[DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Barry
Perhaps this is a fluke, but if not, something is seriously wrong with the system. I'm looking at the lotw stats at http://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-status 2012-12-14 11:02:10 28,382 8,932,232 3,874,028,579 2012-12-04 16:13:53 (9d 18h 48m 17s ago) 2012-12-14 10:02:27

Re: [DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Barry, The reported backlog is simply the time between upload of the last processed file and the reporting epoch. It is a backward looking statistic and not predictive. If you want predictive, look at the number of QSOs in the queue - which continues to increase - and apply an value for

Re: [DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Mike(W5UC) Kathy (K5MWH)
Go to the LOTW site and read carefully. There is a discussion that tells, in part, that new hardware is on order, and is expected to arrive in 6-8 weeks. THEY ARE WORKING ON IT!!! RELAX!!! Constantly getting your shorts all in a wad is uncomfortable, and bad for your health. It raises

Re: [DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Go to the LOTW site and read carefully. There is a discussion that tells, in part, that new hardware is on order, and is expected to arrive in 6-8 weeks. THEY ARE WORKING ON IT!!! That is if you *believe* the claim that the hardware will fix it. With a very large database, decreases in

Re: [DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Mike(W5UC) Kathy (K5MWH)
On 12/14/2012 11:24 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Go to the LOTW site and read carefully. There is a discussion that tells, in part, that new hardware is on order, and is expected to arrive in 6-8 weeks. THEY ARE WORKING ON IT!!! That is if you *believe* the claim that the hardware will fix

Re: Re: [DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Ron Notarius W3WN
No Ryan, the League is not a dictatorship. To answer more generically, and not specifically to you (or just you): However: If you want change, and are not happy with the current situation with the Logbook server... kvetching about it on this reflector will not accomplish anything. And I

Re: Re: [DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Ryan Jairam
That's correct, Ron. You complain about it to your division director, who will speak on your behalf. But there's nothing wrong with discussing it here, IMO. Maybe they DO read things here... I work in web technology for a living, and you know what? Sometimes I do go searching the web for things

Re: [DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Mike(W5UC) Kathy (K5MWH)
OK, great idea, and then what? If we believe that the present IT dept isn't being truthful with us, why should we expect that our 'insisting will change anything? Quite sometime ago I suggested to my director that LoTW be shut down for as long as necessary to achieve a long term solution.