[Ham-Mac] correction to LoTW help

w1hkj w1hkj at bellsouth.net
Sun Nov 13 14:49:56 EST 2016


  LoTW configuration

Use the "Locate" button to open an OS file finder dialog to locate the 
tqsl binary. Click on it when found. The above image shows this on a 
Linux computer. On OS X you need to open the Applications folder, and 
then drag and drop the tqsl icon on to the 'tqsl:' control. You will see 
/Applications/tqsl.app in that control after the drag and drop.

*The Callsign Certificate used to digitally sign QSOs being uploaded 
(and typically specified in a Station Location) can optionally be 
password protected if the user is running TQSL on a public or physically 
unprotected computer. For typical home use, this is unnecessary; 
instructions for removing a password from a Callsign Certificate are here: *

*<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/removecertificatepassword/> *

*If you use are using a password protected certificate you need to enter 
that in the Password control and also enable the "Use password..." check 
button.*

**

*Many users will need only one "Callsign Certificate", but those who 
operate using club or contest callsigns, who occasionally operate /P or 
/QRP, or who operate from other DXCC entities will have more than one. 
Users who operate from more than one geographic location, e.g. county or 
NPOTA or SOTA activators, must define a "Station Location" for each such 
location. When submitting a group QSOs to LoTW via TQSL's command line 
interface, you must specify a Station Location; if the specified Station 
Location doesn't specify a Callsign Certificate, you must also specify a 
Callsign Certificate. All QSOs in the submitted group must thus have 
been made using the same over the air callsign and from the same 
geographic location.*

Leave the "Quiet mode" unchecked until you are comfortable with fldigi's 
LoTW interface. If unchecked the tqsl dialog will open each time the 
"Send" button is selected. Checked and the tqsl dialog will not open.

If you never tweak the logbook entries, then enable the "Send QSO 
data..." check box. If checked each saved logbook entry will be sent 
individually to LoTW via the tqsl interface. Leave it unchecked if you 
want to review and possibly modify the records before the LoTW upload. 
When unchecked, fldigi will accumulate the adif records in an adif 
upload file. This file is not on disk. It is only a memory image of the 
file and is therefore volatile. Exit fldigi before submitting the LoTW 
records for upload and the memory image is lost. BUT the data is still 
available for LoTW upload.



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