[Dx4win] Help with hybrid DX4win/LoTW submisison

[Andreas Junge, N6NU]

What I actually would like to see is that I can import the lotwreport.adi
file and have the import program set the flag for DXCC mix/band/mode as it
does with the confirmed flag. 

Andreas, N6NU

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Rosenberg [mailto:ericrosenberg.dc at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:36 AM
> To: Jim Reisert AD1C
> Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Help with hybrid DX4win/LoTW submisison
> 
> This is GREAT!
> 
> As I've done nothing since that initial card-based DXCC submission,
> I'll start with this process and go forward.
> 
> I'll have to dig, but I'm not sure I have the list of that submission.
> If I remember correctly, it was field checked.  Would the ARRL have
> that record?
> 
> Eric
> 
> On 1/7/09, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > Before doing your next endorsement, you first have to make you
> > existing DX4WIN DXCC award flags match the LoTW DXCC Award Credit
> > Matrix.  This is what the program I wrote helps you with.
> >
> > First, make sure any/all Submitted flags are cleared.  Use Reports ->
> > Change Award Flags to do this.  You must select "Clear Submitted" and
> > do it for three awards - DXCC Mixed, DXCC Band and DXCC Mode.
> >
> > Now using the records of what cards you submitted, and the list of
> > credits you were awarded, manually change the award flags for those
> > QSOs to "Checked".  LoTW won't tell you what cards you submitted, so I
> > hope you have accurate records of what cards you submitted, and what
> > credits you were given for them (I always Xerox (tm) everything,
> > including the cards).  You'll have to do this for all 157 cards.  It's
> > easier to do it this way, than to submit everything in DX4WIN and
> > "unsubmit" credits to get DX4WIN and LoTW to match.
> >
> > NOTE: you don't have to identify the EXACT QSO you got credit for, but
> > you must pick a *confirmed* QSO that matches the credit you received.
> > For example, if it was for Spain, EA on 40 meters, any one confirmed
> > QSO with EA on 40 meters can be marked "Checked".
> >
> > Then run the LoTW comparison program and make sure DX4WIN matches your
> > DXCC Award Credit Matrix.  Keep working on the step above until it
> > matches 100%.
> >
> > At this point, SAVE YOUR LOG!!!!
> >
> > Going forward, you can now do a Reports -> DXCC -> Submission and
> > DX4WIN will set the award flags for new DXCC credits to "Submitted"
> > automatically.  See my (or Kostas') earlier messages about submitting
> > the DXCC hybrid application.
> >
> > When you get the award back, that's when you use Reports -> Change
> > Award Flags to change the Submitted flags to Checked.  Then you run
> > the LoTW comparison program again, and things should match up.  If
> > they don't, then ARRL gave you credit for something you didn't expect,
> > or didn't give you credit for something you expected (for example, I
> > mailed a card in late 2007 which was missed by the DXCC checking
> > process at ARRL, so I had to submit it again this year).
> >
> > I hope this all makes sense.
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Eric Rosenberg
> > <ericrosenberg.dc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> >From the user perspective, this process is unnecessarily complicated
> >> (from the programmer's perspective, I'm sure it isn't)
> >>
> >> A couple of years ago, I submitted and was awarded 157 DX countries
> >> countries by cards.
> >>
> >> LoTW shows that award, which includes band/mode confirmations along
> >> with another 27 credited.
> >>
> >> DX4Win shows 233 worked and 225 confirmed, also including band/mode
> >> confirmations.
> >>
> >> What I need to know is what cards I submit.
> >>
> >> I ran AD1C's comparison program, but that didn't help much, as there
> >> is not enough detail.
> >>
> >> I then went through DX4win's submission list and that didn't seem to
> >> correlate.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what to do now.
> >>
> >> Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
> >
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