At 12:53 AM 5/19/03 -0700, Alan C. Zack wrote: >What about USA stations who at times go to a DX locations and use >their home call with a portable designation? About every other year I >go to the Philippines and operate from there for the CQWWDX or ARRL 10 >mtr SSB. I have a portable DU Permit from the Phil NTC. DX4WIN uses >a coding system so I know which of the contacts in my log are for what >contest and therefore for which call, be it K6ACZ (Home QTH) or >DU/K6ACZ (Phil QTH). But when I send in my log how will the program >be able to determine which log entries are from home or portable? How >will that W2 station that worked me on 80 mtrs when I was in Manila be >able to match his log up with mine to have the contact confirmed with >DU/K6ACZ mixed in with all the straight K6ACZ log entries?
From what I understand, you will need a separate certificate for your DU/ QSOs, that's all. Then you use DX4WIN's filter to separate them out and upload them separately using that certificate. >alsopb wrote: > > > > If I read the LOTW writeup correctly, Non-US stations will be required > > to send something akin to their license to the ARRL to get a digital > > certificate/and or upload their logs. > > > > If I were one on them I wouldn't bother. Too much hastle. What good > > will LOTW be without DX logs? > > > > Think of the bureaucracy required to handle all these additional > > pieces of paper. This is in lieu of the process where ARRL sends US stations their passwords by USPS to their FCC-registered addresses. Since there is no foreign counterpart, I think they had no choice if they wanted to maintain authenticity. But I disagree about the deterrent effect. One postal exchange with ARRL seems like a small price for the foreign stations being able to use LOTW to obtain their ARRL (and perhaps other sponsors') awards. 73, Pete N4ZR
