This sometimes happened to me when I do an ADIF contest log input to
LOTW and then download my latest updated LOTW QSO info back into
DX4WIN. What appeared to happen is after doing the LOTW
download/inputs my latest DXL file got saved into whatever contest
folder I took the contest ADIF from to do the excellent ADIF to DX4WIN
conversion provided by Jim AD1C.
My suggestion: do a windows search for your DXL file (in my case I
search for k7acz.dxl). You may find another DXL file lurking in
another folder someplace you did not suspect.
After working with LOTW I always go to FILE>SAVE AS and check to see
what folder my saved files are going to. If I see a contest folder or
some other folder shown in the SAVE IN window instead of SAVE I change
it back to SAVE as it should be.
A personal hint of what I do: If you want to do a quick back up of you
DXL file open FILE>SAVE AS and find your DXL file. Right click on the
DXL file (or any other you may want to save) and select SENT TO. You
can then send a copy of the file to a thumb drive, ext HD, etc.
Another hint: When I do my LOTW upload to the ARRL website I use the
same ADIF file that DX4WIN made for LOTW and import it to ClubLog,
eQSL, and my QRZ.COM logbook. Yes, I know DX4WIN will make an input
file for eQSL but I find my way faster and easier since I already have
an ADIF file to use.
Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
Official USCG Auxiliary Comm Station
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Delta Rocket Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired
Aviation Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
http://www.qrz.com/db/K7ACZ
-Original Message-
From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Paul van der Eijk
Sent: Friday, March 6, 2020 11:44 AM
To: ShelbyK4WW
Cc: DX4WIN
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Lost Contacts
Shelby,
Do you by chance have a second log where those QSOs could be hiding?
I have yet to see a case where QSOs disappeared for ever.
--Paul
On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 2:26 PM ShelbyK4WW
wrote:
> For whatever reason, most likely operator error, I have lost all
> contacts between December 24, 2019 and March 4, 2020. They do not
> appear in my save, nor backup file. Most (99.9%) of the contacts
were
> in various contests. I can go back, recreate the ADIF file from
those,
> and re-import? All of those contacts, prior to March 02, 2020, have
> been uploaded to LoTW. I downloaded that file. Is there a way to
> select just the contacts between December 24,
> 2019 and March 4, 2020? If so, by doing that would my log be
> relatively current?
> Thanks
>
> 73, Shelby - K4WW
> As I don't have an iPad nor iPhone, sent from my PC
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