[Dxbase] Populating QSLS Column with "LoTW" or "Both" Automatically

Fri Apr 30 17:31:37 EDT 2010

Hi Bob
There are 2 ways information could get into the log: 1. doing a Non-DXB
import of ADIF information, either adif import from another program or the
adif confirmations you download from the LOTW site, or 2. from Joe's LOTW
program which does query the LOTW service and updates the database.
DXB doesn't have a LOTW access function. Its one of the main priorities of
version 10.
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
(540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER
Amateur Radio: K3NC
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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:14 PM, BOB MUELLER <k6ask at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Neal,
>> More thoughts on the issue:
>> Norm from ARRL says, ".......I suspect that the program is using a feature
> that communicates with loTW to "sync" your log with LoTW"
> Does DXBase 2007 have such a feature? If so, this might explain how my
> logging program, DXBase 2007, has info on QSOs confirmed via LoTW.
>> If this has been going on, then I ask why have I not been informed? Also,
> why have they apparently *not* continued to "sync" after approximately
> 4-4-2008? I'm not angry, just confused about what has been happening.
> Syncing seems a good idea, except I can't include the LoTW QSLs until I have
> actually paid for them.
>> 73, Bob
>>> ------------------------------
> *From:* BOB MUELLER <k6ask at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Mon, April 26, 2010 8:46:06 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: Populating QSLS Column with "LoTW" or "Both" Automatically
>> Neal,
>> The problem is that as far as I know, *I do not* get any ADIF files from
> LoTW. I have not requested any.
>> I have sent my entire log, in several uploads over the years, to LoTW. In
> addition, I have sent my list of physically confirmed DXCC QSLs to LoTW.
>> Don't understand how or when my DXBase log gets the information about LoTW
> conformations.
>>> 73, Bob
>> ------------------------------
> *From:* Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com>
> *To:* BOB MUELLER <k6ask at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Mon, April 26, 2010 2:49:03 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Populating QSLS Column with "LoTW" or "Both" Automatically
>> That is a good one!
>> Have you looked at what LoTW has recorded for that band/mode/prefix? I
> wasn't aware that LoTW included the physically confirmed qsos until last
> year so I wonder if they would indicate Both in the adif file you got from
> LoTW?
>>> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal Software
> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
> (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER
>> Amateur Radio: K3NC
> Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/
> DXBase bug reports: email to cases at dxbase.fogbugz.com
> Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:30 PM, BOB MUELLER <k6ask at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Neal,
>>>> Just noticed something that's been going on for about the past 2 years
>> (since 4-4-08.)
>>>> First, I should mention that I have updated my entire log (~23,000 QSOs)
>> periodically so that the LoTW log contains the same QSOs that exist in my
>> DXBase log. When I create each ADIF file to be uploaded, I am asked if I
>> wish to have the QSLS column changed to "LOTW" to indicate that the QSOs
>> have been uploaded to my LoTW log. Not certain how long this has been
>> offered, but to my knowledge I have always answered NO because I did not
>> want to have my DXBase log disturbed and because I have not yet decided to
>> actually use any of the QSO matches as QSLs. I like collecting QSL cards.
>>>> Getting to the point, I have noticed that *some* of the QSOs (prior to
>> 4-4-08) have their QSLS column filled in with "LoTW" and in *some* cases
>> with "Both" if I had actually sent a QSL card. I have not been filling them
>> in to indicate either "LoTW" or "Both." The column has only been filled in
>> with "Card" when I actually send a card. How is my database actually getting
>> this LoTW information?
>>>> 73, Bob K6ASK
>>>>>>>