What I actually would like to see is that I can import the lotwreport.adi file and have the import program set the flag for DXCC mix/band/mode as it does with the confirmed flag.
Andreas, N6NU > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Rosenberg [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:36 AM > To: Jim Reisert AD1C > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Help with hybrid DX4win/LoTW submisison > > This is GREAT! > > As I've done nothing since that initial card-based DXCC submission, > I'll start with this process and go forward. > > I'll have to dig, but I'm not sure I have the list of that submission. > If I remember correctly, it was field checked. Would the ARRL have > that record? > > Eric > > On 1/7/09, Jim Reisert AD1C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Before doing your next endorsement, you first have to make you > > existing DX4WIN DXCC award flags match the LoTW DXCC Award Credit > > Matrix. This is what the program I wrote helps you with. > > > > First, make sure any/all Submitted flags are cleared. Use Reports -> > > Change Award Flags to do this. You must select "Clear Submitted" and > > do it for three awards - DXCC Mixed, DXCC Band and DXCC Mode. > > > > Now using the records of what cards you submitted, and the list of > > credits you were awarded, manually change the award flags for those > > QSOs to "Checked". LoTW won't tell you what cards you submitted, so I > > hope you have accurate records of what cards you submitted, and what > > credits you were given for them (I always Xerox (tm) everything, > > including the cards). You'll have to do this for all 157 cards. It's > > easier to do it this way, than to submit everything in DX4WIN and > > "unsubmit" credits to get DX4WIN and LoTW to match. > > > > NOTE: you don't have to identify the EXACT QSO you got credit for, but > > you must pick a *confirmed* QSO that matches the credit you received. > > For example, if it was for Spain, EA on 40 meters, any one confirmed > > QSO with EA on 40 meters can be marked "Checked". > > > > Then run the LoTW comparison program and make sure DX4WIN matches your > > DXCC Award Credit Matrix. Keep working on the step above until it > > matches 100%. > > > > At this point, SAVE YOUR LOG!!!! > > > > Going forward, you can now do a Reports -> DXCC -> Submission and > > DX4WIN will set the award flags for new DXCC credits to "Submitted" > > automatically. See my (or Kostas') earlier messages about submitting > > the DXCC hybrid application. > > > > When you get the award back, that's when you use Reports -> Change > > Award Flags to change the Submitted flags to Checked. Then you run > > the LoTW comparison program again, and things should match up. If > > they don't, then ARRL gave you credit for something you didn't expect, > > or didn't give you credit for something you expected (for example, I > > mailed a card in late 2007 which was missed by the DXCC checking > > process at ARRL, so I had to submit it again this year). > > > > I hope this all makes sense. > > > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Eric Rosenberg > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >From the user perspective, this process is unnecessarily complicated > >> (from the programmer's perspective, I'm sure it isn't) > >> > >> A couple of years ago, I submitted and was awarded 157 DX countries > >> countries by cards. > >> > >> LoTW shows that award, which includes band/mode confirmations along > >> with another 27 credited. > >> > >> DX4Win shows 233 worked and 225 confirmed, also including band/mode > >> confirmations. > >> > >> What I need to know is what cards I submit. > >> > >> I ran AD1C's comparison program, but that didn't help much, as there > >> is not enough detail. > >> > >> I then went through DX4win's submission list and that didn't seem to > >> correlate. > >> > >> I'm not sure what to do now. > >> > >> Any help is appreciated. > > > > -- > > Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <[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
