 |
|
eQSL.cc Home
Search
Login
Authors
Recent Posts| »Forums Index »General Interest Support »Support - English speaking »Adding personalized comments | 
|
| Author | Topic: Adding personalized comments (5 messages, Page 1 of 1) |
 K8TOM Wm. Posts: 6 Joined: Nov 21, 2007  |
Posted: Apr 23, 2009 01:43 AM
Msg. 1 of 5
This must be obvious, because I have not been able to find it in the FAQs, current or original...
I upload my eqsls via an ADIF file from time to time and of course receive confirmation eqsls in return. Some of these have personalized comments on them relating to the specifics of our QSO. I cannot figure out how these QSO-specific comments are being added by the senders. I would like to be able to do this as well. It seems like once the ADIF file is posted to the Outbox, that's it, the confirmation and e-qsling process continues apace and further input is not appropriate or available. Of course you can modify or delete an outbox item, but that is not what I think is going on here. How do these QSO specific comments get added by the senders? Are they part of the uploaded file? Tom K8TOM Monroe, WA K8TOM Wm. T "Tom" Singleton Jr |
|
K8TOM Wm. Posts: 6 Joined: Nov 21, 2007 |
Posted: Apr 23, 2009 01:52 AM
Msg. 2 of 5
I don't see any way to edit this post, so I'll add the following as this reply. I know that there is a "comments" field which can be used as part of the manual "Edit" function for each individual e-qsl. The problem with that is the warning message to the effect that "Warning - This eqsl has already been retrieved". That implies that the data is now "fixed" for the eqsl card, right?
Can I do something to keep the eqsls from being retrieved until I have had a chance to add comments to some of them--and release the rest for posting? Tnx in advance Tom K8TOM Wm. T "Tom" Singleton Jr |
|
N1ORK Orest Andy Zajac Posts: 942 Joined: Sep 7, 2006 
QRZ..QRZ..Any one out there?..Is this thing on?? 
|
Posted: Apr 23, 2009 02:18 AM
Msg. 3 of 5
Tom,
Depending on the logging program you use, it may or may not have a comment field entry that corresponds to the one here in eQSL. I think there is an explanation of the adif fields here somewhere and how they are set up. I use ACLog by N3FJP, but the comment field there doesn't agree with the comment field here unless you do alot of field manipulation in ACLog. I suppose you can modify your adif files manually before you upload them, but it would be nice to know just which loggers support the eQSL comment field without any modifications. 73 Andy - n1ork N1ORK Orest 'Andy' Zajac |
|
K8TOM Wm. Posts: 6 Joined: Nov 21, 2007 |
Posted: Apr 27, 2009 12:23 PM
Msg. 4 of 5
Thanks for your note, Andy.
Yes, I use ACLog as well, and haven't noticed that my comments are being added to the eQSLs. I wonder how we can find out how that works. Support? Support? Perhaps I will post a new thread addressed to this topic. Thanks, Tom K8TOM Wm. T "Tom" Singleton Jr |
|
N9GXA Paul Kahlert Posts: 1 Joined: Jan 16, 2008  |
Posted: May 3, 2009 04:06 AM
Msg. 5 of 5
I just noticed this, too. I see that ADIF specs specify COMMENT as the field name, but eQSL is optionally looking for QSL_COMMENT. I did a Find/Replace on my last upload in order for my COMMENT field to show up. I would think eQSL should change this....
HTH for now - 73 - Paul - N9GXA N9GXA Paul Kahlert Edit: I see that eQSL considers your comment field as private info. I have another field for personal data... Edited by N9GXA Paul Kahlert on May 3, 2009 at 04:16 AM |
|
|