[Dx4win] LoTW problems

[Ted Sarah - W8TTS]

Upload and download isn't the problem.  It's properly setting the flag 
to do the upload.  See my posting about what I found with QSL Method. 
It's really strange.

73 - Ted - W8TTS


WC7N wrote:

> Don that is what I did under 6.02.  When 6.03 hit the market I merged all of
> those entries into 6.03 without any problems.  Also I have now unloaded logs
> and downloaded confirmed QSO's from LoTW with out any problems.  Just is
> working great for me.
> 
> Rod WC7N
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donald Eriksen" <don.wsixffh at verizon.net>
> To: "Ted Sarah - W8TTS" <tsarah at neo.rr.com>; "Rick Murphy K1MU"
> <k1mu at arrl.net>
> Cc: <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LoTW problems
> 
> 
> 
>>Yes, Ted, the steps outlined by Paul worked here for the Samplelog. This
>>brings up a question I have:
>>
>>Do you folks that have done this to their log set up a special log just
> 
> for
> 
>>LoTW downloads? I'm real nervous about downloading into my present "clean"
>>log. Of course we all know it's foolproof and it won't foul up right? Oh
>>yeah.
>>
>>Sure sounds to me, after reading all these threads, that we need to wait
>>till after Dayton and maybe get some real instructions in the User's Guide
>>and Help file. Meanwhile, I may experiment, but not on my original log!!
>>
>>Don W6FFH
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Ted Sarah - W8TTS" <tsarah at neo.rr.com>
>>To: "Rick Murphy K1MU" <k1mu at arrl.net>
>>Cc: <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
>>Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 8:13 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LoTW problems
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Rick,
>>>
>>>There was a thread going about this.  And, a number of us were having a
>>>problem doing it.  We weren't getting the same results Paul was getting.
>>>  And, with Paul and Steve at Dayton, the thread has kind of stopped
>>>until he returns.  But here is what he said to do...
>>>
>>>Paul van der Eijk wrote:
>>> > 1. Open samplelog.dxl
>>> > 2. File | Info; 5538 QSOs
>>> > 3. QSO | Filter Select upload = Y; no QSOs found
>>> > 4. Labels | Set upload flags; I get 5538 QSOs
>>> > 5. Labels | Export for LOTW (no filter or selection active)
>>> > 6. Takes no time it seems :)
>>> > 7. File new log (I'm not saving the modified log)
>>> > 8. File import (ADIF) I read 5538 QSOs
>>>
>>>Now, when a couple of us did this with the sample log, we got the same
>>>results he did.  But, when we did it against our own logs we didn't get
>>>what we expected.  For example, I have 12,000+ QSOs in my log, and only
>>>got 3,280 QSOs changed, not the 12,213 that I expected.  I even tried
>>>doing a filter before hand, and got the same results.
>>>
>>>Guess we have to wait for Paul and Steve to come back from Dayton.
>>>
>>>73 - Ted - W8TTS
>>>
>>>
>>>Rick Murphy K1MU wrote:
>>>
>>>>OK, I'm kinda confused about what to do when importing from LoTW.
>>>>
>>>>I've uploaded my log from 6.02, so what I need to do now is two
>>>>things: 1. Mark the QSOs in my current log as uploaded. 2. Download
>>>>from LoTW so the confirmations there are marked properly.
>>>>
>>>>The help file is less than helpful. There's no "LoTW" in the index,
>>>>and the "Export for LOTW" topic starts with
>>>>
>>>>Export all QSOs marked for upload to an ADIF file. The ADIF file
>>>>
>>>>i.e. it ends in the middle of a sentence.
>>>>
>>>>For download, do I generate an ADIF report from LoTW for just QSLs,
>>>>or for all QSOs? Do I import this using an ADIF import, into my
>>>>current log?
>>>>
>>>>How do I mark what I've already uploaded so they don't get uploaded
>>>>again? -Rick
>>>>
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