[DogParkList] Re: MacLoggerDX Cabrillo import problem with ARRL RTTY Roundup

Don Agro dagro at dogparksoftware.com
Sun Jan 8 22:02:40 EST 2006


Hi Doug,

On 8-Jan-06, at 9:29 PM, Doug Hall wrote:

> Hi Don,
> I made a few QSOs in the ARRL RTTY Roundup this weekend and ran into
> some trouble importing the Cabrillo file into MLDX.
>
> I used W7AY's cocoaModem program for the contest and generated the
> Cabrillo file from there. (Side note: When I select "Import Cabrillo"
> in MLDX I have to select "All files" before it will let me select
> K4DSP.log - not sure exactly what extension it's looking for.)

Yes, this is often necessary for ADIF import as well.

> Once that's done I can import the Cabrillo log, but the first  
> character of
> every callsign that gets imported is missing, resulting in lots of
> exotic DX callsigns :-) AA5VU becomes A5VU and so on. The time, date,
> freq, and mode appear correctly.
>
> I can't say for sure that the Cabrillo file is corrrect - I don't know
> much about Cabrillo, but it looks right, and the ARRL Contest robot
> accepted the file without complaining, so that's all I have to go on.
> I've attached the file in case you want to have a look.
>
> Thanks,
> Doug Hall, K4DSP
> <K4DSP.log>

This has been fixed in version 4.2.2b10 ...

<http://dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html>

Thanks for catching it.



73 Don Agro VE3VRW

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