Randy, Thank you for this explanation, which makes perfect sense. <duh - why didn't I think of that?> If the other stations are re-submitting the same QSOs, then it's possible that those 20 "unaccounted for" QSOs had been confirmed via an earlier download and won't be reconfirmed.
Maybe I'll perform another download in a few days, when I haven't just run a contest. The LoTW download file should be small enough that I can easily compare every downloaded QSO and see what's happening. Examining this download with 294 QSOs in it only made my head hurt! ;-) -larry K8UT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Farmer" <[email protected]> To: "Larry Gauthier (K8UT)" <[email protected]>; "DX4Win Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 21:48 Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Measuring the LoTW import process > >>Today I downloaded an LoTW report from the ARRL web site and imported the >>files into my DX4Win log. When the process was completed, I somehow had 20 >>unaccounted for LoTW QSOs. > > This is perfectly normal. After the first time I did a file download from > the site I've NEVER had 100% new QSLs in any LoTW update. The number of > records always exceeds the number of new QSLs. Lots of guys keep uploading > the same QSOs over and over, and the system will happily count it as a new > QSL and put it in the update file every time. As a matter of fact for > about 3 months running I had a YV who kept uploading the same QSOs once or > twice a week. I had the same QSL for a 6 meter QSO every time I downloaded > a new report file. DX4WIN does a great job of sorting out the dupes. Just > set the import preferences to "Imported QSO sets Upload Confirmed flag" > and have at it. > > 73... > Randy, W8FN > ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
