Re: [Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search

2018-03-28 Thread Chris Sauvageot 

I think you have to differ between Call's and User.

I am User with my call, and i owner of many DXped logs (callsigns) that 
are uploaded to LoTW - and this logs will never touched, i agree


73 Chris
DL5NAM


Am 28.03.2018 um 20:30 schrieb PY2YP:
Me too. I've uploaded dozen of Peter & Paul Rocks years ago and will 
never upload them again.


73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar

On 28/03/2018 14:46, Paul F6EXV wrote:

Hi David
I uploaded the full 7O8AA log (years ago) in its intirety, and it 
will not change.

I uploaded it once.
Am I part of the 25% ?

73
Paul

Le 28/03/2018 à 19:03, David Tingler a écrit :

Guy,

I think you are right, the DX Spots member list is a great feature. 
However, it indicates whether a station is an LOTW user but not if 
they actively use LOTW. Over half (58%) of all LOTW users have not 
uploaded QSO data in the past year and more than 25% have not 
uploaded in the last five years. The search provides a convenient 
way to view a station's last upload date which can be helpful in 
deciding whether to send a card or wait for lotw confirmation. Also, 
it does not require an XML subscription. Just an example.


73, David - N5DT



On Mar 27, 2018, at 4:12 AM, ON4AOI  wrote:

David,
There is already a memberlist in the DX Spots window (you can setup 
what you

are looking for standard it shows LoTW, Eqsl etc),
this is updated very often and you can see if the station is Lotw, 
eqsl or

something else.
This works for every user of DX4WIN since version 8.xx, your way 
around is

not a bad idea
but for those that don't pay for the XML version It has no use.

Guy ON4AOI

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Re: [Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search

2018-03-28 Thread PY2YP 
Me too. I've uploaded dozen of Peter & Paul Rocks years ago and will 
never upload them again.


73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar

On 28/03/2018 14:46, Paul F6EXV wrote:

Hi David
I uploaded the full 7O8AA log (years ago) in its intirety, and it will 
not change.

I uploaded it once.
Am I part of the 25% ?

73
Paul

Le 28/03/2018 à 19:03, David Tingler a écrit :

Guy,

I think you are right, the DX Spots member list is a great feature. 
However, it indicates whether a station is an LOTW user but not if 
they actively use LOTW. Over half (58%) of all LOTW users have not 
uploaded QSO data in the past year and more than 25% have not uploaded 
in the last five years. The search provides a convenient way to view a 
station's last upload date which can be helpful in deciding whether to 
send a card or wait for lotw confirmation. Also, it does not require 
an XML subscription. Just an example.


73, David - N5DT



On Mar 27, 2018, at 4:12 AM, ON4AOI  wrote:

David,
There is already a memberlist in the DX Spots window (you can setup 
what you

are looking for standard it shows LoTW, Eqsl etc),
this is updated very often and you can see if the station is Lotw, 
eqsl or

something else.
This works for every user of DX4WIN since version 8.xx, your way 
around is

not a bad idea
but for those that don't pay for the XML version It has no use.

Guy ON4AOI

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Re: [Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search

2018-03-28 Thread Paul F6EXV 

Hi David
I uploaded the full 7O8AA log (years ago) in its intirety, and it will 
not change.

I uploaded it once.
Am I part of the 25% ?

73
Paul

Le 28/03/2018 à 19:03, David Tingler a écrit :

Guy,

I think you are right, the DX Spots member list is a great feature. However, it 
indicates whether a station is an LOTW user but not if they actively use LOTW. 
Over half (58%) of all LOTW users have not uploaded QSO data in the past year 
and more than 25% have not uploaded in the last five years. The search provides 
a convenient way to view a station's last upload date which can be helpful in 
deciding whether to send a card or wait for lotw confirmation. Also, it does 
not require an XML subscription. Just an example.

73, David - N5DT



On Mar 27, 2018, at 4:12 AM, ON4AOI  wrote:

David,
There is already a memberlist in the DX Spots window (you can setup what you
are looking for standard it shows LoTW, Eqsl etc),
this is updated very often and you can see if the station is Lotw, eqsl or
something else.
This works for every user of DX4WIN since version 8.xx, your way around is
not a bad idea
but for those that don't pay for the XML version It has no use.

Guy ON4AOI

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Re: [Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search

2018-03-28 Thread David Tingler 
Guy,

I think you are right, the DX Spots member list is a great feature. However, it 
indicates whether a station is an LOTW user but not if they actively use LOTW. 
Over half (58%) of all LOTW users have not uploaded QSO data in the past year 
and more than 25% have not uploaded in the last five years. The search provides 
a convenient way to view a station's last upload date which can be helpful in 
deciding whether to send a card or wait for lotw confirmation. Also, it does 
not require an XML subscription. Just an example.

