[Dxbase] HELP

Fri Nov 18 21:06:25 EST 2005

Thanks for your suggestions. They certainly are a big help. I want to 
understand DxBase and LoTW before entering 43 years of QSOs. That way the 
entries will be correct . . . I hope.
Tks . . .
Ron
K3SEW - Howard, PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Johnson" <w1zt at comcast.net>
To: "Garth Hamilton" <garthah at computan.on.ca>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] HELP
> Garth's suggestion for imbedded comments in the DXBase log is a good idea. 
> Added information follows his comments.
>> At 06:20 AM 11/18/2005, Garth Hamilton wrote:
>>>We used the notes field for such information and then on preparing a 
>>download to LOTW used the notes field as part of criteria for creating the 
>>LOTW file. However the harder part is to register each of those QTH's 
>>with LOTW as separate entities so that the QTH and County are unique to 
>>each section of the log in LOTW. You will need to communicate with LOTW 
>>staff as how to orchestrate that part of your plan.
>>>>73 Garth VE3HO
> Once the extracted log (ADIF for LoTW) is created, it needs to be "signed" 
> by the appropriate certificate that identifies the location of the station 
> for that log. Those certificates (for various locations) are created by 
> the user in the LoTW TQSL program and can be selected for each "log" to be 
> signed. This is done for each location. The actual callsign (K3SEW for 
> example) can be the same for all separate logs. The "certification" tells 
> LoTW where the station location was.
>> Good luck with the project.
> 73, George .. W1ZT
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