[Dx4win] LOTW

[J. F. Samuels]

OK, I had put off doing anything with DX4WIN for LOTW until this release.  I 
had sent all my QSOs to LOTW last May.

Tonight I used a selection and Multiple QSO Operation to place a May, 2004 
date in all I had sent up.  But, I couldn't get that to work until I set the 
Upload flag to "Y" on those QSOs; then it worked.

Then I used a selection to set the upload flags on all the new QSOs since 
May 2004, created the ADIF file, used TQSL and uploaded the data to LOTW.  I 
noted that the Upload Date was updated to today, but the Upload Flag was not 
reset.  Is that correct?  Shouldn't it be reset off?  Should I do it myself? 
I know that the logic of having an upload date will prevent sending that 
record again, but it just seems odd.

With the LOTW site updated, I downloaded the LOTW Report and imported it 
into DX4WIN.  I noted that the Country window did not show "C" for some QSOs 
confirmed by LOTW, but not by QSL card.  Then I went to preferences and told 
it to accept Cards or LOTW, saved it, and voila!, LOTW confirmations now 
count in DX4WIN!  Neat.  And, it matches the LOTW summaries very closely.

Just to check, I did a selection on Upload Confirmed and QSL received "N" 
and saw hundreds of newly confirmed QSOs, some of which count towards 
various awards.  I also did a selection on QSL "Y" and Upload Confirmed "Y" 
and found two QSOs which I had tagged to send a QSL direct, but now don't 
need to.  Save me some bux.

It works great!  Thanks, Paul.

73, John, K2CIB