[Dx4win] SOLVED - OT - LOTW w/Multiple Callsigns ??

[Rick Murphy]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Mike Rhodes <w8dn at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Between all your helpful inputs and a couple email exchanges with
> Dan/W1ZFG at the LOTW desk, I found out my mistake(s). Not really sure what
> the "station location" is used for, if anything, in LOTW


A "Station Location" defines a QTH and, usually, an associated callsign.
Think of it like a QSL card, as it has all of the details of your station -
callsign, state, county, gridsquare, etc. Just like what gets printed on
your QSLs. So...


> but, for things to work correctly, even though your various calls/logs are
> from the same "location", that location must have a different name. I was
> trying to name each one 'Ohio' and all the program would do was replace
> whatever call happened to be there with the one I just added.


Yes. You are erasing the callsign on your "Ohio" QSL card (Station
Location) and adding a different one. When you go to use that Station
Location again, the new callsign is now attached.


> Finally set the old calls to Ohio and Ohio_1 and made my current call
> simply Home and all 3 calls now show up and can be selected at the time of
> the log submission. The sad part is, there will probably be no further
> entries from the two old calls. However, I guess all is not lost because I
> actually learned something and hopefully this will help someone else down
> the road.
>

The way many people do this is to have a callsign attached to the station
location name. "Ohio - W8DN" and so forth.

Perhaps we should consider changing the name of a "Station Location" to
"QSL Card". That could eliminate the jargon and make it easier to use.

73,
    -Rick
-- 
Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA