[LOGic] yet another lotw related logic question...

[Joe Dubeck]

At 08:39 PM 2/3/2006, you wrote:
>i've got 180 something countries confirmed for dxcc and 94 of those are
>available on lotw.  what i want to do is to use the credits on lotw first
>and fill in with my cards.  i traded some email with dennis a couple of
>weeks ago and he mentioned that he'd probably add an option to use lotw
>contacts first when selecting the contacts through lotw...  but that'll be
>some time down the road.
>
>but, for right now, i'm trying to figure out a way to mark as submitted what
>lotw picks from among my contacts.  at the moment, i don't see any other way
>than just sitting down with the browser and going through them on lotw one
>at a time and updating the logic database manually.  anyone have an easier
>method of doing this?
>
>likewise, i'll be doing the same thing for WAS on LOTW.
>
>i'm getting the hang of logic now--especially thanks to everyone's patient
>help.  hopefully there's an easy solution for this.  if not, i'll just do it
>the hard way.  :)
>
>thanks
>kenb, ky5g

Ken:

This is not hard and is informative.  I'm not a good instructor so 
this might look more difficult than it really is.

I assume you have maintained your log so that LOTW_RCVD and QSL_RCVD 
are marked as "F" when they have been fulfilled.  Also you should be 
adding DXCCSUB: (or whatever) to the comment field if you have 
previously submitted cards.

At the LOGic menu, go to: Reports>AWARDS>AWARDS (Not "Awards multiple 
columns").
In the dialog box that opens, select DXCC (Leave "Select Subaward" 
alone as "Main.")

Next, leave Band and Mode blank for your basic DXCC.  (You do have to 
add "Band" and do this over again for each band later when you're 
chasing the ARRL-Challenge Award or over again for each mode when you 
go after DXCC by Mode.)

Click "Next" twice to get to the dialog box where you enter 
"DXCCSUB:" to mark cards that you are going to use for an ARRL DXCC Submission.

Click "Next" to get to the dialog box where you can enter an optional 
field.  Slide-down three screen-fulls of choices to find "LOTW_RCVD" 
and select it.

Click "Next" and click "OK" to leave the selection order as "AWARD VALUE."

Click "Finish" and you will get to the PRINT screen.  I usually chose 
to print to the Screen to see how my output looks before I waste 
paper actually printing the report.

When you close after getting your report described next, you will be 
asked if you want your contacts marked with "DXCCSUB:"  The report 
"knows" to mark those contact that you will be submitting.  Click 
"No" if you are just looking and plan to actually print out the 
report later.  Then when you print it, you can click on "Yes."

The resulting report will list the callsigns, time and date and mode 
for the DXCC Entities you worked, in entity order.  All contacts 
worked where you haven't asked for a card will be marked as "w."  If 
you have asked for a card, it will be marked "R"  If you have it 
confirmed from a card or LOTW, it will be marked "F." Bnd if you have 
already submitted it for DXCC, it will be marked as "s."

Now what you are after is the farthest-right column headed with 
LOTW_RCVD.  For any contacts with an "F" in that column, you can pick 
those to submit regardless if the other column to the left of it 
shows "w," "R" or "F."

I did this for a ARRL-Challenge submission, but in my case I wanted 
to submit the cards I had since I was mailing cards anyway.  That 
way, I didn't have to pay additionally for the LOTW submissions if I 
had a card.

Once you get the hang of these award reports, or the needed cards 
reports, it fun to browse when the bands are dead.

73, Joe, NA9A