Re: [DX-NEWS] LOTW still off-line

2012-11-08 Thread Les Kalmus
I am convinced they have crashed several times in recent months. There's no way to know since they are secretive about what goes on up there. It seems that when there is a large volume of uploads, they tend to fail which probably means inadequate capacity and/or bugs. Les W2LK On 11/7/2012

Re: [DX-NEWS] LOTW still off-line

2012-11-08 Thread Les Kalmus
Larry, Because the system was unavailable a couple of weekends ago. I did an upload early Friday evening. Then another a little later. The first one got processed, the second not until Monday late morning. To me, a systems manager, that's a clear sign things crashed and got restarted when

Re: RE: [DX-NEWS] LOTW still off-line

2012-11-08 Thread Ron Notarius W3WN
Look guys... I know that Logbook being down is unfortuante, and it's a pain, but things like this happen sometimes, despite the best intentions, procedures, precautions, and backups. Just ask any other IT professional... we've all dealt with situations like this (or worse) at one time or

Re: [DX-NEWS] LOTW still off-line

2012-11-08 Thread KE1F Lou
Lack of communication from ARRL is the problem. There is no excuse for not making a comment on the ARRL website. That would eliminate all kind suspicions. My 2c worth. 73 Lou KE1F On 11/8/2012 11:44 AM, Les Kalmus wrote: Larry, Because the system was unavailable a couple of weekends

RE: [DX-NEWS] LOTW still off-line

2012-11-08 Thread Richard Schweizer
Go to Staten Island there are hundreds of people who just lost EVERYTHING they own and are sleeping is houses (or on the street) with no heat. Ham radio is a HOBBY. Let's not forget that point. Richard T. Schweizer W2CF 377 Canterbury Dr. Ramsey, NJ 07446 Telephone: (201) 825-4318

[DX-NEWS] ARLD046 DX news

2012-11-08 Thread jjreisert
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news ZCZC AE46 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 46 ARLD046 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 8, 2012 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, QRZ DX, The Weekly

Re: [DX-NEWS] LOTW still off-line

2012-11-08 Thread Crownhaven
ARRL Information Technology Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, is reporting that while Logbook of The World (LoTW http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world) system is currently down, it is expected to be back up by 9 AM EST (1400 UTC) on Friday, November 9. While the system is temporarily down, radio

[DX-NEWS] (Fwd) [dx-check:1437] Operation approved for DXCC credit

2012-11-08 Thread Steve Adell - KF2TI
--- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:27:18 -0500 From: Moore, Bill, NC1L (ARRL Awards Branch) n...@arrl.org Subject:[dx-check:1437] Operation approved for DXCC credit The following operation is approved for DXCC credit: 5X1EME -Uganda