[ADXA] VUCC and LOTW issue discovered

Tue Aug 16 17:14:04 EDT 2022

Similar here.  There are a couple of energetic 6m FFMA rovers that just
won't do LoTW.  I will work them (just in case), but out of 20+ cards I've
collected over the last 49+ years, I'm down to 3 or 4 that have not had
their grid covered by a rover that uses LoTW.

I've recently helped a 66-year ham that was a pencil pusher logger all his
life get his 6m contacts on LoTW.  Set him up for future "rover" things as
he and his XYL travel in their motor home.  He will use N3FJP Amateur
Contact Log when on 6m (any mode) and upload them when he gets on to the
next parking spot.  He's tackling WSJTx right now but may stick to CW and
SSB for the next trip or so.  I'm sure I'll be hearing from him for
guidance as he ventures out in the next couple of months.

73's
George - WB5JJJ
HoIP - 100105
HH - 4969

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 4:04 PM BILL KENNAMER <k5fuv at prodigy.net> wrote:

> My solution has been that I don’t deal with QSL cards at all for VUCC. If
> a known rover is also known to me to not use LOTW, I don’t work ‘em. Same
> if they show up in JTAlert without the LOTW flag. Cheaper in the long run,
> somebody will be back there later.
>
> FUV
>
>
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>
> On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 3:42 PM, Steven Rutledge <
> crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Rory, glad you got that fixed.  There is almost always an answer to a LOTW
> question.  There is a forum that is helpful.  I’ve gotten used to LOTW.
> Everyone is short of people and money.
>
> I was at Lowe’s today, self checkout closed and one register operational.
>
> I can remember the days of no internet, no cell phones, manual typewriters
> and QSL cards in the mail, no posting of logs so you didn’t really know if
> they got you or not.
>
> I’m willing to put up with the vagaries of LOTW.
>
> I hope you’re doing well.  We’re pulling for you.
>
> Steve, QQ
>
> On Aug 16, 2022, at 1:59 PM, Rory Bowers <k6cks01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Rick Hall, K5GZR came up with a perfect answer in the FFMA forum.  The
> part of the puzzle I (we?) are missing is a "one time request to ARRL staff
> to link our VUCC and LOTW accounts".  I thought I had done this years ago
> but maybe not.  I am in hot pursuit!!
> 73,
> Rory, K5CKS
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 1:30 PM WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I noticed this some time back.  I, too, was perplexed and contacted ARRL
> for an explanation.
>
> Their answer was something like, since there was no corresponding LoTW
> upload from the QSL Card station, LoTW could not show confirmation.  I had
> to manually enter "verified" in my log to clear this up.  After doing that,
> it now shows correctly in GridTracker.
>
> Their explanation sorta makes sense, but how difficult would it be to not
> only enter YOUR information from the card and THEIRS as well at the same
> time?  That would solve the problem as they are in reality verifying the
> contact, but only "half a$$" at best.
>
> Am I missing something here?
> 73's
> George - WB5JJJ
> HoIP - 100105
> HH - 4969
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 11:39 AM Rory Bowers <k6cks01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all of my ADXA friends, I am currently living here in Little Rock at
> UAMS.  So I have found a dozen or so things to do to stay occupied and I
> have found one to be most perplexing. This may affect some of you that
> spend a lot of time on 6M and up.
> I recently sent in a batch of QSL cards to VUCC to be checked and added to
> my account.  That was fine and the grids worked now show up in my VUCC
> account.  The downfall is that they do NOT show up as "confirmed" in LOTW.
> This has created a situation where in GridTracker can't find the confirmed
> QSO and still shows the grid as "unconfirmed".  Why doesn't a VUCC
> confirmed QSO appear as confirmed in LOTW??  This seems so wrong!
> 73,
> Rory, K5CKS
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