[Dx4win] Strange happenings?

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

In the Award manager, LoTW should NOT be enabled as a valid confirmation 
type for CQ awards (WAZ, WPX) since they do not accept LoTW 
confirmations.  See the Confirmation box in the Award Manager under the 
WAZ and WPX tabs.

73 - Jim AD1C

On 12/27/2009 5:57 PM, N3SL at aol.com wrote:
> My apologies in advance if this has been reported/discussed.  I don't
> recall such, but then I don't recall near what I used to....
>
> I just noticed this when "cleaning up" the database for the end of the
> year.  Running version 8.03.
>
> I have several QSOs where a LoTW confirmation is the only confirmation of a
>   particular zone on a particular band - mostly 160 and 6.
>
> Even though the QSO is marked as confirmed via LoTW in my log, the  zone
> shows "W" (or "M" in a couple).  I've gone to the trouble of looking  each Q
> up in my LoTW account, and the other station, in every case, has included
> his zone.
>
> Manually setting the "Cfnm" via QSL box to "Y" sets the zone as  confirmed.
>
>
> Then, to test this further, I found 3 zones where I had both QSL and LoTW
> confirmations (and the zone marked as "C").  In all three of those,
> changing the QSL rcvd to "N" (and having the LoTW "Cfnm" still = "Y") changed  the
> band/zone box from "C" to "W" or "M".
>
> In other words, it appears that a confirmation from LoTW is not setting the
>   band/zone to confirmed.  I am not seeing any setting that might affect
> this, but perhaps that's right in front of my face.  Or, perhaps this is a
> bug?
>
> Just reporting it, more than anything.   I can get around it by  manually
> setting the QSL rcvd to "Y" - but obviously shouldn't have to do  that....
>
> 73 - and Happy New Year to the group!
>
> Steve

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us