[Dx-qsl] LoTW news

Tue Dec 11 19:58:44 EST 2012

So I'm watching the queue today and if I read & understand it correctly hams 
are uploading anywhere from 20 to 100 more logs per hour than the system is 
able to process.
How many LOTW users are there? I thought it was somewhere around 60K?
I know the ARRL 10m contest is just over and I put one small log in the pile 
on Saturday and one on Sunday evening so I know I'm part of the problem, but 
wow, an overflow of 20 to 100 logs per hour! That's incredible - I wonder 
just how many total logs are being uploaded per hour?
I can see why the system ran out of those temporary filenames...
It's great they put up the Queue page, those are some interesting stats, it 
would be cool to see how many actual uploads per hour. Being a small pistol 
myself I had no clue LOTW sees that much usage.
Considering what that thing has to do - check each and every uploaded QSO 
for a match against every other log entry (within a certain plus or minus 
time period I'd assume) - I can understand the delays. Good to see new 
hardware is on the way.
73,
Joe W4WN
By the way I got into the Queue status page using my "ARRL" login which in 
my case is different from my "LOTW" login...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Lund" <k6um.steve at gmail.com>
To: "Ed Swiderski, KU4BP" <ku4bp at triad.rr.com>
Cc: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] LoTW news
> Worked fine for me.
>> Interesting that the queue is getting 40 minutes longer every 60 minutes!
> Wrong direction!
>> Steve, K6UM
>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Ed Swiderski, KU4BP 
> <ku4bp at triad.rr.com>wrote:
>>>>> I just tried the links. Was asked for a user name and password. Couldn't
>> get
>> in with either my LoTW or ARRL login info so I don't know what else to 
>> use.
>> If anyone can get in please let us know and how.
>>>> Ed KU4BP
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
>> dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Ed Swiderski, KU4BP
>> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 8:37 PM
>> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Dx-qsl] LoTW news
>>>>>> This was just posted on the LoTW home page after log in. I haven't 
>> checked
>> the links yet.
>>>> "Dec 11, 2012: LoTW Status --
>> LoTW's status in http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world will be updated
>> daily to convey information of interest to the user community, including
>> planned downtime and changes that will impact operations. In addition, 
>> the
>> state of LoTW's processing queue is now updated hourly in
>> http://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-status .
>>>> Updated hardware to improve LoTW's throughput is on order and expected in
>> six to eight weeks. We appreciate the user community's patience while we
>> while work to bring LoTW's performance to an acceptable level. Harold
>> Kramer WJ1B ARRL COO "
>>>>