[Dx-qsl] LOTW and their "log jam"

Wed Dec 26 15:31:14 EST 2012

>>>AA6YQ comments below

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On Behalf Of Michael G. Carper
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 3:21 PM
To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx-qsl] LOTW and their "log jam"
(Quite funny, that. "log jam")
Anyway.
We've got five days to process application in 2012 for DXCC to make the DXCC
Yearbook (for those who care about such things).
I uploaded logs over a week ago that - if matched in LOTW - will result in
additional Challenge credits (band credits, if you prefer. but it's all the
same).
Then again, if a good number of folks are waiting until the last day,
there's little possibility that the logs will get processed in time to make
matches before year-end.
LOTW queue status is here:
http://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-status
I sure wish this thing had more horsepower.
>>>Several weeks ago, the ARRL determined that the LotW Server is I/O bound,
and ordered a new storage subsystem with higher performance. Around that
same time, they also began displaying the queue status on their web page so
that ops would know what to expect in terms of processing delays.
 73,
 Dave, AA6YQ