fix(qsl): separate the QSL manager from the routing method (#16)

QSL_VIA is the manager. QSL_SENT_VIA and QSL_RCVD_VIA are the ADIF "QSL Via"
enumeration — B bureau, D direct, E electronic, M manager (import-only) —
and say how a card travelled. OpsLog had one column for all three:

  - the import folded QSL_SENT_VIA into QSL_VIA whenever QSL_VIA was empty,
    which is exactly a Log4OM export (it defaults QSL_SENT_VIA to E), so
    OE6CLD saw "E" everywhere OpsLog shows the manager;
  - QSL_RCVD_VIA was listed in adifPromoted with no column behind it, so it
    was not stored, not kept among the extras, and not exported — dropped
    outright on import;
  - neither was ever written on export, so an import followed by an export
    destroyed both;
  - and OpsLog polluted the field itself: the QSL Manager panel wrote
    "Bureau" / "Direct" / "Electronic", in full words, into QSL_VIA.

Two columns added (migration 0027), carried through the five places a
promoted ADIF field has to touch, with round-trip tests pinning the reported
case. The QSL panel now offers Bureau / Direct / Electronic for each
direction and stores the enumeration; the manager field is labelled as the
manager and holds only that. M is kept when a file gives it and never
written back out.

Existing logs hold a mixture of the two in one column. The repair is offered,
not performed: the count is shown once per log with a plain question, and a
"no" is remembered. It moves only where QSL_SENT_VIA is still empty, and only
values that normalise to the enumeration — a manager is a callsign and can
never be one of those six words, which a test pins against real manager calls.

app.go

@@ -6223,8 +6223,12 @@ func (a *App) BulkUpdateQSL(ids []int64, u QSLBulkUpdate) (int, error) {
 		if v := strings.TrimSpace(u.RcvdDate); v != "" {
 			q.QSLRcvdDate, changed = v, true
 		}
-		if v := strings.TrimSpace(u.Via); v != "" {
-			q.QSLVia, changed = v, true
+		// The QSL Manager panel's "Via" is a routing method (bureau / direct /
+		// electronic), so it belongs in QSL_SENT_VIA, not in QSL_VIA — which
+		// holds the manager. It used to write the manager field, in full words,
+		// which is half of why the two got mixed up in operators' logs.
+		if v := adif.NormaliseQSLVia(u.Via); v != "" {
+			q.QSLSentVia, changed = v, true
 		}
 		if v := strings.TrimSpace(u.Notes); v != "" {
 			q.Notes, changed = v, true
@@ -6255,6 +6259,8 @@ var bulkFieldColumns = map[string]string{
 	"qsl_sent":     "qsl_sent",
 	"qsl_rcvd":     "qsl_rcvd",
 	"qsl_via":      "qsl_via",
+	"qsl_sent_via": "qsl_sent_via",
+	"qsl_rcvd_via": "qsl_rcvd_via",
 	"qrz_sent":     "qrzcom_qso_upload_status",
 	"qrz_rcvd":     "qrzcom_qso_download_status",
 	"clublog_sent": "clublog_qso_upload_status",
@@ -10544,6 +10550,84 @@ func (a *App) DownloadULSCounties() error {
 }
 
 // BackfillUSCountiesResult summarises a bulk county/grid backfill over the log.
+// ── QSL routing repair (QSL_VIA vs QSL_SENT_VIA) ───────────────────────
+
+// keyQSLViaRepairDone records that the operator has answered the offer to move
+// routing words out of the manager field — whether they accepted or declined.
+// Asked once per log, never again: a repair that keeps proposing itself after a
+// "no" is a nag, and the answer does not change.
+const keyQSLViaRepairDone = "migr.qsl_via_routing.v1"
+
+// QSLViaRepairStatus counts the QSOs whose QSL_VIA holds a routing method
+// rather than a manager, so the operator can be shown a number before anything
+// is touched.
+type QSLViaRepairStatus struct {
+	Affected int  `json:"affected"` // QSOs holding a routing word in qsl_via
+	Asked    bool `json:"asked"`    // the offer has already been answered
+}
+
+// QSLViaRepairStatus reports whether this log needs the QSL_VIA repair.
+//
+// OpsLog wrote "Bureau" / "Direct" / "Electronic" into QSL_VIA from its own QSL
+// Manager panel, and ADIF imports folded QSL_SENT_VIA there as well, so the
+// manager column in an existing log is a mixture of the two. Moving them is
+// safe — a manager is a callsign and can never be one of those words — but it
+// rewrites what an operator sees in their own log, so it is counted and offered
+// rather than done.
+func (a *App) QSLViaRepairStatus() (QSLViaRepairStatus, error) {
+	var res QSLViaRepairStatus
+	if a.qso == nil {
+		return res, fmt.Errorf("db not initialized")
+	}
+	if a.settings != nil {
+		if v, _ := a.settings.GetGlobal(a.ctx, keyQSLViaRepairDone); v == "1" {
+			res.Asked = true
+		}
+	}
+	n, err := a.qso.CountQSLViaRouting(a.ctx, adif.IsQSLViaRouting)
+	if err != nil {
+		return res, err
+	}
+	res.Affected = n
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+// QSLViaRepairResult reports what the repair moved.
+type QSLViaRepairResult struct {
+	Moved int `json:"moved"`
+}
+
+// RepairQSLVia moves routing words out of QSL_VIA into QSL_SENT_VIA.
+//
+// Only where QSL_SENT_VIA is still empty: a QSO that already carries a real
+// sent-via — from an import made after this was fixed — knows better than a
+// word left in the manager column, and must not be overwritten by it.
+func (a *App) RepairQSLVia() (QSLViaRepairResult, error) {
+	var res QSLViaRepairResult
+	if a.qso == nil {
+		return res, fmt.Errorf("db not initialized")
+	}
+	n, err := a.qso.RepairQSLViaRouting(a.ctx, adif.NormaliseQSLVia)
+	res.Moved = n
+	if err != nil {
+		return res, err
+	}
+	a.markQSLViaRepairAsked()
+	applog.Printf("qsl via repair: moved %d routing values out of the manager field", n)
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+// DismissQSLViaRepair records a "no" so the offer is not made again.
+func (a *App) DismissQSLViaRepair() {
+	a.markQSLViaRepairAsked()
+}
+
+func (a *App) markQSLViaRepairAsked() {
+	if a.settings != nil {
+		_ = a.settings.SetGlobal(a.ctx, keyQSLViaRepairDone, "1")
+	}
+}
+
 // keyDistanceBackfilled marks the one-time distance fill as done.
 //
 // A migration, not a setting. It was briefly a button in Preferences, which was

