[SADXA] Getting confirmations for old 3D2AG QSOs

[Wes]

Very clever.  That said, he didn't QSL, but 3D2EU did for 160 CW and a bunch of 
other bands.

On 5/27/2022 11:34 PM, Jim Wysocki wrote:
> 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
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