[Dx4win] Re: [dx-list] LOTW none-US stations

[Pete Smith]

At 12:53 AM 5/19/03 -0700, Alan C. Zack wrote:
>What about USA stations who at times go to a DX locations and use
>their home call with a portable designation?  About every other year I
>go to the Philippines and operate from there for the CQWWDX or ARRL 10
>mtr SSB.  I have a portable DU Permit from the Phil NTC.  DX4WIN uses
>a coding system so I know which of the contacts in my log are for what
>contest and therefore for which call, be it K6ACZ (Home QTH) or
>DU/K6ACZ (Phil QTH).  But when I send in my log how will the program
>be able to determine which log entries are from home or portable?  How
>will that W2 station that worked me on 80 mtrs when I was in Manila be
>able to match his log up with mine to have the contact confirmed with
>DU/K6ACZ mixed in with all the straight K6ACZ log entries?

 From what I understand, you will need a separate certificate for your DU/ 
QSOs, that's all.  Then you use DX4WIN's filter to separate them out and 
upload them separately using that certificate.


>alsopb wrote:
> >
> > If I read the LOTW writeup correctly, Non-US stations will be required
> > to send something akin to their license to the ARRL to get a digital
> > certificate/and or upload their logs.
> >
> > If I were one on them I wouldn't bother.  Too much hastle.  What good
> > will LOTW be without DX logs?
> >
> > Think of the bureaucracy required to handle all these additional
> > pieces of paper.

This is in lieu of the process where ARRL sends US stations their passwords 
by USPS to their FCC-registered addresses.  Since there is no foreign 
counterpart, I think they had no choice if they wanted to maintain 
authenticity.

But I disagree about the deterrent effect.  One postal exchange with ARRL 
seems like a small price for the foreign stations being able to use LOTW to 
obtain their ARRL (and perhaps other sponsors') awards.

73, Pete N4ZR