I've been making Preset Exchange .adi files for WriteLog for years.
They are based on the Prefill .txt files on Call History Files - N1MM Logger
+ by VE2FK and used with permission.
My son KB5JXV who is a professional programmer wrote a Console App in C# to
convert Prefill .txt files to WriteLog Preset Exchange .adi files.
There is a different Console App for each contest. I understand C# code good
enough to add any contest there is a N1MM+ Prefill .txt file for.
73,
Marsh KA5M
-----Original Message-----
From: WriteLog <writelog-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Bart Ritchie
(VE5CPU)
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2024 4:51 PM
To: CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] Contest Prefill Files hosted on the Writelog Website
Good day everyone
I am please to announce that Wayne Wright, W5XD has graciously agreed to
host contest prefill files on the Writelog website.
The files can be found at: https://writelog.com/downloads/prefill-files
To download the file currently, you must right click on the link name and
save the file. Auto downloading will be implemented soon.
Background:
I took an interest in creating prefill files for use in the RAC Canada Day
and Canada Winter contests and was having difficulty finding anyone who
hosted these files. I had seen mention of two prior individuals who did
host files but those sites were no longer active.
I reached out to Wayne at Writelog and asked if he would host prefill files
if I created some and he agreed. I thought this would be one of the best
longer term solutions to the issue of hosting prefill files for the longer
term for the Writelog contesting community.
While developing a process to create the required ADIF files used by
Writelog I expanded it to include conversion of some of the files from N1NM
call history files (CHF)/ I reached out to and received permission from
Claude Duberger, VE2FK to use his files with attribution back to him and the
folks at N1NM.
Thanks to his work and the other supporting those efforts I was able to
created 11 additional prefill files as a starting point.
I am willing to coordinate updating these files and creating additional
contest prefill files for the next several years. If you would like to have
a prefill file created for contests supported by Writelog, I will do my best
to accommodate such requests. The dependency will be availability of data.
I hope the contesting community and Writelog users will find these files of
value in their contesting efforts. As always with data of this sort , use
the prefill information as an aid. Be sure to verify the data and ultimately
log what the station sends. Never assume the prefill data is 100% correct.
If anyone is interested in assisting in this process, I would be happy to
share the resources I created in Excel.
73, Bart Ritchie - VE5CPU
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