[EIDXA] LOTW EXPERIENCING DELAYS

[ww0e at q.com]

LOTW EXPERIENCING DELAYS. 

The ARRL Web page reported on November 1st : 
"Due to a large number of radio amateurs uploading their logs to Logbook 
of The World (LoTW) after last weekend's CQ Worldwide SSB Contest, the 
ARRL's online QSL verification service is experiencing delays. According 
to ARRL IT Department Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, there is about a 33 
hour wait for logs to be processed. 'Logs are processed in the order in 
which they were received,' he explained. 'If you have uploaded your log 
to LoTW, your log is currently queued for processing. It has not been 
lost in the system. Uploading your log multiple times will only further 
delay your log and those of others to be processed.'" 
THEN ON NOVEMBER 4TH , they report: "The log processing delay for Logbook 
of The World (LoTW) remains at approximately 60 hours, with approximately 
8000 logs queued for processing. PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD THE SAME LOG MORE 
THAN ONCE. According to ARRL IT Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, the League 
has implemented an interim 'fast lane' for processing logs: 'In order to 
do this, resources have been shifted from servicing interactive requests 
to the processing of logs. As a result, LoTW users may notice some sluggish 
performance. Since these changes have been put into place, the number of 
logs waiting to be processed has been reduced by approximately 20 percent. 
The expectation is that this new measure will continue to make inroads into eliminating the backlog.'"