I used to use a file-naming convention similar to yours, Ed. I'd use "L" for LOTW and the upload date such as "MMDDYY". For today it would be L121012. It's a pretty common way of doing it and I'm sure a lot of folks probably used a similar system. But, then I read that one of the bugs at the ARRL LOTW computer was that if a Log Submission came in with the same name as an earlier one that hadn't been processed yet, the new one would replace the earlier one in queue. So, if my L120112 came in before John Doe's L120112 file, mine would be deleted from being entered into LOTW and I wouldn't know it unless I was closely tracking everything. I might never know if a lot of Q's were missing. Now, I use a file-naming convention that would be highly unlikely used by anyone else. It's possible, but highly unlikely. The ARRL has fixed this bug and all files are now supposedly loaded into LOTW whether they have duplicate names or not. But, I have to wonder about ones I loaded in the past. Did any get deleted due to being duplicated by name with someone else's newer ones? I still have all my .TQ8 files and I could just re-upload them to LOTW. But, that would just add to the massive delays that the LOTW system has been experiencing. So, I won't do it now. I routinely compare all my credits for DXCC with what I have in DX4WIN to make sure they match. But, it gets very tedious for other Awards and impossibly tedious for WPX. Maybe I'll just do a spot-check to see if any problems show up. Makes you wonder how long the duplicate filename problem existed before anyone finally realized it and the LOTW Software Gurus corrected it. GL/73/MX&HNY, Bob K8BL
From: Ed Hughes <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LoTW Upload To: [email protected] Date: Monday, December 10, 2012, 11:02 AM The following works for me in determining the interval LOTW takes to process my uploads. I name my uploads based on the date ie LOTW12102012. Then I note the calender for that date & then I just wait for a later date to show under "find call" in LOTW, this gives me the interval for that upload. Ed KG4W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Violette" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LoTW Upload > It shows an upload date which corresponds to when it is processed not > first > uploaded despite the wording. I verified this with my last upload actual > date/time versus when new QSL matches hit.. Dan KI6X > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jesse Wall > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 4:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Dx4win] LoTW Upload > > > Hugh, > After you do an upload, go to Find Call and search your call? This option > says it is the callsign's last upload. I haven't tested this myself. I'm > waiting until the backlog clears before I do an upload again. > > 73 and Merry Christmas to all, > Jesse, KA8YYZ > --- [email protected] wrote: > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: DX4WIN Digest, Vol 104, Issue 11 > Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:00:02 -0500 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 10:25:58 +0100 > From: "ON4AOI" <[email protected]> > To: "'Hugh Phillips K7XM'" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LoTW file upload > Message-ID: <002401cdd526$084d4e50$18e7eaf0$@be> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hugh > It only shows up when you have uploaded those files. > No trace afterwards, if b4 28/11/2012 you probably need to upload Again > due > the BUG they fixed late evening on 28 November > > > Guy ON4AOI > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > Namens Hugh Phillips K7XM > Verzonden: zaterdag 8 december 2012 1:56 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: [Dx4win] LoTW file upload > > I have uploaded two TQ8 files to LoTW recently. > Shouldn't those show up somewhere even though they have not been processed > by LoTW ? > I can't seem to find them, unless I'm not looking in the right place.... > Using Dx4Win v8.05... > > 73 > Hugh > K7XM > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:44:57 -0500 > From: "David Kozinn, K2DBK" <[email protected]> > To: Jim Reisert AD1C <[email protected]> > Cc: DX4WIN Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] How to find what new countries I worked > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Well for me, the clublog feature was exactly what I wanted in this case, > but > I can see where there might be other variations as well. None of the > examples that I can think of (including the one I started this thread > with) are "must have" things, but rather fall into the category of > "interesting things you can find out". > > On 12/7/2012 8:08 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:10 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >>> Actually, that is the perfect solution, and one I'd forgotten about. >>> (I've been a member of Club Log for a long, long time.) That actually >>> gives me the exact information that I was looking for. Thanks for > mentioning it. >> This works for all-time new ones, but not, for example, if I want to >> see if I worked any new countries during CQWW CW for the CQ DX >> Marathon in 2012. A while back, I wrote a quick-and-dirty program to >> display the first time a new country was worked, given an ADIF file as >> input. It was never meant for release, but I could add filtering to >> it. That way you could export whatever portion of your log you cared >> about (to ADIF) and run the report against that. >> >> But it would be better if Paul could build this into the program. If >> I recall, KD7P/N7XR's logging program (whose name escapes me at the >> moment) was able to do this, back in the mid-1990's! >> >> - Jim >> >> -- >> Jim Reisert AD1C, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us >> > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK ______________________________________________________________ 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
