[Dx4win] More about LoTW credits

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

--- Ken Kopp <k0pp at ixpres.com> wrote:

> If I were to enter an e.QSL into my log and then submit that log to
> the LoTW program how would LoTW know if the QSO has been
> confirmed via e.QSL?  Would LoTW care?

LoTW doesn't know anything or care about confirmations in your log.  All it
knows is the callsign, date, time, band, mode, etc. of the QSOs you made.

> Or to put it another way .... are you saying that an e.QSL'd QSO
> from W7XYZ in my log submission would -only- be accepted by
> the LoTW program if there is already a private key associated
> with W7XYZ?  If W7XYZ does -not- hold a private key would
> LoTW accept a "laundered-via-my-log" e.QSL to me from him?

There is no such thing as "accepted".  All LoTW can do is match QSO information
in a log YOU submit with QSO information in a log someone else submits.  If
there is a match, the QSO is considered "confirmed".  Your QSOs must be signed
with your private key, and the DX station's QSOs must be signed with his
private key.

In simple terms, you tell LoTW something unique about a QSO you had with a DX
station.  The DX station tells LoTW something unique about a QSO it had with
you. If LoTW decides that you are both telling the same story, then it
considers the QSO to have happened.

73 - Jim AD1C


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