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

[Dave Perry N4QS]

Garry,

Click on Reports, Awards, WAZ tab and then uncheck the Lotw box in upper 
left corner, then click OK.

Dave, N4QS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garry Shapiro" <garry at ni6t.com>
To: <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] WPX, WAZ, County Windows Not Showing LOTW QSO's as 
Confirmed


>I seem to have the opposite problem. My WAZ list shows confirmations
> from both LOTW and cards, which renders the WAZ report sort of useless.
> I just noticed this when I started to gather the cards for RTTY WAZ.
>
> Garry, NI6T
>
> On 4/21/2010 3:28 PM, Thomas Schwinn wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Problem explained:  I didn't realize LOTW confirmations could not be used 
>> for certain awards (WPX, WAZ, Counties).
>>
>> Thanks for the quick response.
>>
>> 73, Tom, W4NBS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Thomas Schwinn<w4nbs at bellsouth.net>
>> To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
>> Sent: Wed, April 21, 2010 3:49:32 PM
>> Subject: 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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