[Dx4win] LotW Backlog continues to grow ...

Mon Dec 10 21:15:23 EST 2012

I used Lotw for my operation in Belize.  It was very easy to sign up.  I
simply scanned a copy of my license from Belize and emailed it to the DXCC
desk at the ARRL.  Everything was approved before I left.  It couldn't have
been much easier.  I plan to do the same thing when I go to Grand Cayman
this coming February.

Dave, N4QS

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of R.T.Liddy
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 6:54 PM
To: DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LotW Backlog continues to grow ...

There needs to be a way for getting on LOTW to be made a lot simpler,
especially for remote DX. The entire procedure should be able to be done
on-line. I've seen a number of stations on QRZ.com making comments about the
complexity of LOTW and the difficulty of signing up their multiple portable
operations.

Bob K8BL

--- On Mon, 12/10/12, Art - W6KY <w6ky at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Art - W6KY <w6ky at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LotW Backlog continues to grow ...
To: "N3SL" <n3sl.dxis at gmail.com>, DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012, 7:35 PM

Note:  All award submissions are fast because dollars are
included....Simple... My DX Challenge was approved in hours! Somehow
anything with money attached spits out first!!
Maybe, try attaching a Green Stamp to your LOTW submission!

LOTW is still better than surface mail unless the DX isn't on LOTW due to
the insane sign up procedure..Try sitting in your Yurt in Mongolia waiting
for your 'postcard' from LOTW to show up!

73, Art  W6KY
www.w6ky.com

.............................................
Male deer have buck teeth.

________________________________
From: N3SL <n3sl.dxis at gmail.com>
To: DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Mon, December 10, 2012 1:47:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LotW Backlog continues to grow ...

Not sure how "current" their delay announcements are, as a CQWW log uploaded
on 12/1 has yet to be processed.

But on the other hand, DXCC submissions via LoTW are super-fast.  Submitted
my "annual" update last evening at 8:40 and had all accredited at 9:49.

So some parts are working well....

*Steve, N3SL*
Sioux City, IA
CQ4 ITU7 EN12

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:

>
> > Delay keeps growing. Up to 8 days just a few minutes ago.
>
> Agreed - 8 days 14 hours!  At the current rate of growth the delay 
> will be 9 days before tomorrow.  Here are the latest numbers I have:
>
> Upload Time           Time Processed      Elapsed Time 
> ==============================**=========================
> 2012/11/23  18:00    2012/11/27  00:43    3  06:43:34
> 2012/11/28  22:32    2012/12/05  02:08    6  03:35:10
> 2012/11/29  18:38    2012/12/06  05:10    6  10:32:20
> 2012/11/30  00:58    2012/12/06  18:24    6  17:26:26
> 2012/11/30  17:04    2012/12/07  17:28    7  00:24:16
> 2012/12/01  08:20    2012/12/08  19:09    7  10:49:15
> 2012/12/01  12:30    2012/12/09  01:10    7  12:40:49
> 2012/12/02  05:00    2012/12/10  19:31    8  14:31:29
>
> The delay is growing out of control - between 12/1 and 112/2 there 
> were 2.5 times as many QSOs uploaded as LotW processed and LotW has 
> been processing an *average* of 11,000 QSOs per minute or about 
> 264,000 QSOs per day based on the information on the home page.
>
> If one plots a trend line, the delay is growing exponentially.
> The trend indicates a file uploaded *today* is not likely to be 
> processed *for more than five weeks* based on the current rate of 
> growth in the backlog.  Based on the processing time for files 
> uploaded at 0500z on 12/2, there were about 2.25 million unprocessed 
> QSOs in the queue at that time - and that was 48 hours *after* the 
> deadline for submitting CQWW CW logs.
> With the trend in growth between 11/25 and 12/2, the queue could hold 
> as many *10 million* unprocessed QSOs (although that is unlikely)!
>
> I know the folks in Newington are saying "trust us," but their 
> performance - and complete failure to provide *current data* - 
> particularly the failure to provide accurate current status on the 
> size of the processing queue - makes trust very difficult.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 12/10/2012 12:14 PM, Jim wrote:
>
>> Agree with others. ARRL need to fix this thing and fix it quick!!!!
>>
> Unbelievable processing times. Delay keeps growing. Up to 8 days just 
> a few minutes ago. Love the program/system but unless they can come up 
> with a way to handle the load, then it will die on the vine.......
>
>>
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