[Logic] Re: Logbook of the World (LOTW) Beta Test Tutorial

[R Johnson]

Hi Art:
Yes, LoTW is pretty neat.  I've got about 6000 Q's loaded since June with about
150 matches.  My Log is split about 50/50, HF/VHF Q's.  Unfortunately the VHF
community hasn't uploaded many logs as I would expected.  It would sure solve
the "Domestic QSLing" problem it they would just try it.

Just for the fun of it I also uploaded the same ADIF files to eQSL since I already
had them prepared.  As I expected I got a much larger number of "Matches" than with LoTW.
This in part is due to:
1- Having been in existence much longer than LoTW
2- Used by more foreign operators.
3- Not a Beta program.

I think once LoTW gets out of the Beta stage you will see more operators start using it.
Also in a poll I saw, a large number of hams had never heard of LoTW, so I think the ARRL
has got to do something to get the info out there.

73
Bob, K1VU

At 01:16 7/26/2003 , you wrote:
>Hi Jim,
>
>Just played with LOTW for the first time.  I like it!
>
> >From Jim Reid <jimr.reid@verizon.net>:
>
> > 2.  I prepared an ADIF file from my Logic 6 log; however, I had no
> > idea how to prepare that I only wanted QSO's from Nov. 6, 1996 to be
> > selected.  So I did the entire log which goes back to late 1991.
> > Then I used Notepad to "edit" the log, which I did by deleting all
> > QSO's from the long, long ADIF file.  So first entry in the
> > EXORT.ADI file was:
>
> > <call:5>9K2GS <qso_date:8:d>19961217 <time_on:6>042300
> > <rst_sent:2>59 <rst_rcvd:2>59 <mode:3>SSB <band:3>20M <dxcc:3:n>348
> > <qsl_sent:1>Y <qsl_rcvd:1>Y <comment:8>DXCCSUB: <operator:4>KH7M
> > <notes:21:m>KUWAIT|/ABDUL|KUWAIT| <cont:2>AS <cqz:2>21 <ituz:2>39
> > <eor>
>
> > The above seems to be one complete ADIF log entry.  There was
> > nothing else other than a great long list of the above sort of
> > entries.
>
> > So, I proceeded to the place where you do the process to "sign" the
> > log; this is where the process stopped.  I was given the message,
> > "The data in line 21 is outside the range specified" or some such.
> > It went away before I could respond.  Next thing I was told was that
> > the program was no longer responding, hi.
>
>You have to get a text editor (there's one built in to LOGic
>i.e. tools->edit a text file) and look at your adif file output at
>line 21.  Maybe the date is wrong?  Or something else in the record is
>corrupt?
>
>When I uploaded my log, LOTW generated a list of problem callsigns and
>reported that it skipped those but did proceed to accept the rest.
>
> > Any thought on what to do now,  start over or????
>
>Try again.
>
>Let us know how it goes.
>
>73, Art AB4RL
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