[Dx4win] LOTW-& paper records

[Malcolm Ringel]

Q: In attempting to get ready to integrate the DX4WIN capabilities with 
LOTW, I am curious about this:
I have never submitted anything electronically to ARRL DXCC Desk, either 
through LOTW or otherwise.
Do I understand that if I "enable" LOTW, my existing credited DXCC record 
will be there waiting ? i.e. has the DXCC desk transferred their paper 
records to the LOTW program ?
Thanks in advance for any/all enlightenment ...
73
Malcolm Ringel
ARS K3KZ
St. Michaels, MD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. F. Samuels" <k2cib at arrl.net>
To: "DX4WIN List Server" <DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:58 PM
Subject: [Dx4win] LOTW


> 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
>
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