct management of the IOTA Island on the air award the IOTA reference alone is not enough You need to specify the name of the worked island Otherwise the IOTA committee will not consider the contact valid EasyLog IOTA support includes two fields IOTA REF and IOTA ISLAND Since the ADIF 1 0 specification does not contain a field
5. dedicated to the island name we suggest that once the ADIF importing is completed that you run EasyLog and specify the island name for the imported IOTA references AWARDS fields The awards related information is not imported EasyLog s superior automatic award tracking system assigns and automatically updates the awards DXCC WPX WAC and WAZ itself during the importing process The unique EasyLog award tracking technology is able to distinguish between deleted countries doubtful countries zones and re assigned prefixes achieving a recognition precision very near to 100 We prefer this approach instead of trusting the award determination tracking system of logging programs that are not equally as reliable User manual Page 6 ADIF converter 1 2 Installation This software is distributed as a self extracting installation program Just follow the on screen instructions The program must be installed in the same directory where EasyLog has previously been installed If you did not change the installation default directory of EasyLog confirm the default ELS directory proposed by ADIF converter installation program User manual Page 7 ADIF converter 1 3 Create new log To create a new destination log click on the button Create new log in the Import ADIF file window In the window shown in the picture below the user can insert the log name the call associated with the log and the 6 character Maidenhead Grid locator Log
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7. er ADIF Converter EasyLog 5 BLE Adif 5 Import ADIF file E Export to ADIF i About US E Quit Opening window for ADIF Converter 1 1 Notes about implementation of ADIF import The ADIF Converter imports from ADIF formatted files the following fields QSO DATE TIME ON TIME OFF BAND FREQ MODE CALL RST SENT RST RCVD NAME QTH COMMENT GRIDSQUARE QSL SENT QSL RCVD QSL VIA TX PWR and IOTA REF Notes about imported fields MODE field The following modes are imported SSB CW RTTY TOR AMTOR PKT PACKET AM FM SSTV PAC PACTOR The following modes are not imported ATV and CLO CLOVER User manual Page 4 ADIF converter FREQ field In ADIF specification the FREQ field is expressed in MHz 21 080 7 100 etc Since in many logging programs the frequency is not a validated field but a simple free edited field these programs can export frequencies in MHz without KHz 28 21 14 etc as opposed to 28 345 21 225 14 015 etc Itis clear that a frequency field that includes only MHz does not contain a great deal of information For this reason the EL5 ADIF Converter does not import the FREQ field into the EasyLog 5 frequency field if it does not include the kHz information When the frequency includes only the MHz information the converter uses the field only to determine the band of the QSO In EasyLog 5 the frequency field which is not mandatory is expressed in
8. wly imported QSOs User manual Page 10 ADIF converter 1 5 Exporting To Export to ADIF format Click the Export to ADIF in the opening window and the export window is displayed Select the Log you want to export and click the Export button Export to ADIF Destination Log COMBOALL Export COMBOALL COMBOGRO E Cancel COMBOGRP Export ADIF File Window Once you click on the Export button the Export Progress Window will appear and show you the records processed as the export proceeds Export in progress From Log COMBOALL Exporting to file C EL5 SYSTEMSCOMBOALL ADI i 7 zm a gt Exported records 5336 Abort Export Progress Window An ADIF file will be created with the same name as the Log with an ADI extension For example exporting the Log COMBOALL an ADIF file will be created named COMBOALL ADI ADIF files will be placed in the directory EL5 SYSTEM or in the SYSTEM subdirectory of the EasyLog working directory when EasyLog has been installed in a different disk directory User manual Page 11 ADIF converter INDEX A P UDIN FIM ERN 3 6 AWARDS SIG Lb sne 6 C retenus 8 Create new log WII nn saler 8 E Export ADIF EE Erin P ER 11 Export Progress W ido Ws acer eec oras pi ire A area eM 11 Exporta ADIF fiss 11 F FREO TL ST 5 G GRIS TRE Te 5 I Import ADIF fil Mido Wa eph de opu a A ude P D A R 9 Import Progress AV nd Woo
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