Peter your scaring me!! I submitted my log a year ago many years of DX QSOs. There were no matches for any band that I didn't already have with the ARRL. I now believe there is ONE QSO in LoTW that would be a new band/DXCC for me. I just submitted my annual collection of a small handful of cards and checked the LoTW box. I expect them to give me credit for the ONE contact and ignore the other 12,000 or so. The computer should go through and match only those contacts that I have not already been credited with. LoTW has been a nightmare for me, hopefully the process will eventually be debugged and simplified.
73 Dave -N4DB- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:40 PM Subject: [Dxbase] Hybrid DXCC application > Hi folks, > > I just wanted to clarify what I'd posted earlier today about my DXCC > submission. Here's what I wrote in answer to a private reply that maybe > someone can help. > > If I go into LoTW and tell it to use all my LoTW credits for bands and > modes, I then need a way to tell DX Base, in essence, "These QSOs have > been selected by LoTW -- don't select OTHER QSOs for same entities/bands > instead." I don't know if DX Base is smart enough to do this. On the > surface, it doesn't seem to be. I don't want to wind up paying for 150 or > 200 duplicate contacts, and I think that's exactly what DX Base will do. > It will select its own criteria and probably will treat LoTW as an > afterthought. > > In reality, LoTW confirmation needs to trump hard-cards, if the option of > "BOTH" is selected. > > For example. > > I have 8P1A on 40 SSB confirmed by hard card first, but then I got 8P8P on > 40 SSB confirmed through LoTW afterwards. DX Base always seems to take the > first confirmation received for a given band/mode and adds it to the list, > so when I run the DXCC report, it will select 8P1A. > > Meanwhile, LoTW will want to credit 8P8P, since it's the one in their > system. I need to be able to tell DX Base to take everything LoTW > confirmed FIRST, and only THEN select the hard-cards for bands/modes not > already LoTW confirmed. The process is really as clear as mud, and I can't > afford to pay for >100 or 200 dupes. > > Am I missing a step or three somewhere? I printed out a test DXCC > submission and I'm comparing it to my award matrix on LoTW, and there are > at least 75 or 80 discrepancies so far...enough to make the printed report > completely useless. > > > 73 de Peter (W2IRT) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please visit http://www.nyctrackbook.com for details of my book > Tracks of the NYC Subway > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected]
