[Ham-Mac] Uploading SCC-RTTY Cabrillo .log file to LoTW

[Mark Cohen]

Every time I try to run tqsl on my macs it segfaults.. I wrote the  
author about it and he replied that he's not supporting it (and  
hasn't for a long time)

My question for those able to run it.. what did you have to do to get  
it to run?

-Mark Cohen
  (K6EF)

On Aug 29, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Dick Kriss wrote:

> FYI:  Mac tqsl users
>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Dick Kriss <aa5vu at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:05:40 -0500
> Subject: [CTDXCC] Uploading SCC-RTTY Cabrillo .log file to LoTW
>
> If you worked the Slovenia Contest Club SCC-RTTY contest and have  
> trouble
> uploading your Cabrillo.log file to the LoTW robot, you may want to  
> go to
> school on my errors and success.
>
> When I first tried to upload my aa5vu.log Cabrillo file, I ran into  
> problems
> getting the Macintosh version the ARRL tqsl software to sign  
> my .log file.
> It refused to sign the log and gave me an error message saying
>
>    ³Cabrillo missing CONTEST record²
>
> This was not a Mac vs. PC issue as I ask Don AD0K try to sign my  
> file with
> his PC version of tqsl as a test and Don got the same error message.
>
> I realized at this point the SCC-RTTY was not one of the contests  
> supported
> by LoTW.  To fool the robot I tried changing the contest name from  
> SCC-RTTY
> to BART-RTTY and ran into the same signing error.  I then tried to  
> reformat
> the Cabrillo file to match the BARTG-RTTY specs and never could get  
> tqsl to
> sign my file.
>
> I finally used a copy of my virgin aa5vu.log file and changed the  
> contest
> name to EA-RTTY and tqsl let me sign it as a .tq8 file.  I emailed  
> it to
> LoTW and the robot responded with an acknowledgement that all 103  
> QSO's were
> recorded.
>
> The bottom line is if you are having trouble signing your Cabrillo  
> file
> change the contest name to EA-RTTY and be sure you have the tqsl  
> Cabrillo
> specifications under the preferences set correct.  I use '8' for to  
> define
> the filed for the station worked.
>
> LoTW rocks!
>
> 73, Dick AA5VU
>
>
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Mark Cohen
markc at binaryfaith.com