[SFDXA] LoTW heading for Statistical Cliff? - SFDXA letter andresponse

[Sebastian, W4AS]

That information is dated.  From what I recall from reading the DXLab and Lotw mailing lists, this response was about a problem they had last month when it went down for a couple of days.

The most current information I read said they are updating their storage and retrieval hardware, but that isn't expected to be received for approximately 4-6 weeks.  I think this was posted on here earlier, it's hard to tell since so many mailing lists are full of posts about this.

In the meantime it is pretty much expected that the processing backlog will increase until the new hardware is installed.

The better news is that the author of DXLab and others, are looking into rewriting some of the software.  Computer hardware changes rapidly, and the hardware they've been using is old by today's standards.

73 de Sebastian, W4AS



On Dec 12, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Here it is, Pete and all.
> 73, Bill
> 
> Update to Logbook of The World Bug Fix 
> The fix for the Logbook of The 
> World (LoTW) bug was implemented at 2103 UTC today, November 28. 
> Full credit goes to ARRL Information Technology Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, for 
> figuring out what was happening and how to correct it. 
> There are two ways of uploading logs: via the 
> LoTW website and by e-mail. LoTW users should note that e-mailed logs were not 
> affected by the bug, so no e-mailed logs will need to be resubmitted.
> At the time the fix was implemented, LoTW 
> processing was running almost exactly three days behind. If a user's most recent upload was made before 2100 UTC on 
> November 25 and it has not yet been processed the file should be 
> resubmitted. There should be no need to resubmit logs uploaded 
> since 2100 UTC on November 25, which would include all CQWW CW DX Contest logs 
> submitted after the end of the contest. 
> There is, however, a 
> very slight chance that logs uploaded after this date might have been 
> overwritten. If you find that your logs that were uploaded after November 25 are 
> not appearing in your LoTW account, please wait until after December 3 to upload 
> them again.
> Thanks to everyone who has been patient while we 
> grappled with this bug. The issue of slow processing speed is also being 
> addressed, but it requires a hardware upgrade that will take several weeks to 
> implement. Your continued patience and understanding will be 
> appreciated.
> David Sumner, K1ZZ
> Chief Executive Officer, 
> ARRL