--- Ernie Walls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Award database within DX4Win, absolutely excellent though it is has > many awards that I have not the slightest interest in - is it possible > to edit the file, culling those awards of no interest out completely - > and would this also remove those same awards from the 'Custom Award' box > listing within the logging window?
Yes on both. Just make sure DX4WIN is shut down before making the changes. 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] Wed Feb 21 23:22:04 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (K2DBK - David) Date: Wed Feb 21 23:26:58 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] More about LoTW credits In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ken, It doesn't matter whether or not a QSO you and another station have made has been confirmed on eQSL (or via email or even good old-fashioned cardboard). "Confirming" it in your own log just says that you are comfortable that it's been confirmed. The confirmed flag in your log has no bearing on the information that's uploaded to the LoTW. The only way that LoTW will consider a QSO to be confirmed is if both parties have uploaded their properly signed (with their private keys) logs to LoTW and there are matching QSO records. The private key is only used to sign your log so that the LoTW server can be sure that it was really you who uploaded the QSO information, and not anyone else. There's a good article in the September 2005 QST by Ward, N0AX, which is also available on the ARRL website as a PDF file: http://www.arrl.org/lotw/silver.pdf that explains the whole process in some detail. Hopefully Ward's writeup will help you to understand the process and why "forging" in the way that you've described just isn't an easy thing to do. (I'll never say that it's impossible, but it certainly would not be trivial). 73, David, K2DBK At 10:49 PM 2/21/2007, Ken Kopp wrote: >Thanks Jim, > >I do have my private key and I understand that it is my >submitted QSL's validation for my log's acceptance into >the LoTW file in Newington. > >If I were to enter an e.QSL into my log and then submit that log to >the LoTW program how would LoTW know if the QSO has been >confirmed via e.QSL? Would LoTW care? > >Or to put it another way .... are you saying that an e.QSL'd QSO >from W7XYZ in my log submission would -only- be accepted by >the LoTW program if there is already a private key associated >with W7XYZ? If W7XYZ does -not- hold a private key would >LoTW accept a "laundered-via-my-log" e.QSL to me from him? > >Thank you for your patience and help. I'm obviously having trouble >understanding this issue. > >73! Ken Kopp - K0PP >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >or >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >--- Ken Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Has anyone managed to disguise/legitimatize e.QSL's >>and use them for credit via LoTW by importing them into >>their logging program and then into a LoTW submission? > >Can't happen. Your QSOs are signed with YOUR private key, and their QSOs are >signed by THEIR private key. The private keys are issued by ARRL, and must be >certified via postal mail to your home address. There is no way to cheat the >system in the way you describe. > >73 - Jim AD1C > > >-- >Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 >USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
