[OKDXA] Another LoTW Question

[N5OK]

Paul,

You can check the queue at:  http://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-status
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On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 12:35 PM P Thompson <pauln5pt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter and Tom,
> Thanks for the great info...I didn't even know you could check the queue!
> Now if they just could calculate an "expected wait time in queue" based on
> the waiting queue size and processor load, maybe that would help too.  For
> the record, I TQSL at least once every 2-3 days, sometimes several in one
> day, and I rarely have to wait longer than a few minutes.  Agree with the
> contest wait, though!
>
> Paul N5PT
>
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 12:10 PM Peter Laws N5UWY <n5uwy at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 9:03 AM Thomas Webb <tmwebb at cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Gary,
> > >
> > >      This is the link to the LOTW queue status.  Not uncommon for log
> > processing
> > > to take hours, sometimes days, after a big contest.
> > >
> > > http://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-status
> >
> > Even after CQWW, it shouldn't take more than an  hour or two to clear
> > the queue.  I don't know how they sized the modernized system, but it
> > was probably at some percentage of maximum load because you don't size
> > it for the Monday after CQWW.
> >
> > ~10 years ago, the system melted down.  An Ad Hoc committee of experts
> > from the membership (there were none at HQ) came up with a rescue plan
> > and that's why it's been mostly stable since.  One of the problems
> > identified was that ops were re-uploading their signed QSOs multiple
> > times when they didn't get a result.  The queue status pages and
> > feedback about status of uploads was added but more importantly, when
> > League member K1MU took over the moribund TQSL project and moved it
> > beyond Beta stage, he added a mechanism for the program to keep track
> > of what QSOs had been signed and warned the user not to re-upload
> > (with the option to ignore).  One of the main parts of that rescue
> > plan was to get the DB off of a DBMS that had long been out of support
> > and on to something modern.  AFAIK, that was accomplished.  Whether HQ
> > still runs the DB on hardware at 225 Main St or if it's in an actual
> > data center on someone else's hardware is not known to me.  I hope
> > it's the latter, but ...
> >
> > One of the people on that committee, AA6YQ, resigned from it without
> > saying why but my guess is that he was frustrated that things weren't
> > moving along.  Dave would never Tell Tales, so there's no way of
> > knowing, but if others of his high qualifications also quit it means
> > that staff (and probably some of the BoD) wouldn't get out of the way.
> > Most of  the roadblocks have "retired" or were voted out/didn't choose
> > to run again, so I expect that things are moving again.
> >
> > If it takes more than 6 hours to clear the queue, then that Ad Hoc
> > committee needs to be reconvened and maybe with the changes at HQ and
> > on the Board, real progress will be made.  Looks like the queue is
> > currently measured in minutes, for the record.
> >
> > Peter
> > You have 18,636 QSO records
> > You have 11,796 QSL records
> >
> >
> >
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