[Dxbase] The Curious Case of the Missing QSOs

Sun Jan 23 19:14:54 EST 2005

yes.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert C. Crawford" <k8vfv at arrl.net>
To: <ron.stordahl at digikey.com>; "Dennis McAlpine" <vze323tn at verizon.net>
Cc: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] The Curious Case of the Missing QSOs
> Hi Guys,
>> Does the number in the lower left hand corner of the log indicate the 
> number
> of ROWS in the log? And the number of Q's?
>>> Bob
> ARS KN8VFV - 1960, K8VFV since 1961
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Stordahl" <ron.stordahl at digikey.com>
> To: "Dennis McAlpine" <vze323tn at verizon.net>
> Cc: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, 23 January 2005 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] The Curious Case of the Missing QSOs
>>>> You say 'According to DXBase, I have 133,000 records.' Where are you
>> getting that number? If you are getting it from the "REF#' column in
>> DXBase as the number for your last QSO, then click on that column header
>> and it should sort by number. You will find that it does not start at
>> 1. In my log I have about 21,000 q's, but the REF# starts at 5190 and
>> ends at 26328, which seems about right.
>>>> You can tell exactly how many Q's you have in your log by using the
>> Selection Wizard. Set it for 'Test Only' and deselect most everything
>> but 'Valid for DXCC' (you can even deselect that if you wish). Then run
>> it, and I would guess you will get about 109,000.
>>>> Ron, N5IN
>>>>>> Dennis McAlpine wrote:
>>>> >I went back and checked all 24 of the submissions that I made which
>> >includes one large file which inadvertently got sent five times. Each
>> >of the submissions said they had been "successfully processed",
>> >"entered" with "no errors encountered." The total unduplicated of all
>> >QSOs submitted was indeed 109K as LoTW said.
>> >
>> >I did receive a response that said that DXBase keeps a record number
>> >even though a QSO might be deleted. I have been using DXBase since
>> >DXB97 so I have had a number of deletions and did have one period when
>> >there were a bunch of duplicates that I had to delete. I would be
>> >surprised if there were 20K deletions but maybe that is possible. I
>> >haven't checked yet to see if there is a way of counting the actual QSOs
>> >in the database rather than the number of records. So far, this seems
>> >to be the most likely answer to the case of the missing QSOs.
>> >
>> >Tnx to all for the input.
>> >
>> >73,
>> >
>> >Dennis, K2SX
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: FireBrick [mailto:w9ol at billnjudy.com]
>> >Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:51 PM
>> >To: Dennis McAlpine
>> >Cc: Dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>> >Subject: Re: [Dxbase] The Curious Case of the Missing QSOs
>> >
>> >
>> >During the 'signing process' were there any 'error reports'.
>> >
>> >Then go to the LoTW page, select 'Your Account', 'Your Activity', and
>> >click on the
>> >'Result'.
>> >
>> >If any submissions were rejected due to duplicates, or other reasons, it
>> >should be noted
>> >there.
>> >
>> >
>> >Let us know what you find please.
>> >
>> >----- Original Message ----- 
>> >From: "Dennis McAlpine" <vze323tn at verizon.net>
>> >To: <ARRL-LOTW at yahoogroups.com>
>> >Cc: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>> >Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:39 AM
>> >Subject: [Dxbase] The Curious Case of the Missing QSOs
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>I just finished uploading all but about 1000 of my DXBase 2005 QSOs
>> >>
>> >>
>> >into
>> >
>> >
>> >>LoTW. According to DXBase, I have 133,000 records. But, according to
>> >>LoTW I only have 109K in their files. I went back to DXBase and did a
>> >>select wizard on all QSOs not submitted to LoTW and that showed about
>> >>
>> >>
>> >5
>> >
>> >
>> >>that had not been sent out (other than the 1000 that I know about) so
>> >>this would seem to indicate that all 133K QSOs have been uploaded.
>> >>Checked the submissions on record at LoTW and it showed that I had
>> >>
>> >>
>> >sent
>> >
>> >
>> >>all of the QSOs. So somewhere 33K QSOs seem to have disappeared.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >Does
>> >
>> >
>> >>anyone have any ideas where they went? Any thoughts on differences in
>> >>counting techniques?
>> >>
>> >>73,
>> >>Dennis, K2SX
>> >>
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