[SADXA] Getting confirmations for old 3D2AG QSOs

[Jim Wysocki]

Last year I data mined my old logs for unconfirmed band slots.  This 
research revealed that there were several unconfirmed contest QSOs with 
Tony, 3D2AG.  One of them was very old, dating way back to the 2001 CQWW 
CW contest.

I emailed Tony about these contacts and found out that he was willing to 
confirm them.  The Fiji Islands had cut off all mail traffic in and out 
of the country, so exchanging QSL cards was out of the question.  
Instead of cards Tony came up with a rather unique solution to the 
problem.  He asked me to create ADIF records for the old QSOs that I 
wanted to have confirmed.  After verification he would then include them 
in an outgoing LotW update.

Here's how his process works.  He is, or was, willing to look up the old 
QSOs in his paper logs.  If a match is found he will submit the 
associated ADIF record electronically to LotW for credit.  His only 
caveat was that if any of the transactions was formatted wrong and was 
rejected, he didn't have the time to correct them.  The risk was all on 
my side: these records had to be right the first time.

That was a risk I was willing to assume so I sent him several ADIF QSO 
records for his consideration.  He verified that the QSOs were in his 
old paper logs, sent the records over to LotW via his logbook software, 
and the LotW confirmations appeared a day or two later.

So if you need some old Fiji or Rotuma Island QSOs to be confirmed, you 
might want to contact Tony and see if he's still using this process.  
His email address can be found at QRZ.com.

73,  Jim  W9FI