[Dxbase] Does anyone use WL's LOTW capability?

Sun Dec 23 17:01:09 EST 2007

Maybe he is simplifying the LOTW process with DXKeeper and Writelog, but it
does seem simpler that what I do with DXbase.
Jim N7US

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Howard S. White
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 2:23 PM
To: w5xd at writelog.com; writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Does anyone use WL's LOTW capability?
No:
Like Ron I use a Master Logging program...
And frankly WL's LOTW export feature does not have the high level of
integration with WL that I want...
In my case I use DXLAB's DXKeeper...which not only automatically imports
the Writelog ADIF Contest File and exports the results directly to LOTW
but also does a couple of valuable things that WL does not:
	1.	It synchronizes the sent data with LOTW to make sure
that it has been added to the LOTW database correctly and sets its own
records to confirm the QSO was sent.
	2.	It queries LOTW to check for any confirmations that have
been received from others and updates its records on my computer
	The benefit of using DXKeeper rather than Writelog is that with
a single click of a button my Master Log Database is always up to date
with the latest LOTW confirmations which really makes record keeping
almost automatic.
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-----Original Message-----
No, and for this reason: I import my Q's into DXBase2007 and then,
perhaps not the same day, I export these Q's including any other non
contest Q's I might have in DXBase to ADIF for a LoTW submission.
By doing so all my Q's, including contest Q's in DXBase are correctly
marked and dated as having been sent to LoTW. If I instead used WL's
capability
to do this directly, I would, after importing to DXBase, still have to
run a
dummy LoTW export run in DXBase to mark the Q's correctly.
I suppose of you never imported your contest Q's into your everyday log
this would not be an issue.
Ron, N5IN
----- Original Message ----
From: "Wayne, W5XD" <w5xd at writelog.com>
To: writelog at contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 12:41:15 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Does anyone use WL's LOTW capability?
I thought it was a pretty convenient feature that WriteLog directly
 exports
logs suitable for uploading or emailing to LOTW. But I have never heard
 of
anyone actually using this feature. Does anyone use it? 
Thanks, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to radio contesters
everywhere.
Wayne, W5XD