Extract text from ADIF files
To convert your ADIF file to another format, you need GridTracker or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Radio Logbook Exchange" file type, you need software like GridTracker or a similar tool.
The .ADIF (Amateur Data Interchange Format) is the universal standard for exchanging logbook data between amateur radio software systems. It stores details of radio contacts (QSOs) such as frequency, mode, time, and call signs in a tag-based ASCII text structure (e.g., <CALL:4>N1CC).
While .ADIF files are excellent for data portability between logging programs like WSJT-X, Ham Radio Deluxe, or GridTracker, they are not designed for direct human analysis or visual presentation. Opening a raw ADIF file in a text editor reveals a dense stream of tags that is difficult to read and impossible to filter or sort manually. Furthermore, many general-purpose applications cannot parse the specific ADIF tags without conversion, leaving users unable to generate QSL cards, visualize contacts on a map, or analyze propagation stats in a spreadsheet.
To make this data usable, users frequently convert .ADIF files to CSV or XLSX for sorting and statistical analysis in Microsoft Excel. For visualizing contact locations, converting to KML allows for direct import into Google Earth. Contest participants often need to convert ADIF logs to the Cabrillo format for submission. For archiving or printing physical QSL labels, converting to PDF ensures the layout remains fixed.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ADIF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert ADIF file to CSV, ADI, PDF, JPG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG or CONF, you can use GridTracker or similar software from the "Ham Radio Logbook Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to ADIF, try GridTracker or another comparable tool in the "Ham Radio Logbook Data" category.
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