changelog.json

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
       "Appearance: new Sahara theme, warm sand tones for long sessions in daylight.",
       "US counties: Connecticut resolved to the census planning regions, so every CT station showed as a new county. Re-download the database.",
       "US counties: San Francisco, Doña Ana, Baltimore city, St. Louis city and several Alaska boroughs matched no county at all.",
-      "DX cluster: the US county column now shows the county the station is logged with, so it agrees with the Info panel."
+      "DX cluster: the US county column now shows the county the station is logged with, so it agrees with the Info panel.",
+      "QSL: the manager (QSL_VIA) and the routing method (QSL_SENT_VIA / QSL_RCVD_VIA) are now separate fields, as ADIF defines them.",
+      "ADIF import: QSL_SENT_VIA no longer lands in the manager field, and QSL_RCVD_VIA is no longer discarded. Both are exported.",
+      "QSL: logs where a routing word sits in the manager field are counted at startup and corrected only if you accept."
     ],
     "fr": [
       "Amplificateurs : coche ceux qui partagent un combiner et ON, OFF et OPERATE agissent sur tous à la fois. Chacun garde ses mesures.",
@@ -20,7 +23,10 @@
       "Apparence : nouveau thème Sahara, tons sable chauds pour les longues sessions en plein jour.",
       "Comtés US : le Connecticut renvoyait les planning regions du recensement, toute station CT semblait un nouveau comté. Rechargez la base.",
       "Comtés US : San Francisco, Doña Ana, Baltimore city, St. Louis city et plusieurs districts d’Alaska ne correspondaient à aucun comté.",
-      "Cluster DX : la colonne comté US affiche le comté du log quand la station y figure, donc identique au panneau Info."
+      "Cluster DX : la colonne comté US affiche le comté du log quand la station y figure, donc identique au panneau Info.",
+      "QSL : le manager (QSL_VIA) et le mode d’envoi (QSL_SENT_VIA / QSL_RCVD_VIA) sont désormais deux champs distincts, comme le veut l’ADIF.",
+      "Import ADIF : QSL_SENT_VIA ne se retrouve plus dans le champ manager, et QSL_RCVD_VIA n’est plus perdu. Les deux sont exportés.",
+      "QSL : les logs où un mode d’envoi occupe le champ manager sont comptés au démarrage et corrigés seulement si vous acceptez."
     ]
   },
   {

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import {
   GetAmpStatuses, AmpOperate,
   GetFlexState, FlexAmpOperate,
   GetPSKReporterStatus, GetLiveOpenings,
+  QSLViaRepairStatus, RepairQSLVia, DismissQSLViaRepair,
 } from '../wailsjs/go/main/App';
 import { Combobox } from '@/components/ui/combobox';
 import { applyAwardRefs } from '@/lib/awardRefs';
@@ -1793,6 +1794,20 @@ export default function App() {
   // close so the next plain "Preferences" launch reverts to default.
   const [settingsSection, setSettingsSection] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
   const [showDeleteAll, setShowDeleteAll] = useState(false);
+  // How many QSOs hold a QSL routing word where the manager belongs — null when
+  // there is nothing to offer, or the operator has already answered. Asked once
+  // per log, a moment after startup so it does not race the first paint.
+  const [qslViaRepair, setQslViaRepair] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let alive = true;
+    const id = window.setTimeout(async () => {
+      try {
+        const s: any = await QSLViaRepairStatus();
+        if (alive && !s?.asked && (s?.affected ?? 0) > 0) setQslViaRepair(s.affected);
+      } catch { /* a log we cannot query yet will be offered next start */ }
+    }, 4000);
+    return () => { alive = false; window.clearTimeout(id); };
+  }, []);
   const [showAbout, setShowAbout] = useState(false);
   // "What's new": the changelog for the version(s) since the operator last ran,
   // shown once on the first launch after an update (EN/FR per the UI language).
@@ -7275,6 +7290,27 @@ export default function App() {
           />
         );
       })()}
+      {/* One-time offer to move QSL routing words out of the manager field.
+          Shown with a count and never acted on without an answer: it rewrites
+          what the operator sees in their own log. Either answer is final —
+          asking again after a "no" would be a nag. */}
+      {qslViaRepair !== null && (
+        <ConfirmDialog
+          title={t('qslvia.title')}
+          message={t('qslvia.body', { n: qslViaRepair.toLocaleString() })}
+          confirmLabel={t('qslvia.confirm')}
+          cancelLabel={t('qslvia.cancel')}
+          onConfirm={async () => {
+            const n = qslViaRepair;
+            setQslViaRepair(null);
+            try {
+              const r: any = await RepairQSLVia();
+              showToast(t('qslvia.done', { n: (r?.moved ?? n).toLocaleString() }));
+            } catch { /* the log keeps the reason; nothing to undo */ }
+          }}
+          onCancel={() => { setQslViaRepair(null); DismissQSLViaRepair().catch(() => {}); }}
+        />
+      )}
       {showDeleteAll && (
         <ConfirmDialog
           title="Delete ALL QSOs?"

