Hi, Roman. My experience is that the ADIF format accepts more than the ADIF specifications may indicate. I have used the "Tx power" field in the WSJT-X logging window for most of my tens of thousands of WSJT-X QSOs. Whether I enter "40 W", "40W" or "40", it hits my HRD Logbook as "40", i.e. a clean number. Apparently, the ADIF protocol is smart enough to find and understand the numbers, leaving out the letters. However, that also means that "1kW" or "1 kW" is transferred as "1". In the practical world, this may be a smaller problem for WSJT-X, as I cannot see any good reason to use 1kW for the common WSJT-X modes, except for EME QSOs. EME operators will soon enough understand that they didn't make a QSO with 1 W, and should be able to edit the Tx Power in their logging software. Human interaction and thoughtful discretion is still a good value in ham radio. 😊
I guess the issue may be solved practically by changing the field title in the logging window from "Tx power" to "Tx power (W)" or "Tx power (watt)", or possibly, like you suggest, make a tooltip reminding the operator that a watt *number* is expected, however, I don't know if the logging window is open for tooltips, as there are none yet. 73, Frode LA6VQ ons. 19. okt. 2022 kl. 00:53 skrev cirnod via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>: > Hi > > I would like to report an issue with the ADIF log > created by WSJT-X. I'm currently using v2.5.4 on > macOS 12.6. > > WSJT-X offers to log QSOs by filling in a form > prompt. One of the fields of the form allows to > log the "Tx power". Apparently, the form accepts > any text string entered into this field. > Furthermore, the unmodified text string is used to > create the ADIF log of WSJT-X. This behavior > potentially leads to invalid ADIF files as they do > not conform with the ADIF specifications [1]. For > example a user could enter "10W" or "1kW". > According to the specifications, the "TX_PWR" > field should contain "the logging station's power > in Watts with a value greater than 0". In > addition, the data type of this ADIF field is > "Number", i.e. "a sequence of one or more Digits > representing a decimal number, optionally preceded > by a minus sign (ASCII code 45) and optionally > including a single decimal point (ASCII code 46) ". > > I see the following points that could help fixing > the mentioned issue: > * Adding tooltip/instructions for the user to > clarify what data type and value (in what units) > should be entered in the "Tx power" field. > * User input sanitation either for the "Tx power" > field of the QSO log form prompt or before writing > the value entered by the user to the ADIF log > file. One option would be to rejecting the > submission of the form and informing the user in > case a wrong data type has been entered. > > Regards > Roman HB9HDN > > [1] > https://www.adif.org/313/ADIF_313.htm#QSO_Field_TX_PWR > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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