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feature? grid update from lotw?
30-09-2022, 06:01 PM,
#1
feature? grid update from lotw?
Hi,

is it possible to integreate a option to import the grid from the lotw-qsl to a qso in SWl matching time,mode,date,band?
Torsten
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30-09-2022, 06:06 PM,
#2
RE: feature? grid update from lotw?
Hi Torsten,

The lotw Grid is set in the QSO if the QTH locstor is empty in the QSO. But if it is set then the grid defined in the QSO prevails over the lotw grid.

Best 73
Jordi, EA3GCV
Current developer of Swisslog
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30-09-2022, 06:13 PM,
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RE: feature? grid update from lotw?
could be a switch to overwrite it? because the lotw grid is applied on VUCC and not that what you logged :-)
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02-10-2022, 05:24 PM,
#4
RE: feature? grid update from lotw?
or another posibility: to read the GRID from qrz.com if there is no grid in swisslog and the "Geo Source" eq "User supplied". then the grid should be used from the qrz.com field "Grid Square", and also the Lat and Long numbers can be used to correct the default settings in swisslog.
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03-10-2022, 12:23 PM, (This post was last modified: 03-10-2022, 12:27 PM by EA3GCV.)
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RE: feature? grid update from lotw?
Hi Torsten,

I have revised the code and the LoTw grid is only set in the QSO during the LoTW synch if one of these conditions applies:

- QTH locator is empty in the QSO
- LoTW grid is 6 digits long, QSO grid is 4 digits but Maidenhead matches in both (LoTW grid and QSO Grid)

The VUCC is ignored during the LoTW synch. The QTH locator field of Swisslog only supports one grid and only reads the GRIDSQUARE ADIF field which only supports 1 grid. For such special cases (VUCC containing 2 or more grids), if user wants to keep the Swisslog's Gridsquare statistic perfectly, user needs to check manually the affected QSO and in case it belongs to 2 or more locators (according VUCC) user will have to add another QSO for the other grids with exactly the same date/time/band/mode info. This is very difficult to handle automatically in the code and it's a very special case.

If you are reading from QRZ.COM and you copy automatically the geo coordinates from QRZ, when you are entering the QSO Swisslog will set the QTH locator and correct Lat-Long according the QRZ info. Afterwards, when synchronizing from LoTW, the above conditions will apply. The grid saved in the QSO will always prevail over the LoTW grid. Only it will set if it's empty or completed to 6 digits if Maidenhead matches. 

Best 73
Jordi, EA3GCV
Current developer of Swisslog
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