frontend/src/components/BulkEditModal.tsx

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ const FIELDS: FieldDef[] = [
   { id: 'qsl_rcvd',          label: 'bulk.fQslRcvd',         group: 'QSL / upload', kind: 'status' },
   { id: 'qsl_rcvd_date',     label: 'bulk.fQslRcvdDate',     group: 'QSL / upload', kind: 'date' },
   { id: 'qsl_via',           label: 'bulk.fQslVia',          group: 'QSL / upload', kind: 'text' },
+  { id: 'qsl_sent_via',      label: 'bulk.fQslSentVia',      group: 'QSL / upload', kind: 'text' },
+  { id: 'qsl_rcvd_via',      label: 'bulk.fQslRcvdVia',      group: 'QSL / upload', kind: 'text' },
   { id: 'lotw_sent',         label: 'bulk.fLotwSent',        group: 'QSL / upload', kind: 'status' },
   { id: 'lotw_sent_date',    label: 'bulk.fLotwSentDate',    group: 'QSL / upload', kind: 'date' },
   { id: 'lotw_rcvd',         label: 'bulk.fLotwRcvd',        group: 'QSL / upload', kind: 'status' },

frontend/src/components/FilterBuilder.tsx

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ const FIELDS: { value: string; label: string; type: FieldType }[] = [
   { value: 'qsl_rcvd', label: 'fltb.fQslRcvd', type: 'text' },
   { value: 'qsl_rcvd_date', label: 'fltb.fQslRcvdDate', type: 'adifdate' },
   { value: 'qsl_via', label: 'fltb.fQslVia', type: 'text' },
+  { value: 'qsl_sent_via', label: 'fltb.fQslSentVia', type: 'text' },
+  { value: 'qsl_rcvd_via', label: 'fltb.fQslRcvdVia', type: 'text' },
   { value: 'lotw_sent', label: 'fltb.fLotwSent', type: 'text' },
   { value: 'lotw_sent_date', label: 'fltb.fLotwSentDate', type: 'adifdate' },
   { value: 'lotw_rcvd', label: 'fltb.fLotwRcvd', type: 'text' },

frontend/src/components/QSLManagerModal.tsx

@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ const QSL_STATUSES = [
 // QSL routing methods for the paper-QSL "Via" dropdown (was free text).
 const QSL_VIA_OPTIONS = [
   { v: '_', label: 'qslm.leave' },
-  { v: 'Bureau', label: 'qslm.viaBureau' },
-  { v: 'Direct', label: 'qslm.viaDirect' },
-  { v: 'Electronic', label: 'qslm.viaElectronic' },
+  { v: 'B', label: 'qslm.viaBureau' },
+  { v: 'D', label: 'qslm.viaDirect' },
+  { v: 'E', label: 'qslm.viaElectronic' },
 ];
 
 // Maps a service value → its i18n label key (only for services with

frontend/src/components/QSOEditModal.tsx

@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ type ConfDef = {
   key: string; label: string;
   sent?: keyof QSOForm; rcvd?: keyof QSOForm;
   sentDate?: keyof QSOForm; rcvdDate?: keyof QSOForm;
-  via?: keyof QSOForm;
+  // How the card travelled, each way (ADIF QSL_SENT_VIA / QSL_RCVD_VIA). Paper
+  // only — the electronic channels below ARE the route.
+  sentVia?: keyof QSOForm; rcvdVia?: keyof QSOForm;
 };
 const CONFIRMATIONS: ConfDef[] = [
-  { key: 'QSL',     label: 'QSL (paper)', sent: 'qsl_sent',  rcvd: 'qsl_rcvd',  sentDate: 'qsl_sent_date',  rcvdDate: 'qsl_rcvd_date',  via: 'qsl_via' },
+  { key: 'QSL',     label: 'QSL (paper)', sent: 'qsl_sent',  rcvd: 'qsl_rcvd',  sentDate: 'qsl_sent_date',  rcvdDate: 'qsl_rcvd_date',  sentVia: 'qsl_sent_via', rcvdVia: 'qsl_rcvd_via' },
   { key: 'LOTW',    label: 'LoTW',        sent: 'lotw_sent', rcvd: 'lotw_rcvd', sentDate: 'lotw_sent_date', rcvdDate: 'lotw_rcvd_date' },
   { key: 'EQSL',    label: 'eQSL',        sent: 'eqsl_sent', rcvd: 'eqsl_rcvd', sentDate: 'eqsl_sent_date', rcvdDate: 'eqsl_rcvd_date' },
   { key: 'QRZCOM',  label: 'QRZ.com',     sent: 'qrzcom_qso_upload_status' as any, sentDate: 'qrzcom_qso_upload_date' as any, rcvd: 'qrzcom_qso_download_status' as any, rcvdDate: 'qrzcom_qso_download_date' as any },
@@ -216,6 +218,28 @@ function QslSelect({ value, onChange }: { value?: string; onChange: (v: string)
   );
 }
 
