[ADXA] VUCC and LOTW issue discovered

[Rory Bowers]

Same here Jay... I checked it again and I do not have the Link menu item.
I am pretty sure it is because I already did it.  Thanks for pointing that
out!
73,
Rory

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 3:11 PM Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:

> https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/vucc-setup/?lang=en#linking
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> I must already have my account linked as I do now see the Link Account
> over in the left.
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> 73 de w5jay/jay..
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> *From:* Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2022 3:07 PM
> *To:* 'Rory Bowers' <k6cks01 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* RE: [ADXA] VUCC and LOTW issue discovered
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> Thanks Rory I will be sure to check that as well.  73 de jay..
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> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *Rory Bowers
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2022 1:59 PM
> *To:* WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* ADXA <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] VUCC and LOTW issue discovered
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> 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!!
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> 73,
>
> Rory, K5CKS
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> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 1:30 PM WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I noticed this some time back.  I, too, was perplexed and contacted ARRL
> for an explanation.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Am I missing something here?
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> 73's
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> George - WB5JJJ
> HoIP - 100105
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> HH - 4969
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> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 11:39 AM Rory Bowers <k6cks01 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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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