Tnx, Gary, your instructions were very clean and I did just that, there do not seem to be any variations in how it works for 2006 and 2007. It seems a little awkward and I had a slight problem in convincing the popup box that my TARGET was the mdb and the source was the adi file but that worked out okay and now I think I have enough 6m Qso for a VUCC. But those, if they are in LOTW and dxbase seems to think they are, aren't going away so I can figure out how to apply for that award some other day. My dxcc counts look seemingly okay so I think I am in good shape for a while Again, thanks.
I will be working at the ARRL expo portion of Dayton again and hope that Dxbase will finally return as an exhibitor, they have not had a booth for several years since Jack bowed out around the 2009 show. Larry W4RA > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary AL9A [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 1:19 PM > To: DXbase Reflector > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] LOTW query? > > Larry, > > I'm still using DXB 2006, but downloading your LOTW QSOs and importing > them > should be pretty similar. > > 1. Again, make a backup of your DXB mdb file. > 2. Log into LOTW and go to the "Your QSOs" tab. > 3. On the left side of window under "QSOs Menu" select "Download > Report". > 4. The box with the date should be the date of your last LOTW download. > If > you want a different date enter it here. You do not need to check the > "Include QSL detail" box. Enter your call sign or select it from the > drop > down list if you have multiple accounts set up. > 5. Click on "Download report" and select a destination for the file to > be > saved. Remember both the file name and its location. > 6.You are now done with LOTW. Make sure the DXB log is closed and > backed up > from item 1 above. > 7. Go to the Non-DXB import utility in the DXB programs group and > select the > mdb file you wish to import into. > 8. On the Import window make sure the box labeled "QSOs for these OPR > Calls" > is showing the correct call. If not, highlight it and use the red X to > delete it. Enter the correct OPR call in this box. > 9.Check the "Do Not load any records" button. > 10. In the "Source Data Type" box select "LoTW ADIF". Make sure the > box for > "DXbase 2007 Full Path" is pointing to your mdb location. > 11. In the "Source Database File" click on the the ... box and navigate > to > the file you just downloaded from LOTW. > 12. If all the boxes are correctly filled in click on the green box > under > Import to start the trial load. As the Import utility runs watch the > Errors > and Warnings counters to see if there are any problems. If so, note > what > they are so you can correct them later. > 13. If the trial run went ok, click on the "Load All Records" button > and > run it again. Click Yes on the warning message about did you make a > backup > file. This time the LOTW records will be added to your mdb file and you > can > see the total in the "Records Loaded" counter. A message will pop up > to > remind you to initialize the data tables when you next start DXB. > 14. You're now done importing. Close the Import utility and restart > DXB. > After initializing the data records and making sure things look ok exit > DXB > and make another backup. The end. > > 73, > Gary AL9A > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry E Price" <[email protected]> > To: "'Crownhaven'" <[email protected]>; "'N3XX'" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "'DXBase List'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: April 02, 2011 8:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] LOTW query? > > > > Thanks, Steve. I did backup my w4ra.mdb file to the "F" drive, > created an > > adi file per the N3XX instructions and uploaded it to ARRL thru the > web > > site. It was received okay and the QSOs show up from 2006-2010 okay. > Now > > if > > I can figure out how to download a file to Import into DXb I will be > good > > to > > go! Tnx to everyone for their suggestions. I hope the next DXb 20xx > > version > > (since it will have been created long after LOTW was up and running) > will > > have a button or two to Click to do all this stuff automatically (I > can > > figure out how to rotate my antenna, I really don't need my logger to > do > > that). But getting my log into ADIF format and uploading it to ARRL > LOTW > > is > > a little more cumbersome and not as intuitive to me as knowing the > > difference between LP and short path. > > > > Tnx again to all. > > > > Larry > > W4RA > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > 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 _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 4/2/2011 Tested on: 4/2/2011 1:58:22 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase 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
