[OKDXA] LoTW is down this morning...

[N5OK]

Marcus,

Thanks for the update.   Be careful.  80M DXCC can be harmful to
your hearing.

73, Coy

Coy C Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
n5ok at arrl.net


On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 8:37 AM Marcus Sutliff <cqn5zy at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's been having trouble since 1-Jan.. there is a discussion on groups.io
> The problem yesterday was so many people uploading logs on new years day..
> and apparently a backup didn't run normally (possibly leaving the database
> not accepting connections but that's just me speculating).
>
> I was receiving 500 errors on the web interface yesterday.. they got it
> going again but there are still 1mil qso's in the log.
>
> They said one huge problem is a lot of people having their logging program
> to auto upload  every single QSO, one at a time, into LoTW.  A lot of
> overhead to authenticate, receive data, write file to the inbound queue,
> process the file into the log, check for QSLs, end the session, delete the
> file, write transactions to log.. all for one qso.. overburdening the
> system...
> That's all I know.
>
> I've been looking at it with a lot of eagerness as I finally have the
> QSO's for DXCC on 10 and 12m and I'm watching for the QSL's in LoTW.. :-D
> If I can just get 80m DXCC..
>
> Sincerely,
> Marcus Sutliff/N5ZY
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 7:48 AM N5OK <coyday62 at gmail.com> wrote:
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