I installed 2.5.2 and did a small upload to LoTW and all went well, even got two confirmations.
From what I have read it seems the major issues are with HRD. I will upgrade to 2.5.3 when it comes out and try another upload. IMHO, newer is not always better !! 73, Dick, W1KSZ On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 2:43 PM Crownhaven <[email protected]> wrote: > Saw this on LOTW page. I wonder if it applies to DXB. I have not > upgraded to the latest LOTW software. In fact, I'm running 2.3.1 on XP > and it won't allow me to update. Probably a good thing. Here is the > text from the ARRL: > > Beginning with TQSL 2.5.2, ARRL is now checking consistency to improve > the integrity of logging data collected in Logbook of The World. The > information in ADIF format with which users submit logs is now being > used for crosschecks that help prevent inaccurate or incomplete > information from contaminating the Logbook database. > > The Amateur Data Interchange Format (ADIF) exists precisely to help > ensure the accuracy of “data interchange” among amateur radio > applications. By checking that the station information entered for an > overall log matches the ADIF data on an individual QSO, Logbook can > reject entries where inconsistencies suggest that the data are > faulty. Accurate entries help operators get all the confirmations that > they deserve, and prevent useless entries that will never be matched. > > The first Implementation of these crosschecks, in TQSL 2.5.2 onward, has > revealed that many logging applications have not been following the > rules laid out by the ADIF standard. The current version of the > standard has been in place since May 2019 and is publicly available at > www.adif.org <http://www.adif.org>. The field used for checking > location has been in the ADIF standard since 2004. The standard is > maintained and voted on by the ADIF group, including 22 voting members, > of which ARRL is only one. > > N4JQQ + I have no idea if DXB is using the current version of the > standard but it seems like that would not be possible. My question to > the group is, if a user of DXB 2007 were to upgrade to the latest > version of TQSL, would exports from DXB still work?????????? > > Some commentators have suggested that ARRL has not defined the ADIF > fields appropriately. At least, this represents a misunderstanding of > how the ADIF standard is developed and maintained, and at worst ignores > the responsibility of logging applications to follow the standard if > they provide files which they claim to be in ADIF format. > > Operators have a right to insist that the logging applications they use > conform to the standards agreed upon by the ADIF collective. Those who > find their logger out of conformance should demand that it be updated, > or, if the logger is unsupported or unwilling to update, should > investigate switching to a logger that is a cooperative member of the > universe of amateur radio logging applications. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
