Dallas,
You don't have to use an e-mail attachment to send the log. You can upload
it directly using the LoTW web site. Just log on to your account and click
on "Upload File."
73, Dick WC1M
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dallas and Lucy [mailto:ludal@dmv.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:59 AM
> To: CQ-Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] LOTW question
>
>
> 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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