[Dx4win] Problems with downloaded QSOs from LOTW

[Karl Oyster]

Good Morning, again....

Following my initial posting regarding the problems with a 
downloaded .adi file from LOTW Jim, AD1C, was kind enough to send 
me a copy of his .iep file (DX4WIN>Save>dx4win.iep) and suggested 
that I replace my old .iep with his and then re-import the .adi 
file from LOTW.  I did that (saving the old iep file, just in 
case), and it worked precisely as advertised.

The issue, according to Jim is a corrupted .iep file and he wrote 
that I was "not the first to have the file corrupted."  I have no 
idea as to what corrupted it or why, but I am certain that it 
happened without my intervention simply because I download from 
LOTW regularly and almost never import anything into DX4WIN other 
than from LOTW.  A day or to prior to having this problem I 
downloaded LOTW info without any problem, so the corruption popped 
up sometime in the interim.

Thanks, again, to Jim for all he does to keep those of us who are 
less apt with these digital things up to speed and running as 
advertised.

Below is the text of the original posting:

Good Morning, all...

I've had something odd take place this morning.  I did a download
from LOTW this morning, uploaded to DX4W without any apparent
problem, and then for some reason, I decided to look at three QSOs
I had with T27A in February to see if he had QSLd yet.  According
to the download from LOTW all three of my QSOs were confirmed, but
when I looked in DX4W reports for DXCC summary, the number had not
gone up.  I checked the actual QSOs themselves in DX4W and the
"upl conf" still was showing "N".  I downloaded again, this time
going back to the first of February, uploaded into DX4W again, no
problems reported, but still no QSLs from T27A.

I then went back into my log, cleared the UPL date, reset the UPL
flags all the way back to February and resent the .TQ8 to LOTW.
Gave it an hour or so to chew on it and then downloaded from LOTW,
going all the way back to February again.  Uploaded that .adi file
to DX4W...still no UPL CONF for the T27A station.  I checked the
details on the DX4W log with the ADIF file and they matched to the
minute, same band, same mode, same everything (except I don't
record seconds in my QSOs), but there was still no confirmation of
these QSO even though I was sitting there looking at the two
things which are, for all reasonable purposes, identical.

It also just occurred to me that usually if there is a QSO in LOTW
which is QSLd but not found in the DX4W log (usually a contest Q),
there is a report indicating that and DX4W tells you there was a
problem and to check that report. Nothing of that sort took place
any of the times I downloaded those QSOs.

I've checked everything I can think of, including the QSO tab,
which is checked for card or upload for the confirmation.

HELP!!!!!

73, and thanks in advance,

Karl, K1KO