+// The ADIF QSL Via enumeration. M (manager) is import-only in the standard, so
+// it is not offered here — a file that arrives carrying it keeps it, and this
+// list is what an operator may choose.
+const QSL_VIA_CHOICES = [
+  { value: '_', label: 'qedit.qslDash' },
+  { value: 'B', label: 'qedit.viaBureau' },
+  { value: 'D', label: 'qedit.viaDirect' },
+  { value: 'E', label: 'qedit.viaElectronic' },
+];
+
+function QslViaSelect({ value, onChange }: { value?: string; onChange: (v: string) => void }) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  return (
+    <Select value={value || '_'} onValueChange={(v) => onChange(v === '_' ? '' : v)}>
+      <SelectTrigger><SelectValue /></SelectTrigger>
+      <SelectContent>
+        {QSL_VIA_CHOICES.map((s) => <SelectItem key={s.value} value={s.value}>{t(s.label)}</SelectItem>)}
+      </SelectContent>
+    </Select>
+  );
+}
+
 export function QSOEditModal({ qso, onSave, onDelete, onClose, countries = [], bands, modes }: Props) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   // Use the operator's configured band/mode lists (incl. custom ones like 13cm);
@@ -633,7 +657,12 @@ export function QSOEditModal({ qso, onSave, onDelete, onClose, countries = [], b
                     <Label>{t('qedit.qslMsg')}</Label>
                     <Input value={draft.qsl_msg ?? ''} onChange={(e) => set('qsl_msg', e.target.value)} />
                   </div>
-                  <div><Label>{t('qedit.qslVia')}</Label><Input value={draft.qsl_via ?? ''} onChange={(e) => set('qsl_via', e.target.value)} /></div>
+                  {/* The manager, and only the manager — ADIF QSL_VIA. How the
+                      card travelled is a separate field, on the QSL Info tab. */}
+                  <div>
+                    <Label>{t('qedit.qslVia')}</Label>
+                    <Input value={draft.qsl_via ?? ''} onChange={(e) => set('qsl_via', e.target.value)} placeholder={t('qedit.qslViaPlaceholder')} />
+                  </div>
                 </div>
               </div>
             </TabsContent>
@@ -734,8 +763,14 @@ export function QSOEditModal({ qso, onSave, onDelete, onClose, countries = [], b
                             </div>
                             <div><Label>{t('qedit.dateSent')}</Label><AdifDateInput value={val(def.sentDate)} onChange={(v) => put(def.sentDate, v)} /></div>
                             <div><Label>{t('qedit.dateReceived')}</Label><AdifDateInput value={val(def.rcvdDate)} onChange={(v) => put(def.rcvdDate, v)} disabled={!def.rcvdDate} /></div>
-                            {def.via && (
-                              <div className="col-span-2"><Label>{t('qedit.via')}</Label><Input value={val(def.via)} onChange={(e) => put(def.via, e.target.value)} placeholder={t('qedit.viaPlaceholder')} /></div>
+                            {/* How the card travelled, each way — ADIF's QSL Via
+                                enumeration. Not the manager: that is a callsign
+                                and lives on the Contact's details tab. */}
+                            {def.sentVia && (
+                              <div><Label>{t('qedit.sentVia')}</Label><QslViaSelect value={val(def.sentVia)} onChange={(v) => put(def.sentVia, v)} /></div>
+                            )}
+                            {def.rcvdVia && (
+                              <div><Label>{t('qedit.rcvdVia')}</Label><QslViaSelect value={val(def.rcvdVia)} onChange={(v) => put(def.rcvdVia, v)} /></div>
                             )}
                           </div>
                           <p className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">

frontend/src/components/RecentQSOsGrid.tsx

@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ export const makeColCatalog = (t: TFn, myGrid?: string): ColEntry[] => [
   { group: 'QSL',  label: t('rqg.c.qsl_sent_date'),colId: 'qsl_sent_date', headerName: t('rqg.h.qsl_sent_date'), field: 'qsl_sent_date' as any, width: 120, valueFormatter: (p) => fmtDateOnly(p.value) },
   { group: 'QSL',  label: t('rqg.c.qsl_rcvd_date'),colId: 'qsl_rcvd_date', headerName: t('rqg.h.qsl_rcvd_date'), field: 'qsl_rcvd_date' as any, width: 120, valueFormatter: (p) => fmtDateOnly(p.value) },
   { group: 'QSL',  label: t('rqg.c.qsl_via'),      colId: 'qsl_via',       headerName: t('rqg.c.qsl_via'),    field: 'qsl_via' as any,       width: 130 },
+  { group: 'QSL',  label: t('rqg.c.qsl_sent_via'), colId: 'qsl_sent_via',  headerName: t('rqg.h.qsl_sent_via'), field: 'qsl_sent_via' as any, width: 110 },
+  { group: 'QSL',  label: t('rqg.c.qsl_rcvd_via'), colId: 'qsl_rcvd_via',  headerName: t('rqg.h.qsl_rcvd_via'), field: 'qsl_rcvd_via' as any, width: 110 },
   { group: 'QSL',  label: t('rqg.c.qsl_msg'),      colId: 'qsl_msg',       headerName: t('rqg.c.qsl_msg'),    field: 'qsl_msg' as any,       width: 200 },
   { group: 'QSL',  label: t('rqg.c.qslmsg_rcvd'), colId: 'qslmsg_rcvd',   headerName: t('rqg.c.qslmsg_rcvd'), field: 'qslmsg_rcvd' as any, width: 200 },
 

frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.d.ts

@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ export function DiscoverFlexRadios():Promise<Array<cat.FlexRadio>>;
 
 export function DismissAwardUpdate(arg1:string):Promise<void>;
 
+export function DismissQSLViaRepair():Promise<void>;
+
 export function DownloadAllReferenceLists():Promise<string>;
 
 export function DownloadAndApplyUpdate(arg1:string):Promise<void>;
@@ -808,6 +810,8 @@ export function QSLSetDefaultTemplate(arg1:number):Promise<void>;
 
 export function QSLStylePresets():Promise<Array<main.QSLPresetInfo>>;
 
+export function QSLViaRepairStatus():Promise<main.QSLViaRepairStatus>;
+
 export function QSOAudioBegin():Promise<boolean>;
 
 export function QSOAudioCancel():Promise<void>;
@@ -846,6 +850,8 @@ export function RenameLogbook(arg1:string):Promise<void>;
 
 export function RenderEQSL(arg1:number,arg2:number):Promise<string>;
 
+export function RepairQSLVia():Promise<main.QSLViaRepairResult>;
+
 export function ReplaceAwardReferences(arg1:string,arg2:Array<awardref.Ref>):Promise<number>;
 
 export function ReportLiveActivity(arg1:number,arg2:string,arg3:string):Promise<void>;

frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.js

@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ export function DismissAwardUpdate(arg1) {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['DismissAwardUpdate'](arg1);
 }
 
+export function DismissQSLViaRepair() {
+  return window['go']['main']['App']['DismissQSLViaRepair']();
+}
+
 export function DownloadAllReferenceLists() {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['DownloadAllReferenceLists']();
 }
@@ -1558,6 +1562,10 @@ export function QSLStylePresets() {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['QSLStylePresets']();
 }
 
