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
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:32:52 -0600 From: wn3...@verizon.net To: dx-news@njdxa.org Subject: Re: RE: [DX-NEWS] LOTW still off-line 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

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

2012-11-08 Thread Crownhaven
. 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 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:32:52 -0600 From: wn3...@verizon.net To: dx-news@njdxa.org Subject: Re: RE: [DX-NEWS] LOTW still off-line Look