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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# convert an Ak1a DX.DAT file to comma delimited form
+#
+#
+
+use Date::Parse;
+use spot;
+
+sysopen(IN, "../data/DX.DAT", 0) or die "can't open DX.DAT ($!)";
+open(OUT, ">../data/dxcomma") or die "can't open dxcomma ($!)";
+
+spot->init();
+
+while (sysread(IN, $buf, 86)) {
+ ($freq,$call,$date,$time,$comment,$spotter) = unpack 'A10A13A12A6A31A14', $buf;
+ $date =~ s/^\s*(\d+)-(\w\w\w)-(19\d\d)$/$1 $2 $3/og;
+ $time =~ s/^(\d\d)(\d\d)Z$/$1:$2 +0000/;
+ $d = str2time("$date $time");
+ $comment =~ s/^\s+//o;
+ if ($d) {
+ spot->new($freq, $call, $d, $comment, $spotter);
+ } else {
+ print "$call $freq $date $time\n";
+ }
+}
+
+close(IN);
+close(OUT);