[Dxbase] Hybrid DXCC application

[Dave Blake]

Peter your scaring me!!  I submitted my log a year ago many years of DX 
QSOs.
There were no matches for any band that I didn't already have with the ARRL.
I now believe there is ONE QSO in LoTW that would be a new band/DXCC for me. 
I just submitted my annual collection of a small handful of cards and 
checked the LoTW box.  I expect them to give me credit for the ONE contact 
and ignore the other 12,000 or so.  The computer should go through and match 
only those contacts that I have not already been credited with.  LoTW has 
been a  nightmare for me,  hopefully  the process will eventually be 
debugged and simplified.

73
Dave -N4DB-


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt at nac.net>
To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:40 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] Hybrid DXCC application


> Hi folks,
>
> I just wanted to clarify what I'd posted earlier today about my DXCC 
> submission. Here's what I wrote in answer to a private reply that maybe 
> someone can help.
>
> If I go into LoTW and tell it to use all my LoTW credits for bands and 
> modes, I then need a way to tell DX Base, in essence, "These QSOs have 
> been selected by LoTW -- don't select OTHER QSOs for same entities/bands 
> instead." I don't know if DX Base is smart enough to do this. On the 
> surface, it doesn't seem to be. I don't want to wind up paying for 150 or 
> 200 duplicate contacts, and I think that's exactly what DX Base will do. 
> It will select its own criteria and probably will treat LoTW as an 
> afterthought.
>
> In reality, LoTW confirmation needs to trump hard-cards, if the option of 
> "BOTH" is selected.
>
> For example.
>
> I have 8P1A on 40 SSB confirmed by hard card first, but then I got 8P8P on 
> 40 SSB confirmed through LoTW afterwards. DX Base always seems to take the 
> first confirmation received for a given band/mode and adds it to the list, 
> so when I run the DXCC report, it will select 8P1A.
>
> Meanwhile, LoTW will want to credit 8P8P, since it's the one in their 
> system. I need to be able to tell DX Base to take everything LoTW 
> confirmed FIRST, and only THEN select the hard-cards for bands/modes not 
> already LoTW confirmed. The process is really as clear as mud, and I can't 
> afford to pay for >100 or 200 dupes.
>
> Am I missing a step or three somewhere? I printed out a test DXCC 
> submission and I'm comparing it to my award matrix on LoTW, and there are 
> at least 75 or 80 discrepancies so far...enough to make the printed report 
> completely useless.
>
>
> 73 de Peter (W2IRT)
> w2irt at nac.net
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