[ADXA] LoTW and such

[WB5JJJ]

I, for one, am not one who likes software that uploads to LoTW one at a
time.  If I use such a program, I disable the realtime uploads.  I know
many don't care, they just want instant gratification in everything they
do.

I too remember the "good old days" of the paper QSL exchange, and I still
love collecting cards as I'm up to almost 1,000 now after 49 years and 11
months of doing so.

Otherwise, instant uploads are a total waste of LoTW computer resources.  I
wish this would be banned so that only batches of say 10 or more are
allowed.  Or even a max number of QSO's in a 24-hour period until they work
through this server bottleneck.  As they say in pileups, "Spread it out
guys".  With FT8/4 and some logging programs that creates a bunch of single
uploads that stress on the system for sure.

Plus, I always double-check my contacts no matter what mode, especially
those that I have to enter manually for SSB/CW and such.  Fat fingers
always rule.

And like Joel, I want instant gratification, but that comes at a price.  I
prefer to wake up in the morning and check to find that an ATNO has been
uploaded to LoTW and I have verification, even if it was several months (or
years) ago.  And yes, I've worked folks that use one at a time loggers and
I see their confirmation within a couple of minutes many times right after
a bulk upload of mine.  But if you are NOT a DXPedition, why do this?

Which is worse during a contest, one at a time or everybody uploading
their log in the first hour after the contest closes, like me?  And then
you have guys who finally get around to digitizing their log from the past
half-century of operation and uploading it all right at the end of a
contest by accident.

To each his own, but remember you are just one of thousands that use the
20+ year old system on a daily basis.  Until the upload section of LoTW is
updated, please be considerate of others.

Perhaps a seperate computer system (buffer) to handle the uploads and then
pass them off to the LoTW computer system in a timely manner without LoTW
being clobbered so often by single QSO uploads or massive 30m ones as
well?  Take these individual QSO files and merge them into larger files to
then be passed on to LoTW as one.

73's
George - WB5JJJ
HoIP - 100105
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