+export function QSLViaRepairStatus() {
+  return window['go']['main']['App']['QSLViaRepairStatus']();
+}
+
 export function QSOAudioBegin() {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['QSOAudioBegin']();
 }
@@ -1634,6 +1642,10 @@ export function RenderEQSL(arg1, arg2) {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['RenderEQSL'](arg1, arg2);
 }
 
+export function RepairQSLVia() {
+  return window['go']['main']['App']['RepairQSLVia']();
+}
+
 export function ReplaceAwardReferences(arg1, arg2) {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['ReplaceAwardReferences'](arg1, arg2);
 }

frontend/wailsjs/go/models.ts

@@ -2859,6 +2859,32 @@ export namespace main {
 	        this.updated_at = source["updated_at"];
 	    }
 	}
+	export class QSLViaRepairResult {
+	    moved: number;
+	
+	    static createFrom(source: any = {}) {
+	        return new QSLViaRepairResult(source);
+	    }
+	
+	    constructor(source: any = {}) {
+	        if ('string' === typeof source) source = JSON.parse(source);
+	        this.moved = source["moved"];
+	    }
+	}
+	export class QSLViaRepairStatus {
+	    affected: number;
+	    asked: boolean;
+	
+	    static createFrom(source: any = {}) {
+	        return new QSLViaRepairStatus(source);
+	    }
+	
+	    constructor(source: any = {}) {
+	        if ('string' === typeof source) source = JSON.parse(source);
+	        this.affected = source["affected"];
+	        this.asked = source["asked"];
+	    }
+	}
 	export class QSOAwardRef {
 	    code: string;
 	    ref: string;
@@ -4330,6 +4356,8 @@ export namespace qso {
 	    qsl_sent_date?: string;
 	    qsl_rcvd_date?: string;
 	    qsl_via?: string;
+	    qsl_sent_via?: string;
+	    qsl_rcvd_via?: string;
 	    qsl_msg?: string;
 	    qslmsg_rcvd?: string;
 	    lotw_sent?: string;
@@ -4469,6 +4497,8 @@ export namespace qso {
 	        this.qsl_sent_date = source["qsl_sent_date"];
 	        this.qsl_rcvd_date = source["qsl_rcvd_date"];
 	        this.qsl_via = source["qsl_via"];
+	        this.qsl_sent_via = source["qsl_sent_via"];
+	        this.qsl_rcvd_via = source["qsl_rcvd_via"];
 	        this.qsl_msg = source["qsl_msg"];
 	        this.qslmsg_rcvd = source["qslmsg_rcvd"];
 	        this.lotw_sent = source["lotw_sent"];

internal/adif/export.go

@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ func writeRecord(bw *bufio.Writer, q qso.QSO, includeApp bool, allow map[string]
 	w("QSLSDATE", q.QSLSentDate)
 	w("QSLRDATE", q.QSLRcvdDate)
 	w("QSL_VIA", q.QSLVia)
+	// M (manager) is import-only in the QSL Via enumeration: we keep it when a
+	// file gives it to us, but a file we write must not carry it.
+	if q.QSLSentVia != QSLViaManager {
+		w("QSL_SENT_VIA", q.QSLSentVia)
+	}
+	if q.QSLRcvdVia != QSLViaManager {
+		w("QSL_RCVD_VIA", q.QSLRcvdVia)
+	}
 	w("QSLMSG", q.QSLMsg)
 	w("QSLMSG_RCVD", q.QSLMsgRcvd)
 	w("LOTW_QSL_SENT", q.LOTWSent)

internal/adif/fields.go

@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ var Fields = []FieldDef{
 	{Name: "QSLSDATE", Kind: KindDate, Category: "QSL", Promoted: true},
 	{Name: "QSLRDATE", Kind: KindDate, Category: "QSL", Promoted: true},
 	{Name: "QSL_VIA", Kind: KindText, Category: "QSL", Promoted: true},
-	{Name: "QSL_SENT_VIA", Kind: KindEnum, Category: "QSL"},
-	{Name: "QSL_RCVD_VIA", Kind: KindEnum, Category: "QSL"},
+	{Name: "QSL_SENT_VIA", Kind: KindEnum, Category: "QSL", Promoted: true},
+	{Name: "QSL_RCVD_VIA", Kind: KindEnum, Category: "QSL", Promoted: true},
 	{Name: "QSLMSG", Kind: KindText, Category: "QSL", Promoted: true},
 	{Name: "QSLMSG_INTL", Kind: KindText, Category: "QSL", Intl: true},
 	{Name: "QSLMSG_RCVD", Kind: KindText, Category: "QSL", Promoted: true},

internal/adif/import.go

@@ -464,10 +464,17 @@ func recordToQSO(rec Record) (qso.QSO, bool) {
 	q.QSLRcvd = rec["qsl_rcvd"]
 	q.QSLSentDate = rec["qslsdate"]
 	q.QSLRcvdDate = rec["qslrdate"]
+	// QSL_VIA is the manager. QSL_SENT_VIA / QSL_RCVD_VIA are the routing
+	// method, an enumeration of their own.
+	//
+	// These used to be one field here: an empty QSL_VIA was filled from
+	// QSL_SENT_VIA, on the theory that loggers writing one meant the other.
+	// They do not — Log4OM defaults QSL_SENT_VIA to E, and the import put "E"
+	// where every panel in OpsLog shows the manager's callsign. Keeping them
+	// apart is also what lets an export give them back.
 	q.QSLVia = rec["qsl_via"]
-	if q.QSLVia == "" { // many loggers (Log4OM) write QSL_SENT_VIA instead
-		q.QSLVia = rec["qsl_sent_via"]
-	}
+	q.QSLSentVia = NormaliseQSLVia(rec["qsl_sent_via"])
+	q.QSLRcvdVia = NormaliseQSLVia(rec["qsl_rcvd_via"])
 	q.QSLMsg = rec["qslmsg"]
 	q.QSLMsgRcvd = rec["qslmsg_rcvd"]
 	q.LOTWSent = rec["lotw_qsl_sent"]

