The Export QSOs tabbed dialog enabled you to export QSOs to a file
in standard ADIF format
in ADIF targeted to the ARRL's Logbook of the World (LotW)
in ADIF that DXBase can import
in tab-delimited format
using the Cabrillo 2.0 template specified by the Contest Style setting.
If the current log is filtered, only QSOs visible in the Log Page Viewer are exported, making it easy to export a selected subset of QSOs in the current log file.
Check the Export QTH definitions box to include the contents of a QTH definition in the ADIF record of each QSO containing a myQTH item. The QTH definition contents are exported with the following ADIF 2.0 tags: MY_CITY, MY_CNTY, MY_COUNTRY, MY_CQZONE, MY_GRIDSQUARE, MY_IOTA, MY_ITUZONE, MY_LAT, MY_LON, MY_POSTAL_CODE, MY_STATE, and MY_STREET.
QSOs whose callsigns begin with an exclamation point are only exported if the Export callsigns with leading ! box is checked; such callsigns will not be exported if either the Export ADIF for LOTW, Export ADIF for eQSL.cc, or Export Cabrillo radio buttons are checked, even if the Export callsigns with leading ! box is checked.
To export QSOs, first make the appropriate selections in the Options panel:
if you are exporting a file to be uploaded to LotW, check the Export ADIF for LOTW radio button to export modes accepted by LotW and update each QSO's status as described below
if you are exporting a file to be uploaded to eQSL.cc, check the Export ADIF for eQSL.cc radio button to export modes accepted by eQSL.cc and update each QSO's status as described below
if you are exporting a file to be imported by DXBase, check the Export ADIF For DXBase radio button to use its two-decimal-point representation of frequencies
if you are generating QSLs with another application using mail merge techniques, check the Export tab-delimited file radio button to export QSO information in tab-delimited format
if you are exporting a Cabrillo file, check the Export Cabrillo radio button
to insert text into the header of the exported ADIF file, enter this text into the Insert in ADIF Header textbox
to append text to the QSO notes item of each exported QSO, enter this text in the Append to QSO Notes textbox
Click the Start button, and use the file selector to choose the file to which QSOs will be exported. The Progress panel provides real-time statistics of the operation. Click the Abort button to terminate the export operation before it completes.
If you export a Cabrillo file, DXKeeper will display the file in Notepad after the operation is complete so that you can complete the necessary descriptor fields and delete unnecessary descriptor fields.
The format of the date placed in exported ADIF file
headers is governed by the Date
Format sub-panel on the Config window's Awards tab.
Exporting ADIF to LotW translates modes unsupported by LotW as shown in the following table:
| QSO Mode in log | Exported QSO Mode |
| ASCI | DATA |
Each exported QSO will be updated to reflect the correct status:
the QSO's LotW Sent will be set to U, reflecting the fact that these QSOs have been uploaded, but their acceptance by LotW is unknown.
the QSO's LotW Date Sent will be set to the current UTC date
the QSO's LotW Rcvd will be set to R
Invoke TQSL
and direct it to encrypt and sign the file you just exported; the resulting file
will have a file extension of .tq8. You can submit this .tq8 file to LotW
by emailing it to [email protected], or
by logging on to your LotW web
page and uploading the file from there. You can then proceed with the LotW
QSL workflow by click the Sync LotW QSOs
button.
Each exported QSO will be updated to reflect the correct status:
the QSO's eQSL Sent will be set to R
the QSO's eQSL Date Sent will be set to the current UTC date
the QSO's eQSL Rcvd will be set to R
After logging into eQSL.cc,
upload the file you just exported. Since eQSL.cc
does not presently provide a means of verifying that a QSO has been successfully
uploaded, you must inspect the upload report and manually reset the eQSL
Sent, eQSL
Date Sent, and eQSL
Rcvd fields for each QSO that was rejected.
For each exported QSO, the following information will be stored in the following order: