[Dx4win] WPX, WAZ, County Windows Not Showing LOTW QSO's as Confirmed

[John Shaw]

Tom, simple answer is that LoTW cfm is at present un usable for WPX, WAZ,
counties awards etc so DX4WIN is correct for those awards you need a paper
QSL LoTW does not count. :(

 

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Thomas Schwinn
Sent: Thursday, 22 April 2010 8:50 a.m.
To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx4win] WPX, WAZ,County Windows Not Showing LOTW QSO's as
Confirmed

Hello,

Not sure why I didn't notice this before but today I saw that although
DX4WIN shows QSO's confirmed via LOTW in the Main, Country, and Same Call
windows, these same QSO's are only shown as worked in the WPX and WAZ
windows.

For example: I have VP6DX confirmed via LOTW on all bands, 80-10, SSB and
CW, but those confirmations only show up in the Main Window, Same Call and
Country windows.  In the WAZ and WPX windows these QSO's are only shown as
worked. Going through my log I see this same situation with other
LOTW-confirmed calls: ZL1BYZ, VK4MA, ZK3OU, 5W0OU, DR1A, S79GM, TX4T,
and KL7J, to name a few.

Confirmed LOTW QSO's with HH4/K4QD and TG9IRP show "L" in the WPX window but
confirmed in the Main,Same Call, and Country windows.

This situation also exists with stateside contacts in the County window.  As
an example, I recently worked N4RJ in McIntosh county during the 2010 GA QSO
Party. I received an LOTW confirmation but there was not a corresponding
change in the county window as it still shows Worked vice Confirmed.  N4RJ
is one of several contacts that have this same problem.

Also, as the QSO's mentioned above were all confirmed via LOTW, that seems
to be the common thread in this situation.  When I import a LOTW file from
the LOTW website I use the option "Imported QSO sets LOTW Confirmed flag".

In the Main window, if I also check the Confirm box (as if I received a
paper QSL) then the WPX and WAZ windows do show a confirmed vice worked
status.

Under Preferences|Station I have checked all bands 160-10 (except 60);
SSB/CW/PSK31 under "Modes"; and "Phone/CW/Digital" in the Mode group.

Under Preferences|Import I have "Accept DX4WIN values" displayed and under
Error Reporting I have "Prefix differences" checked, which I believe is the
default value.

I have received occasional "lotwreport.notfound" reports after doing an LOTW
download.  Admittedly, I did not pay much attention to them as I saw that
the QSO's listed on these reports did show up as confirmed in the Main, Same
Call, and Country windows.  However, looking more closely at an old report I
see that the calls on one of these reports don't show up as confirmed in one
or more of the windows mentioned above (WPX, WAZ, County) but do show up as
confirmed in the Main, Same Call, and Country windows. 

I downloaded "update.bat" when Jim, AD1C, made it available and I run that
on a fairly regular basis.

I am using v 8.03 and Win XP, SP3.  

Any ideas as to what I have missed or have not checked?

Do I need to import from LOTW twice, once using the "Imported QSO sets the
confirmed flag" and then import the same file again using the "Imported QSO
sets the LOTW confirmed flag"?

Thanks in advance.

73, Tom, W4NBS
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