LoTW Procedures |
Procedures to insert QSOs in LoTW with BBLogger:
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Prerequisites: - BBLogger - Account LoTW active, and relative signature certificate and Software (TSQL and TSQLcer V1.13) |
In BBLogger: - Select the menù File then Files Manager - Select Export Log in File - Set File Type on ADIF Request LoTW - Now we have to choose which QSOs to save in the file to send to LoTW: o Possibly select the Origin of the Log, if different from that proposed. o In QSOs Filter set: § ALL QSOs to send all QSOs (usually the first time you load your QSOs on the LoTW server) § LOTW NOT SENT to send just the QSOs not yet sent to LoTW in other words those with the flag LoTW QSLs = “N” Notice: the server LoTW automatically IGNORES the DUPES, but to reduce the time of creation of the ADIF file and the uploading time, better to load only the QSOs not yet sent. - Enable (if necessary) the QSO Date Filter in the left box, and select the date range to extract the QSOs to send to LoTW. - Select the name of the ADIF File through the \... key (upper right corner of the Files Manager window). Save e.g. as C:\BBLogger\FilesAdif\URCALL.adi. - Last operation: set the exactt location of hte file “tsql.exe” (usually C:\Programs\TrustedQSL\tqsl.exe or C:\Program Files (x86)\TrustedQSL\tqsl.exe) and the credentials to get access to LoTW, and be careful: insert in the field TQSl Station the Location as shown in TQSl without the callsign, as shown in the picture:
This is the appearance of the Files Manager window Answer to the question “Is this file to be sent to LoTW?”. If your answer is YES, BBlogger will automatically set the value “Y” in the field LoTW QSLs for all QSOs you are going to send to LoTW, so they won't be considered in a next sending.
- The file made by this procedure must be first signed, then loaded on the LoTW server as follows: § Run TSQL (not TSQLcert). § Select the menù File → Sign existing ADIF or Cabrillo file… § Select the Station Location of your interest. § You must tell to the system where the file you created with BBLogger is. (something like C:\BBLogger\FilesAdif\URCALL.adi) § Now at last indicate the name of the .tq8 file to be loaded on LoTW server: (e.g.: C:\BBLogger\FilesAdif\URCALL.tq8 ; mind that the program proposes the same name of the input file, so just confirm with SAVE ) § Now you must answer to some questions TSQL asks you: first one is a confirm of Sender's DXCC Country (e.g. DXCC: ENGLAND Is this correct?, of course the DXCC Country depends from the configuration of the location already chosen) § QSO Date Range: it executes exactly the same function of the QSO Date Filter of BBLogger. If you want to select "from date to date", put the data here otherwise leave all blank (as you already made this date filtering with BBLogger). § Enter Password: you must insert your password, that one you choosed in the registration and signing procedures of LoTW. § Well, now your .tq8 file is ready (C:\BBLogger\FilesAdif\URCALL.tq8) to send to the LoTW server, as follows: - Open with the browser the URL https://p1k.arrl.org/lotwuser/default - Insert your username and password to enter LoTW - Click on Upload File - With Browse select the .tq8 file previously created : (C:\BBLogger\FilesAdif\URCALL.tq8) - Click on Upload File N.B. Don't expect to see immediatly your QSOs and your virtual credits on LoTW; it will need many minutes, sometimes even hours, it depends from the workload of the ARRL server. Close all and return later to verify.
Here follows the procedure to insert the virtual confirms got from LoTW into BBLogger.
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Procedure to insert the virtual confirms got from LoTW into BBLogger:
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In BBLogger: - Seect the menù File > Files Manager - Select LoTW Management - Click on Start Download of course after filled the fields UserName and Password BBLogger will save the file C:\BBLogger\DownloadFile\LoTwReport_20110314.adi (numbers are the date of the dowload of the QSL file from LoTW in format YYYYMMDD). - Let's confirm. - Importing procedure is automatic - Let's confirm the import request - An error file will be also created (usually: C:\BBLogger\FileAdif\ImportError\Error_LoTWddmmyyy_hhmm.txt) 73 de IW2NZX Cristiano. |