internal/adif/qslvia.go

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package adif
+
+import "strings"
+
+// The ADIF "QSL Via" enumeration, used by QSL_SENT_VIA and QSL_RCVD_VIA. It
+// says how a card travelled, and is a different thing entirely from QSL_VIA,
+// which is the manager's callsign.
+const (
+	QSLViaBureau     = "B"
+	QSLViaDirect     = "D"
+	QSLViaElectronic = "E"
+	// QSLViaManager is import-only in the standard: it may be read from another
+	// logger's file, never written to one. OpsLog keeps it when it arrives so
+	// the operator's own data is not silently altered, and NormaliseQSLVia is
+	// the only place that decides so.
+	QSLViaManager = "M"
+)
+
+// NormaliseQSLVia folds what other loggers and OpsLog's own older versions put
+// in a routing field down to the ADIF enumeration.
+//
+// It accepts the letter, the English word, and the French one — OpsLog wrote
+// "Bureau", "Direct" and "Electronic" in full for a long time, and the QSL
+// Manager panel still shows those words to a French operator. Anything it does
+// not recognise comes back empty rather than being passed through: this feeds
+// an enumerated ADIF field, and inventing a value there breaks the file for
+// every other logger that reads it.
+func NormaliseQSLVia(s string) string {
+	switch strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(s)) {
+	case "B", "BUREAU", "BURO", "VIA BUREAU":
+		return QSLViaBureau
+	case "D", "DIRECT":
+		return QSLViaDirect
+	case "E", "ELECTRONIC", "ELECTRONIQUE", "ÉLECTRONIQUE", "OQRS":
+		return QSLViaElectronic
+	case "M", "MANAGER":
+		return QSLViaManager
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// IsQSLViaRouting reports whether a QSL_VIA value is in fact a routing method
+// that ended up in the manager field.
+//
+// It exists for one repair: OpsLog's QSL Manager panel wrote "Bureau",
+// "Direct" and "Electronic" into QSL_VIA, and imports folded QSL_SENT_VIA
+// there too, so logs hold a mixture of managers and routing words in one
+// column. A manager is a callsign, never one of these six words, so the test
+// is exact — but it is deliberately narrow: anything else, including a manager
+// whose callsign happens to be unusual, is left alone.
+func IsQSLViaRouting(s string) bool {
+	return NormaliseQSLVia(s) != ""
+}

internal/adif/qslvia_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package adif
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNormaliseQSLVia(t *testing.T) {
+	for in, want := range map[string]string{
+		"B": "B", "b": "B", "Bureau": "B", "BUREAU": "B", " buro ": "B",
+		"D": "D", "Direct": "D", "direct": "D",
+		"E": "E", "Electronic": "E", "électronique": "E", "OQRS": "E",
+		"M": "M", "Manager": "M",
+		// A manager's callsign is not a routing method, and neither is noise.
+		"M0OXO": "", "EA5GL": "", "": "", "Bureau via M0OXO": "", "X": "",
+	} {
+		if got := NormaliseQSLVia(in); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("NormaliseQSLVia(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// The repair moves values out of the manager column. A false positive would
+// erase a real manager, so the guard is worth its own test: every callsign-like
+// value must be refused.
+func TestIsQSLViaRoutingRefusesManagers(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, call := range []string{
+		"M0OXO", "EA5GL", "F5CWU", "DJ9ZB", "W3HNK", "IK2DUW", "N7RO",
+		"BUREAU M0OXO", "via bureau DL1XYZ", "QSL DIRECT ONLY",
+	} {
+		if IsQSLViaRouting(call) {
+			t.Errorf("%q was taken for a routing method — the repair would erase it", call)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, v := range []string{"B", "D", "E", "M", "Bureau", "Direct", "Electronic"} {
+		if !IsQSLViaRouting(v) {
+			t.Errorf("%q should be recognised as a routing method", v)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/adif/roundtrip_test.go

@@ -119,3 +119,85 @@ func renderRecord(q qso.QSO, includeApp bool) string {
 	bw.Flush()
 	return buf.String()
 }
+
+// TestQSLViaFieldsRoundTrip covers the case reported as issue #16: a log
+// exported by another logger carries a manager in QSL_VIA and a routing method
+// in QSL_SENT_VIA, and the two must stay apart.
+//
+// Before this, QSL_SENT_VIA was folded into QSL_VIA whenever QSL_VIA was empty
+// — so a Log4OM log, which defaults QSL_SENT_VIA to E, showed "E" wherever
+// OpsLog displays the manager — and QSL_RCVD_VIA was thrown away outright: it
+// was listed as a promoted field with no column behind it, so it was not even
+// kept among the extras. Neither was ever exported, which made an import
+// followed by an export destroy both.
+func TestQSLViaFieldsRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	in := qso.QSO{
+		Callsign: "3B9FR", Band: "20m", Mode: "CW",
+		QSODate:    time.Date(2026, 6, 6, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		QSLVia:     "M0OXO", // the manager
+		QSLSentVia: "D",     // sent direct
+		QSLRcvdVia: "B",     // came back via the bureau
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	bw := bufio.NewWriter(&buf)
+	bw.WriteString("<EOH>\n")
+	writeRecord(bw, in, true, nil)
+	bw.Flush()
+
+	var rec Record
+	if err := Parse(strings.NewReader(buf.String()), func(r Record) error { rec = r; return nil }); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", err)
+	}
+	out, ok := recordToQSO(rec)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("recordToQSO returned !ok")
+	}
+	for name, c := range map[string]struct{ got, want string }{
+		"QSL_VIA":      {out.QSLVia, in.QSLVia},
+		"QSL_SENT_VIA": {out.QSLSentVia, in.QSLSentVia},
+		"QSL_RCVD_VIA": {out.QSLRcvdVia, in.QSLRcvdVia},
+	} {
+		if c.got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got %q, want %q", name, c.got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestQSLSentViaDoesNotBecomeManager pins the exact shape a Log4OM export has:
+// no QSL_VIA at all, QSL_SENT_VIA defaulted to E. The manager field must come
+// back empty rather than holding "E".
+func TestQSLSentViaDoesNotBecomeManager(t *testing.T) {
+	const rec = "<CALL:5>OE6CLD<QSO_DATE:8>20260606<TIME_ON:4>1200<BAND:3>20m<MODE:2>CW" +
+		"<QSL_SENT_VIA:1>E<EOR>\n"
+	var got Record
+	if err := Parse(strings.NewReader("<EOH>\n"+rec), func(r Record) error { got = r; return nil }); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", err)
+	}
+	q, ok := recordToQSO(got)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("recordToQSO returned !ok")
+	}
+	if q.QSLVia != "" {
+		t.Errorf("QSL_VIA = %q — the routing method leaked into the manager field again", q.QSLVia)
+	}
+	if q.QSLSentVia != "E" {
+		t.Errorf("QSL_SENT_VIA = %q, want %q", q.QSLSentVia, "E")
+	}
+}
+
+// M is import-only in the ADIF QSL Via enumeration: keep it when given, never
+// write it back out.
+func TestQSLViaManagerIsImportOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	in := qso.QSO{
+		Callsign: "3B9FR", Band: "20m", Mode: "CW",
+		QSODate:    time.Date(2026, 6, 6, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		QSLSentVia: "M", QSLRcvdVia: "M",
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	bw := bufio.NewWriter(&buf)
+	writeRecord(bw, in, true, nil)
+	bw.Flush()
+	if s := buf.String(); strings.Contains(s, "QSL_SENT_VIA") || strings.Contains(s, "QSL_RCVD_VIA") {
+		t.Errorf("exported an import-only value:\n%s", s)
+	}
+}

