[Dx-qsl] W1AW/x LOTW confirmations

Wed Jul 23 18:56:03 EDT 2014

As a W1AW/Portable state leader I can guarantee there is 100% LOTW 
participation. All operators must log every contact and all logs must be 
submitted to the ARRL. Typically logs are sent by the state leaders to the 
ARRL HQ within a week and are uploaded by the HQ team there within a day or 
two. Personally I have every one of my W1AW/# QSO's confirmed, expect one 
that I probably mistook for a completed QSO. I am very surprised by K0UD and 
N6PF's experiences. Here are some resources and advice;
1. You can track the progress of the log uploads at; 
https://centennial-qso-party.arrl.org/w1aw-portable-qsos.php This is gives 
very detailed counts and you can see if any logs have been uploaded, the 
total number of qsos uploaded already, and drill into a specific band and 
mode. Looking at the Wisconsin, Florida, and Michigan operations cited by 
K0UD: the second Wisconsin week is still waiting to be uploaded, their first 
week was uploaded some time ago with 44K+ QSOs, Florida was also uploaded 
some time ago with 50K+ QSOs and Michigan as well was uploaded some time ago 
with 27K+ QSOs.
2. If it looks like the logs have been uploaded but your QSO has not been 
confirmed I recommend a couple of things. First check to see that you have 
unloaded your side of the QSO to LOTW. I have fielded several dozen inquires 
for our state's operation and several of them were not matched in LOTW 
because they had forgotten to upload their QSO data. If you have uploaded 
your side of the QSO and there is no match then you are in a Not-in-Log 
situation which can be caused by any of the usual reasons. The best thing to 
do is send an e-mail to the state leader and ask them to investigate the 
logs for you. Give them the date, time, band, and mode of the QSO. The list 
of leaders can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party, click 
on item #11 in the table. "W1AW Portable Operations" then use QRZ.com or 
other sources to get an e-mail address. I have fielded a couple dozen 
inquires and in all but two was able to confirm that one of our operators 
had busted the call. I then sent a correction ADI file to the ARRL to upload 
into LOTW. It is pretty simple and easy. So, just ask the state leader to 
investigate. Again, contact the state leader for this, not ARRL HQ.
Hope this helps.
Scott/K7ZO 