[Dxbase] missing info in LoTW output

Wed May 14 19:50:49 EDT 2014

Wes,
Could you send me your log and the card file zipped into one archive?
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Wes N7WS <n7ws at k6mhe.com> wrote:
> Thank you. You saved me from having to explain it to the newbies.
>> Wes N7WS
>>> On 5/13/2014 9:32 AM, Jim Spears wrote:
>>> One detail that it appears that folks are missing is that there are
>> essentially two distinct periods in DXCC history. For many years, qso
>> information was not recorded for credit to one's CW, PHONE, MIXED, or RTTY
>> standing. DXCC records were manually kept. So one could have DXCC credit
>> for various entities including mode but nothing else.
>>>>>> Somewhere along the way, the records were converted to a database of some
>> sort but information that had not been previously recorded was not added
>> since it was not present. Additionally, single band awards were added.
>>>>>> When I look at my present LoTW data, there are some entities that I have
>> MIXED, CW -and/or PHONE - credit for but no call sign and no qso
>> information. Only the fact that I was given credit for the entity at some
>> point in the past. FT8Z is an example, I have credit for the entity and
>> mode=PHONE but no call sign and no qso information. This will get updated
>> real soon as my FT8ZR confirmations showed up in my LoTW account this
>> morning.
>>>>>> IMHO it is for this reason (perhaps among others) that N7WS's request to
>> populate the DXbase Award field cannot be automated. And this explains
>> why
>> some of the example adi records look as they do.
>>>>>> This should not apply to folks who started DXCC after the record keeping
>> was
>> automated. But in this case, I am unable to figure out a method to
>> extract
>> only the qsos that were awarded for a DXCC mode/band/entity entry. I have
>> often wanted to do the same thing as N7WS but have only been able to see
>> that doing it manually is the only way. This is more trouble than I want
>> to
>> go to.
>>>>>> Old Timer Jim/N1NK
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