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

Wed Dec 26 22:20:44 EST 2012

On 12/26/2012 9:58 PM, dx-qsl-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Now with all that said, what is the big deal about submitting for
> the end-of-the-year now? With the current change in the rules, the
> only people who need to have their applications in by 12/31 are
> those who's Honor Roll standings are affected. If you're not on H.R.
> or eligible for it, why not just submit your cards or LoTW credits
> when you've reached a meaningful threshold in your awards pursuit?
> There's no more free yearbook being sent out (much to my personal
> dismay) either...your DXCC stats are just Website numbers that are
> constantly in flux.

The "Yearbook" will still be published electronically and will be
part of the August QST online. As such the December 31 deadline
will impact everyone - whether it be Challenge numbers or "standing"
on various modes/bands.
> The only LoTW-related event I can see being of issue before 12/31 is
> ZL9HR,which will probably put some first-timers on the Honor Roll
> and promote a few more to HR #1. If the reports from ZL9HR's sponsors
> are accurate, they uploaded on 12/21. Assuming the 10 day lead time
> to process still holds, there's a solid chance that those who need
> the Campbell Island counter for HR will get it before the ball drops
> in Times Square next Monday night.

Based on the LotW Queue status reports, the most likely time for the
ZL9HR logs to have been uploaded was between 1302z and 1402z on 12/21.
Since there were 9.4 million QSOs in the queue at 1300z (ahead of the
ZL9HR log) and the average processing rate is around 580 per minute,
the ZL9HR logs would take 11 days 6 hours +/- to reach the head of the
line. They aren't going to make it in time for anyone to make an
application (via LotW) by 23:59:59 on 31/12/2012 unless ARRL changes
their policy on logs with previously processed QSO records.
73,
... Joe, W4TV