Modifying Multiple QSOs En Masse

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Changes can be applied to all QSOs in the Log Page Display  in a single operation by

• using the Advanced Logs Sorts, Filter, and Modifiers window's Modify QSOs panel

• running a Script

• filling in or replacing the information in each QSO by performing a Callbook Update 

Like all power tools, these can be dangerous if not carefully applied. Its a good idea to make a backup copy of your log before using them, as doing so enables a quick recovery if after inspection the change you specified turns out to be incorrect.

Using the Modify QSOs panel

To display the Advanced Logs Sorts, Filter, and Modifiers window, click the Adv button at the bottom of the Main window's Log QSOs tab, or click the Advanced button at the bottom of the Main window's Awards tab.

The Modify QSOs panel lets you designate an item and provide a new value for that item. When you click the panel's Modify button, the designated item of each QSO in the Log Page Display will be set to the specified value. To designate an item, use the panel's Item's ADIF field name selector to choose the item's  ADIF field name. Enter the desired new value in the panel's New item value setting. Clicking the panel's Modify button applies the change to every QSO in the Log Page Display; if you intend to change only some of the QSOs in your log, first filter the Log Page Display so that only the QSOs to be modified are present.

• If you set the Item ADIF field name selector to DXCCPrefix and click the panel's Modify button, DXKeeper will automatically set the DXCCID item of each modified QSO to the country code corresponding to the DXCC prefix you selected in New item value. Conversely, if you set the Item's ADIF field name selector to DXCCID and click the panel's Modify button, DXKeeper will automatically set the DXCCPrefix item of each modified QSO to the DXCC prefix corresponding to the country code you selected in Item new value. In this way, consistency between DXCCPrefix and DXCCID is maintained.
  
• You can use <current> in the New item value to represent the item's current value in the logged QSO; thus an  Item ADIF field name of Call and an Item new value of <current>/KH6 will change AA6YQ to AA6YQ/KH6 and K4IK to K4IK/KH6. 
  
• You can use <capitalized> in the New item value to represent the item's current value in the logged QSO with its first letter capitalized; thus an  Item ADIF field name of QTH and an Item new value of <capitalized> will change paris to Paris and will change new london to New london. 
  
• If the  Item ADIF field name selector is set to APP_DXKEEPER_FILE, you can use <filename> in the New item value to represent the filename component of the pathname in the logged QSO's file item; thus an  Item ADIF field name of APP_DXKEEPER_FILE and an Item new value of c:\dxlab\files\<filename> will change 

c:\program files\dxlab suite\files\7O1DX_license.jpg 

to 

c:\dxlab\files\7O1DX_license.jpg 

• You can use  <compute> in the the New item value to compute the value of certain items from other items in the QSO. If the Item ADIF field name selector is tx band or rx band,  <compute> is available as the last choice in the Item new value selector.

• You can adjust the contents of a QSO's QSO_Begin or QSO_End item with a Item new valuethat begins with a + (to add a time interval) or - (to subtract a time interval). For example,

Neither fractions nor combinations are permitted; if you want to add 3 hours and 30 minutes to each QSO's start time, for example,  use +210n.

• You can adjust the contents of a QSO's freq or rx_freq item with a Item new value that begins with a + (to add a frequency offset in MHz), - (to subtract a frequency offset in MHz), x (to multiply by a number), or / (to divide by a number). For example,
  
  

  Item new value	Effect
  + 36	adds 36 MHz
  - .1	subtracts 100 KHz
  x 1000	multiples by 1000
  / 1000	divides by 1000

• Changing the contents of a QSO's freq or rx_freq item automatically updates its tx band or rx band item respectively

• You can use <ADIF field name> in the Item new value to represent the value of the designated ADIF field in the current QSO.  If the Item ADIF field name is set to Comment and the Item new value is

worked <Name> on <Band>

then a 20m QSO with ON4UN will have its comment item set to  

    worked John on 20m

Modifications to any of the following items can require that the current log's Realtime Award Progress and the current Spot Database (if SpotCollector is running) be updated via recomputation:

• Band
• Call
• CQ
• DXCC Prefix
• eQSL Rcvd
• LotW Rcvd
• Mode
• PropMode
• QSL Rcvd
• SatName

If recomputation might be required, DXKeeper will notify you, and offer to initiate the process. If you are planning more modifications, complete all modifications; then initiate recomputation after the last change has been made.

If the Subdivisions box is checked on the Config window's Awards tab and your modification results in one or more QSOs with DXCC entities that formally specify Primary or Secondary Administrative Subdivisions specifying an invalid primary or secondary administrative entity, a message window informing you of this situation will appear at the conclusion of the operation. You can invoke the Broke filter to display QSOs specifying invalid primary or secondary administrative entities.