internal/db/migrations/0027_qsl_sent_rcvd_via.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+-- QSL_SENT_VIA / QSL_RCVD_VIA — the ADIF fields that say HOW a card travelled.
+--
+-- Until now OpsLog had one column, qsl_via, and used it for two unrelated
+-- things: the QSL manager (what ADIF's QSL_VIA holds) and the routing method.
+-- Imports made it worse — QSL_SENT_VIA was folded into qsl_via when qsl_via was
+-- empty, so a Log4OM log arrived with "E" sitting where the manager belongs —
+-- and QSL_RCVD_VIA was dropped outright, listed as a promoted field with no
+-- column behind it, so it was not even kept among the extras.
+--
+-- These two columns hold the ADIF enumeration: B (bureau), D (direct),
+-- E (electronic). M (manager) is accepted on import only, per the standard.
+--
+-- Adding the columns is all that happens here. Existing qsl_via values are NOT
+-- touched: separating a manager from a routing word rewrites what an operator
+-- can see in their own log, so it is offered once, with a count, and only runs
+-- when they say yes.
+ALTER TABLE qso ADD COLUMN qsl_sent_via TEXT;
+ALTER TABLE qso ADD COLUMN qsl_rcvd_via TEXT;

internal/qso/qso.go

@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ type QSO struct {
 	QSLRcvd     string `json:"qsl_rcvd,omitempty"`
 	QSLSentDate string `json:"qsl_sent_date,omitempty"`
 	QSLRcvdDate string `json:"qsl_rcvd_date,omitempty"`
-	QSLVia      string `json:"qsl_via,omitempty"`
+	QSLVia      string `json:"qsl_via,omitempty"`      // ADIF QSL_VIA — the QSL manager
+	QSLSentVia  string `json:"qsl_sent_via,omitempty"` // ADIF enumeration B/D/E — how the card was sent
+	QSLRcvdVia  string `json:"qsl_rcvd_via,omitempty"` // same enumeration, for the card received
 	QSLMsg      string `json:"qsl_msg,omitempty"`
 	QSLMsgRcvd  string `json:"qslmsg_rcvd,omitempty"`
 
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ const columnList = `callsign, qso_date, qso_date_off, band, band_rx, mode, submo
     grid, gridsquare_ext, vucc_grids,
     country, state, cnty, dxcc, cont, cqz, ituz, iota, sota_ref, pota_ref,
     age, lat, lon, rig, ant,
-    qsl_sent, qsl_rcvd, qsl_sent_date, qsl_rcvd_date, qsl_via, qsl_msg, qslmsg_rcvd,
+    qsl_sent, qsl_rcvd, qsl_sent_date, qsl_rcvd_date, qsl_via, qsl_sent_via, qsl_rcvd_via, qsl_msg, qslmsg_rcvd,
     lotw_sent, lotw_rcvd, lotw_sent_date, lotw_rcvd_date,
     eqsl_sent, eqsl_rcvd, eqsl_sent_date, eqsl_rcvd_date,
     clublog_qso_upload_date, clublog_qso_upload_status,
@@ -321,7 +323,7 @@ func (q *QSO) args() []any {
 		q.Grid, q.GridExt, q.VUCCGrids,
 		q.Country, q.State, q.County, q.DXCC, q.Continent, q.CQZ, q.ITUZ, q.IOTA, q.SOTARef, q.POTARef,
 		q.Age, q.Lat, q.Lon, q.Rig, q.Ant,
-		q.QSLSent, q.QSLRcvd, q.QSLSentDate, q.QSLRcvdDate, q.QSLVia, q.QSLMsg, q.QSLMsgRcvd,
+		q.QSLSent, q.QSLRcvd, q.QSLSentDate, q.QSLRcvdDate, q.QSLVia, q.QSLSentVia, q.QSLRcvdVia, q.QSLMsg, q.QSLMsgRcvd,
 		q.LOTWSent, q.LOTWRcvd, q.LOTWSentDate, q.LOTWRcvdDate,
 		q.EQSLSent, q.EQSLRcvd, q.EQSLSentDate, q.EQSLRcvdDate,
 		q.ClublogUploadDate, q.ClublogUploadStatus,
@@ -771,6 +773,8 @@ var bulkEditableCols = map[string]bool{
 	"qsl_sent":                   true,
 	"qsl_rcvd":                   true,
 	"qsl_via":                    true,
+	"qsl_sent_via":               true,
+	"qsl_rcvd_via":               true,
 	"qrzcom_qso_upload_status":   true,
 	"qrzcom_qso_download_status": true,
 	"clublog_qso_upload_status":  true,
@@ -1250,7 +1254,7 @@ var filterableColumns = map[string]bool{
 	"grid": true, "country": true, "state": true, "cnty": true,
 	"dxcc": true, "cont": true, "cqz": true, "ituz": true,
 	"iota": true, "sota_ref": true, "pota_ref": true, "wwff_ref": true, "rig": true, "ant": true,
-	"qsl_sent": true, "qsl_rcvd": true, "qsl_via": true,
+	"qsl_sent": true, "qsl_rcvd": true, "qsl_via": true, "qsl_sent_via": true, "qsl_rcvd_via": true,
 	"lotw_sent": true, "lotw_rcvd": true, "eqsl_sent": true, "eqsl_rcvd": true,
 	"qrzcom_qso_upload_status": true, "qrzcom_qso_download_status": true,
 	"clublog_qso_upload_status": true, "hrdlog_qso_upload_status": true,
@@ -2265,6 +2269,86 @@ func (r *Repo) WorkedCountyKeys(ctx context.Context, keyFn func(state, cnty stri
 	return out, rows.Err()
 }
 
