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

[Dick Kriss]

Mark,

You have to remember that tqsl is PC software ported to run on OSX so it
acts weird and the interface is strange to Mac users.

My advice to you is to TRASH your tqsl folder,  check the Preferences and
trash the .plist file, then restart and download a fresh copy from ARRL.  I
had to do that one or two times at first.

Try it!

Dick AA5VU
With TQSL running on a G4-1GHz-AGP under 10.4.7


On 8/29/06 8:21 PM, "Mark Cohen" <markc at binaryfaith.com> wrote:

> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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