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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I just finished working the ARRL DX SSB contest and just imported my contest log into my station log and I noticed a problem.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">On 40 meters, US stations work a lot of split where the RX is in the low portion of 40 meters (7.025-7.100) where TX is in the upper portion of the band (7.150-7.300).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When WT records the frequency in the database, it saves the "frequency" as the one listed by VFO A, which is the RX VFO in the case of split operation. Now that I have imported my contest log using ADIF, I have a bunch of QSOs logged at a frequency where I am not legally able to operate. It also makes QSLing a little difficult since I do not know what my TX frequency was for the QSO.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I was wondering if the following changes could be made.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1.) Make a database structure change for recording the FREQ_RX (as defined by ADIF version 2) in addition to the FREQ during a contest. Also add an additional field for BAND_RX (also defined by ADIF version 2) for split band operation.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2.) If rig control is active, WT "knows" when you are working split (split is displayed in VFO B window). If working split, record the RX frequency as the one from VFO A and the TX frequency as VFO B. Also update the BAND_RX field with the correct band derived from the FREQ_RX value.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3.) If SPLIT is not active, or there is no rig control, record the frequency captured for the QSO (VFO A?) in both the RX and TX frequency fields. Also the BAND and BAND_RX fields should be updated appropriately.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">4.) During ADIF export enter the TX frequency in the ADIFv2 FREQ field and the RX frequency in the ADIFv2 FREQ_TX field. Also add the ADIFv2 BAND_RX to the ADIF export file.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">-Tim</FONT>
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