+// CountQSLViaRouting counts the QSOs whose qsl_via holds a routing method
+// instead of a manager, per isRouting.
+//
+// The test is applied in Go rather than in SQL because it has to hold the same
+// vocabulary as the import and the QSL panel — one list of accepted spellings,
+// in internal/adif, not a LIKE pattern drifting apart from it here. Only the
+// distinct values are examined, so the log is scanned once whatever its size.
+func (r *Repo) CountQSLViaRouting(ctx context.Context, isRouting func(string) bool) (int, error) {
+	rows, err := r.db.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT qsl_via, COUNT(*) FROM qso
+		 WHERE qsl_via IS NOT NULL AND qsl_via != ''
+		   AND (qsl_sent_via IS NULL OR qsl_sent_via = '')
+		 GROUP BY qsl_via`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	n := 0
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var via string
+		var c int
+		if err := rows.Scan(&via, &c); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		if isRouting(via) {
+			n += c
+		}
+	}
+	return n, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// RepairQSLViaRouting moves routing words out of qsl_via into qsl_sent_via,
+// returning how many QSOs were changed.
+//
+// One UPDATE per distinct spelling, not per QSO: a log holds a handful of them
+// ("Bureau", "E", "Direct"…), and a remote MySQL logbook must not be made to
+// carry one round trip per contact for a tidy-up. Rows that already have a
+// sent-via are left alone by the same condition the count uses, so running this
+// twice cannot undo a later import.
+func (r *Repo) RepairQSLViaRouting(ctx context.Context, normalise func(string) string) (int, error) {
+	rows, err := r.db.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT DISTINCT qsl_via FROM qso
+		 WHERE qsl_via IS NOT NULL AND qsl_via != ''
+		   AND (qsl_sent_via IS NULL OR qsl_sent_via = '')`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	type move struct{ from, to string }
+	var moves []move
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var via string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&via); err != nil {
+			rows.Close()
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		if to := normalise(via); to != "" {
+			moves = append(moves, move{from: via, to: to})
+		}
+	}
+	rows.Close()
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	total := 0
+	for _, m := range moves {
+		res, err := r.db.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`UPDATE qso SET qsl_sent_via = ?, qsl_via = ''
+			 WHERE qsl_via = ? AND (qsl_sent_via IS NULL OR qsl_sent_via = '')`,
+			m.to, m.from)
+		if err != nil {
+			return total, err
+		}
+		if n, err := res.RowsAffected(); err == nil {
+			total += int(n)
+		}
+	}
+	return total, nil
+}
+
 // CallCounties returns callsign → "STATE,County" for every US station already
 // logged with a county, newest QSO winning.
 //
@@ -2889,7 +2973,8 @@ func scanQSO(s scanner) (QSO, error) {
 		rig, ant                               sql.NullString
 		qslSent, qslRcvd                       sql.NullString
 		qslSentDate, qslRcvdDate               sql.NullString
-		qslVia, qslMsg, qslMsgRcvd             sql.NullString
+		qslVia, qslSentVia, qslRcvdVia         sql.NullString
+		qslMsg, qslMsgRcvd                     sql.NullString
 		lotwSent, lotwRcvd                     sql.NullString
 		lotwSentDate, lotwRcvdDate             sql.NullString
 		eqslSent, eqslRcvd                     sql.NullString
@@ -2934,7 +3019,7 @@ func scanQSO(s scanner) (QSO, error) {
 		&grid, &gridExt, &vucc,
 		&country, &state, &cnty, &dxcc, &cont, &cqz, &ituz, &iota, &sota, &pota,
 		&age, &lat, &lon, &rig, &ant,
-		&qslSent, &qslRcvd, &qslSentDate, &qslRcvdDate, &qslVia, &qslMsg, &qslMsgRcvd,
+		&qslSent, &qslRcvd, &qslSentDate, &qslRcvdDate, &qslVia, &qslSentVia, &qslRcvdVia, &qslMsg, &qslMsgRcvd,
 		&lotwSent, &lotwRcvd, &lotwSentDate, &lotwRcvdDate,
 		&eqslSent, &eqslRcvd, &eqslSentDate, &eqslRcvdDate,
 		&clublogDate, &clublogStatus,
@@ -3018,6 +3103,8 @@ func scanQSO(s scanner) (QSO, error) {
 	q.QSLSentDate = qslSentDate.String
 	q.QSLRcvdDate = qslRcvdDate.String
 	q.QSLVia = qslVia.String
+	q.QSLSentVia = qslSentVia.String
+	q.QSLRcvdVia = qslRcvdVia.String
 	q.QSLMsg = qslMsg.String
 	q.QSLMsgRcvd = qslMsgRcvd.String
 	q.LOTWSent = lotwSent.String