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Re: [CQ-Contest] LOTW question

To: "Dallas and Lucy" <ludal@dmv.com>,"CQ-Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] LOTW question
From: "Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com>
Reply-to: w2up@mindspring.com
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 16:24:38 -0000
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
My ISP (Earthlink) limits email attachments to 2 meg.  I faced this 
same problem and uploaded my large LOTW file directly on the web 
page.  Go to https://www.arrl.org/lotwuser/default
sign in, click on Upload File, and take it from there.
73,
Barry W2UP

On 1 Jan 2004 Dallas and Lucy wrote:

> I spent 10 hours on the last day of 2003 preping and sending my logs
> to LoTW. They included all my QSOs from 99 to present.  1st step was
> conversion from DX4WIN to ADIF.  Then I transferred to a machine with
> a CD burner as the file was 22Meg.  Burnt CD and brought to my
> internet machine at the house. Signed the log and converted to .tq8. 
> This process alone took 4 hours.  Attached to an email to lotw and
> started sending.  My dialup was running at 21.6 yesterday and the file
> took almost 4 hours to send.
> 
> Then comes a message that the file size exceeds the server limit for
> attachments! I am not a happy camper at this point.  Anyone have any
> thoughts as to what typical attachment size limitations are with
> typical servers?  I can go back and split the logs by year, but want
> to make sure I don't spend another long day only to find I am still
> over the limit.  I know I should check with my ISP, but there is no
> one home today. Just wanted to get some ideas. Thanks and Happy New
> Year. Dallas  W3PP
> 
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club
         


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    The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland!
THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS!
       http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/
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