73, David - N5DT


> On Mar 27, 2018, at 4:12 AM, ON4AOI  wrote:
> 
> David,
> There is already a memberlist in the DX Spots window (you can setup what you
> are looking for standard it shows LoTW, Eqsl etc),
> this is updated very often and you can see if the station is Lotw, eqsl or
> something else.
> This works for every user of DX4WIN since version 8.xx, your way around is
> not a bad idea
> but for those that don't pay for the XML version It has no use. 
> 
> Guy ON4AOI

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Re: [Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search

2018-03-27 Thread ON4AOI 
David,
There is already a memberlist in the DX Spots window (you can setup what you
are looking for standard it shows LoTW, Eqsl etc),
this is updated very often and you can see if the station is Lotw, eqsl or
something else.
This works for every user of DX4WIN since version 8.xx, your way around is
not a bad idea
but for those that don't pay for the XML version It has no use. 

Guy ON4AOI

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Behalf Of David Tingler
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 11:51 PM
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Subject: [Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search


The ARRL makes available a list of all LOTW users, along with the date of
their last upload. I wrote a simple batch file to search the list and
display the results in DX4WIN when the F3 key is pressed. I thought some of
you might find this useful. 

1. Download the LOTW User Activity report from:
https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-user-activity.csv and save it in a directory
accessible to DX4WIN. I put mine in a subdirectory of the DX4WIN SAVE
directory I called SEARCH.

2. Create a batch file with Notepad containing the text below and put it in
the same directory where you saved the activity report. I called my batch
file SEARCH.BAT.

@echo off
set call=%1
set result=Not Found
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=," %%a in (lotw-user-activity.csv) do ( if /i
"%%a"=="%call%" set result=%%b
 )
echo %call% %result%

3. In DX4WIN Preferences, enable the QSL Manager Search (.exe) check box on
the External Data panel and fill in the edit box with the path to your batch
file. I have mine set to C:\DX4W903\SAVE\SEARCH\SEARCH.BAT. You will get an
error when you press F3 if the path is incorrect.

You can add other searches to your batch file using something like the
Windows FINDSTR or a GREP implementation. I have used this method to search
member and bureau lists in the past. 

Here is an example of the output generated by the F3 key. The first part is
from the QRZ XML service and only the last two lines pertain to the search
batch file.

W1AW
ARRL HQ OPERATORS CLUB
225 MAIN ST
NEWINGTON, CT 06111
United States
QSL Info: US STATIONS PLEASE QSL VIA LOTW OR DIRECT WITH SASE.
State: CT
County: Hartford
GRID: FN31pr
QSL info from: C:\DX4W903\SAVE\SEARCH\SEARCH.BAT W1AW 2018-03-09

The date is replaced with "Not Found" if the station is not found in the
activity report. I don't think you will have any problem with these
instructions. As always, I can't be responsible if anything bad happens.

73, David - N5DT

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[Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search

2018-03-26 Thread David Tingler 

The ARRL makes available a list of all LOTW users, along with the date of their 
last upload. I wrote a simple batch file to search the list and display the 
results in DX4WIN when the F3 key is pressed. I thought some of you might find 
this useful. 

1. Download the LOTW User Activity report from: 
https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-user-activity.csv and save it in a directory 
accessible to DX4WIN. I put mine in a subdirectory of the DX4WIN SAVE directory 
I called SEARCH.

2. Create a batch file with Notepad containing the text below and put it in the 
same directory where you saved the activity report. I called my batch file 
SEARCH.BAT.

@echo off
set call=%1
set result=Not Found
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=," %%a in (lotw-user-activity.csv) do (
if /i "%%a"=="%call%" set result=%%b
 )
echo %call% %result%

3. In DX4WIN Preferences, enable the QSL Manager Search (.exe) check box on the 
External Data panel and fill in the edit box with the path to your batch file. 
I have mine set to C:\DX4W903\SAVE\SEARCH\SEARCH.BAT. You will get an error 
when you press F3 if the path is incorrect.

You can add other searches to your batch file using something like the Windows 
FINDSTR or a GREP implementation. I have used this method to search member and 
bureau lists in the past. 

Here is an example of the output generated by the F3 key. The first part is 
from the QRZ XML service and only the last two lines pertain to the search 
batch file.

W1AW
ARRL HQ OPERATORS CLUB
225 MAIN ST
NEWINGTON, CT 06111
United States
QSL Info: US STATIONS PLEASE QSL VIA LOTW OR DIRECT WITH SASE.
State: CT
County: Hartford
GRID: FN31pr
QSL info from: C:\DX4W903\SAVE\SEARCH\SEARCH.BAT
W1AW 2018-03-09

The date is replaced with "Not Found" if the station is not found in the 
activity report. I don't think you will have any problem with these 
instructions. As always, I can't be responsible if anything bad happens.

73, David - N5DT

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