Hi Folks, I have the initial version of a program to compare one's DX4WIN DXCC award status with the status on the Logbook of the World (LoTW) web site.
I'm looking for a few volunteers to shake out any remaining bugs. The program requires two input files: - the LoTW DXCC credit status from the web, saved as a text file - a DXCC listing from DX4WIN, saved as a .CSV file The program runs in a DOS Command Prompt window. The version I will compile tonight should work on any computer running DOS or Windows. Here is an example of the output: Compare DXCC credit listing to DX4WIN - Version 0.1 Jim Reisert, AD1C - May 25 2006 14:39:11 Award modes: [MIX] [PHO] [CW] [RTTY] Award bands: [160] [80] 60 [40] [30] [20] [15] [10] [6] MISMATCH - 30M: 3D2: Fiji Islands LoTW: [ ] DX4WIN: [*] MISMATCH - 30M: CN: Morocco LoTW: [ ] DX4WIN: [S] MISMATCH - 30M: V3: Belize LoTW: [ ] DX4WIN: [S] MISMATCH - 30M: VK9L: Lord Howe Island LoTW: [ ] DX4WIN: [S] Printed 4 mismatches. As you can see above, there were some mismatches. The DX4WIN status was marked as either [S]ubmitted or [*]checked, but the LoTW records did NOT show the entities as checked. This was actually from my log, and I sent a note to the ARRL DXCC desk to check their records. The program will also identify entities for which the ARRL has given you credit, but the card was never submitted to them. The program should work no matter which selection of DXCC awards you are tracking. 60 meters is NOT checked, because it's not in the LoTW DXCC listing. If you want to give this a test drive, please reply to me directly. I'll send you the program and some more detailed instructions tonight. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 25 15:35:31 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Reisert AD1C) Date: Thu May 25 15:40:48 2006 Subject: [Dx4win] Request for testers: program to compare DX4WIN DXCC stats to LoTW In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I got some volunteers, thanks. I only just found that that Internet Explorer can't save the LoTW DXCC credit listing in a form that I can use. Darn. I'll look into this before I release the program. In the mean time, it only works for Firefox/Mozilla users. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 25 15:47:06 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Reisert AD1C) Date: Thu May 25 15:52:26 2006 Subject: [Dx4win] Request for testers: program to compare DX4WIN DXCC stats to LoTW Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Good news. If you save the ARRL listing in HTML (web) format, it has the information that's needed. I'll have to re-write the parser in the program. I've already sent the original version to some people, so I'll work on this in the background. --- Jim Reisert AD1C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I only just found that that Internet Explorer can't save the LoTW DXCC credit > listing in a form that I can use. Darn. I'll look into this before I > release the program. In the mean time, it only works for Firefox/Mozilla > users. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 25 23:26:52 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Reisert AD1C) Date: Thu May 25 23:32:11 2006 Subject: [Dx4win] Request for testers: program to compare DX4WIN DXCC stats to LoTW In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> First, thanks to the 1/2 dozen or so testers. I already found one bug. There seems to be some confusion as to what this program does. This program checks two conditions: QSOs marked "Submitted" or "Checked" in DX4WIN are listed in LoTW as Approved QSOs listed in LoTW as Approved are marked "Submitted" or "Checked" in DX4WIN This is to make sure: LoTW has registered all the credits you submitted. LoTW has not credited you with something you did not submit. You must use the Submitted/Checked flags in DX4WIN. This is done by making a Submission (which sets the Submitted flags) then changing the award flags to "Checked" once the application has been received back from the ARRL. If you don't follow this procedure, this program is useless. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us
