In VHF & up contests, stations locators are part of the exchange and it appears in the ADIF uploaded (in my case RSGB contests). Would it be pssible for eQSL system to record and show the locator by extracting it from the <GRIDSQUARE> data in the ADIF files and show it in the eqsl log. Perhaps eQSL could create mapping outputs or even add it to the propagation tool?

Here is a recent record from a contest log.

<QSO_DATE:8>20111227<TIME_ON:4>2116<BAND:2>6m<MODE:3>SSB<CALL:5>M0GVG<RST_SENT:2>59<STX:1>1<RST_RCVD:2>57<SRX:3>054<GRIDSQUARE:6>IO83XG<TX_PWR:2>50<OPERATOR:5>G0CER<QSO_PTS:2>54<QSO_COMPL:3>YES<EOR>

Perhaps even have eQSL record every field contents and let users define what they want to see using a config system in the HTML?

The reason I ask this is it would make using eQSL is a core-logbook system for oneself.

Good luck all in 2012!
Dave H G0CER

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G0CER Dave Harris

Your suggestion is an excellent one. One of the challenges is that <GRIDSQUARE> is not a required field in an ADIF record for a qso.

Having user definable fields would be very hard to code and implement.

My only suggestion would be to add a keyword such as GRID=EM45ab at the end of the comment field for your VHF and up contests.

73 Bernie

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VE3FWF Bernie Murphy

I need the Gridsquare also in my logbook!

<GRIDSQUARE> is a field i an ADIF-Record, see here:
http://www.adif.org/adif226.htm#Fields

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73 de
Manfred, DK7ZH