On 02/01/2011 09:37 AM, w1hkj wrote:
W6HGF wrote:
On 02/01/2011 06:52 AM, Ed wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:50:49 -0600 (CST)
Jim Haynes<[email protected]> wrote:
If this is already spelled out somewhere I'll plead guilty to being
lazy.
I just jumped through a bunch of hoops to get signed up with LOTW, and
have uploaded logs from fldigi on both Windows and Linux. Now I don't
know what to do about future QSOs. Is there a way to mark the log in
Linux with what I have already sent to LOTW so I don't extract it and
send it again? Or is it OK to keep sending in cumulative logs and
they get rid of the duplicates? Or am I asking the wrong question?
There is no way that I know of to mark the logs. LoTW does not get rid
of dupes and I'm not sure there is a way a user can. You can submit
logs say on a monthly or weekly schedule. Then just rename the fldigi
log so you know where you are. You can also log onto LoTW and look at
the most recent QSO'S.
If there is an easier way I would like to know about it.
Ed W3NR
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Jim,
Here is how I do it. First I go back to LOTW and press the "Most
Recent QSOs" button near the bottom, which give me a list of what
they already have, and I take the last date and call sign for my
starting point for the next upload. Now that I know where I want to
start, I go over to FLDIGI and open the Logbook-ADIF-Export and
select the fields TQSL wants to see, the most important ones being
the date and time on. Then go over to the log and click on each of
the check boxes for QSO's you want to send to LOTW. Then click OK,
Name it with a unique name, (I use sequential numbering i.e.
W6HGF1234.adi), and run it through TQSL and upload to LOTW.
For Dave, I kind of like the XLOG method of numbering the QSO's
and letting me specify the qso number range for the extraction
process, it is much, much easier than all the little check boxes
after a long contest, and I have never run across an occasion yet
where I needed to skip a qso in the middle.
Also a note, I really miss the auto fill 599 on the log, something
I got used to and now sometimes miss and have to go back and fix
before submissions.
Al W6HGF
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It sounds like some additional fields, LOTW-sent, LOTW-rcvd, might be
needed. As well as a way merge LOTW downloads and create LOTW
uploads. Since I have never used LOTW (me bad) I need guidance from
those who have. Describe what you need in terms of fields, dialogs,
selection criteria, etc. for the interface.
Dave
Dave,
Here is an example from this weekend 160 contest. 2 QSO's from
FLDIGI with all the default boxes checked comes out in adif like this.
File: export.adif
<ADIF_VER:5>2.2.3
<PROGRAMID:6>fldigi
<PROGRAMVERSION:8>3.21.0BE
<EOH>
<CALL:5>W0ANT<FREQ:8>1.824918<MODE:2>CW<QSO_DATE:8>20110130<QSO_DATE_OFF:8>20110130<TIME_OFF:4>0547<TIME_ON:4>0547<EOR>
<CALL:5>K6SRZ<FREQ:8>1.827190<MODE:2>CW<NAME:4>Alan<QSO_DATE:8>20110130<QSO_DATE_OFF:8>20110130<RST_RCVD:3>599<RST_SENT:3>599<TIME_OFF:4>0611<TIME_ON:4>0611<EOR>
When run through TQSL which is the LOTW edit and signing/encryption
program, they format the same data like this.
<CALL:5>W0ANT
<BAND:4>160M
<MODE:2>CW
<QSO_DATE:8>20110130
<TIME_ON:6>054700
<FREQ:8>1.824918
<EOR>
<CALL:5>K6SRZ
<BAND:4>160M
<MODE:2>CW
<QSO_DATE:8>20110130
<TIME_ON:6>061100
<FREQ:8>1.827190
<EOR>
So you can see much of the data is not used by LOTW, that we like to
keep in our logbooks for future reference or paper qsl's. Also one
difference worth noting in naming conventions, LOTW uses the suffix
.adi instead of .adif There was a great write-up about LOTW in this
months QST on the benefits of the system. You might be surprised how
many new awards like triple-play you have already qualified for, once
you upload your logbook to LOTW. One more important reason I use the
system, is that I have thought about future researchers and even current
ones, what fun it would be to have the original W6AM logs, or W1AW logs
from the turn of the century to examine a hundred years from now. LOTW
should become a legacy archive for those of us that come and go, that
can be there for our great grand children to discover someday, and enjoy
a part of our hobby sometime in the future, the way we do today.
Al W6HGF
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