Importing doublets .....

[DF5WW]

Yesterday i´ve checked an ADIF from a friend in Sweden. In 2011 he has logged all contacts 3 times ...... I made a new database in L4O and imported his Log. After importing al Doubles with exact the same Time, Band Mode are gone but there was another 700 QSO with a little difference in the time (+ 10 to + 50 seconds) ....

Would be nice if it´s possible to have a timeset for eleminating doublets/tripples while importing an ADIF, i think so +/- 2 minutes if all other data (Date, Band, Mode, Call) are identical.

Or do we have a funktion like this i´ve never found

[G4POP]

Yesterday i´ve checked an ADIF from a friend in Sweden. In 2011 he has logged all contacts 3 times ...... I made a new database in L4O and imported his Log. After importing al Doubles with exact the same Time, Band Mode are gone but there was another 700 QSO with a little difference in the time (+ 10 to + 50 seconds) ....

Would be nice if it´s possible to have a timeset for eleminating doublets/tripples while importing an ADIF, i think so +/- 2 minutes if all other data (Date, Band, Mode, Call) are identical.

Or do we have a funktion like this i´ve never found

The problem Juergen is that we have to have a time margin otherwise things like LOTW imports won't work because they allow a +\- of 30 minutes for matching

[DF5WW]

Hi Terry,

i think a LotW with +/- 30 minutes isn´t a problem. I have had QSO´s in the SA2BRN Log like 7:00:00 UTC, 7:00:00 UTC and 7:00:54 (all 3 with same call, band, date and mode) ..... one of the 7:00:00 will be deletet while importing to L4O but not the tripple with 7:00:54 ..... It was a hard work to delete around 700 QSO manually

Or is there a simple way with a 3rd party software to delete doublets and tripples from an existing ADIF ??? That would help for the next time i check a log from another OM for doublets

[G4POP]

Juergen,
Duplicates as you found are usually removed OK except in rare circumstances

We could add a zero tolerance choice but I believe this would cause problems by being too restrictive

Try ADIFMaster, that may have a dupe removal facility

[DF5WW]

Thank´s Terry,

will take a look for that software

[yt9tp]

Maybe Log4OM could, while importing to detect possible duplicates and offer user to decide if he wants to keep them or not. That way he still has to remove them manually, and thus decide if they should be kept or are real duplicates, but at least process would be fast and easy.

[DF5WW]

Tried ADIF Master but it hasn´t a duplicate removing facility

[G4POP]

Tried ADIF Master but it hasn´t a duplicate removing facility

Did you try opening or importing an ADIF?

[DF5WW]

I´ve tried open and import. If i use "Import" the software told me "This file is ADIF formattet. Please open this file directly" ..... In Import Option i have only Cabrillo, CT Files, TRlog Files or "all log files" ..... But the software don´t import the ADIF

[G4POP]

I´ve tried open and import. If i use "Import" the software told me "This file is ADIF formattet. Please open this file directly" ..... In Import Option i have only Cabrillo, CT Files, TRlog Files or "all log files" ..... But the software don´t import the ADIF

Yes it does

Check that the ADIF file extension is .adi (not .adif) if its .adif change it to .adi and it will open fine - see image below of an ADIF file that I opened in ADIFMaster