[DogParkList] Logging multiple call signs with one QSO contact and log entry
Don Agro
dagro at dogparksoftware.com
Sat Mar 28 13:03:18 EDT 2009
Hi Phil,
On 28-Mar-09, at 12:48 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
> A question. What is the convention to log multiple call signs that
> are involved in a single QSO and log contact which is identified by
> frequency and time. In particular, I am thinking of something like
> a small roundtable where you might have two or three others with no
> particular main or primary contact.
>
> I am in the process of moving my own logging database into ADIF and
> then loaded into MLDX. I am using MySQL as the back bone of my own
> logging database and instead of a single call sign associated with a
> log entry, I allow multiple call signs that are foreign key
> referenced (by date/time of start of QSO) to the main log entry.
I would guess that the limiting factor would then be the ADIF
specification wouldn't it ?
> My guess is to put the extra call signs in the notes (comments)
> section but I was hoping for some method that would allow me to
> capture other information. One idea I had was merely to create
> multiple log entries all with the same start/end date-times and the
> same frequency each identifying a separate call sign. But, is there
> a canonical way of doing this in MLDX?
No MacLoggerDX, like ADIF assumes that a QSO is between the tags
"OPERATOR" (the logging operator's call sign) and "CALL" (the
contacted station's call sign).
>
> 73,
> phil, K7PEH
73 Don Agro VE3VRW
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