Import and Export ADIF

Import and Export ADIF

OpsLog is ADIF 3.1.7 compliant: a full field dictionary, 30 promoted columns, a generic "extra fields" editor for anything not promoted, and standard/all export modes.

Import

File → Import (Ctrl+O) → pick an .adi / .adif file → the Import ADIF dialog opens with the options below. Import runs into the active profile's logbook. A file without a header (records pasted from another log) imports fine. Progress shows live; a summary follows — imported / updated / duplicates / skipped / total — with expandable error and duplicate lists.

Duplicate handling

A duplicate is a record with the same callsign + UTC minute + band + mode as a QSO already in the logbook. Pick how they are treated:

Mode	What it does
Skip duplicates (default)	Adds only new QSOs; existing ones left untouched. Safe default.
Update duplicates	Merges the file's non-empty fields (QSL / LoTW / eQSL / QRZ statuses & dates, etc.) onto the matching QSO — fields the file omits are kept. Use to re-sync from Log4OM or LoTW.
Import everything	Inserts every record, duplicates included. For deliberately merging two overlapping logs.

Enrichment options

• Fix country & zones (cty.dat + ClubLog) (on by default) — recompute Country, DXCC and CQ/ITU zones from cty.dat, overriding the file. Corrects what contest software exports wrong (e.g. RG2Y tagged Asiatic instead of European Russia). ClubLog's date-ranged DXpedition overrides are applied on top per QSO date (e.g. TO2A in 2012 → French Guiana) whenever the ClubLog data is downloaded. Everything else in the ADIF is kept as-is. Tip: combine with Update duplicates to re-fix QSOs already in your log.

• Fill my station fields from my profile (off by default) — backfill empty MY_* fields (grid, rig, antenna, address, city, state, county, SOTA/POTA ref, TX power…) plus Operator and Owner callsign from the active profile. Existing values are kept. STATION_CALLSIGN is filled too, but only where the record carries none — one that names its own station keeps it, so a multi-op log is not re-routed. It also stamps your default confirmation statuses (paper QSL, LoTW, eQSL, Club Log, HRDLog, QRZ.com — sent & received) on QSOs the file leaves empty. Enable when importing your own log; leave off for someone else's.

• Upload to external services (off by default) — sends the imported contacts to every service you have configured: QRZ, Club Log, HRDLog, eQSL, Cloudlog/Wavelog, HamQTH. Never LoTW, which stays manual from the QSL manager. This is the only option here that reaches outside the machine, which is why it is off and its description is coloured.

  Once ticked, OpsLog shows what it will cost for this file: the services that accept only one contact per request are named with a rough duration — several thousand contacts is an hour, not a minute — and the ones that send in batches are listed separately. It runs in the background and reports progress in the log.

Field remapping (move fields on import)

Contest software stores the exchange where its own module keeps it. The RSGB IOTA contest, for example, exports the island reference in STATE — imported as-is it becomes a US state and the IOTA award stays empty. Click "The file puts a field in the wrong place…", then add a STATE → IOTA row (add as many rows as you need). The destination is filled only where the file left it blank.

Unknown fields

Any valid ADIF field OpsLog doesn't promote to a column is preserved in a per-QSO extras store — editable later and re-exported intact. Nothing valid is dropped.

Export

• Whole log, selected rows, or the filtered view (no limit) — see Recent QSOs and Filters.
• Standard mode exports the common promoted fields; All mode also exports every extra field; Choose fields… opens a picker that separates the official ADIF 3.1.7 fields (by category) from the OpsLog / non-standard tags actually present in your log, with All/None per group. Your selection is remembered.
• Cabrillo export for contest submission.

Round-trip safety

Award references you assign manually are stored in an ADIF extra field (APP_OPSLOG_AWARDREFS), so exporting your full log and re-importing it does not lose your award-reference assignments.

Tips

• To move a batch of QSOs between logs, export selected → import into the other profile.
• Re-syncing statuses from another logger (Log4OM, LoTW, QRZ)? Import the file with Update duplicates — it merges the new confirmations onto your existing QSOs without creating copies.
• Use Find duplicates (Tools) after importing to catch overlaps.