This is from today's ARRL Letter
73, Jim K9YC
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New TQSL Version 2.5.2 Provides Better LoTW Rover Support, Other
Improvements
The latest version of TrustedQSL (TQSL), version 2.5.2, offers improved
Logbook of The World (LoTW) support for operations from several
locations, as well as the ability to detect uploads that contain
incorrect location data. The primary new feature in TQSL 2.5.2 allows
logging programs, in conjunction with TQSL, to avoid incorrect contact
uploads, while adding mechanisms to allow easy uploading of logs for
roving stations. LoTW had required rovers to identify each location used
as a separate location in TQSL. The new version of TQSL allows these
operations to be handled much more smoothly by using information from
the station's logging program.
When a log is signed by TQSL, the station details -- call sign, DXCC
entity, grid square, and other location details provided by the selected
station location (and call sign certificate) -- are compared with the
details in the log. If the US state and station location in a log do not
agree, TQSL 2.5.2 will reject the contact, detecting errors in instances
when an incorrect station location has been chosen. This feature will
necessitate changes in many logging programs, because it requires that
the log provide station details previously not used by TQSL. Once a
logging program supplies these (MY_STATE, MY_DXCC, MY_CQ_ZONE, etc.),
then TQSL will validate them against the log. Currently, Cabrillo logs
use the CALLSIGN field to verify that the contacts are for the correct
call sign.
Optionally, a station performing roaming operations (e.g., from multiple
grid squares) can choose to have TQSL assume that the log is correct.
When call sign or home station are provided with the log, TQSL will
automatically update the details on the upload. Select "Override Station
Location with QTH Details from your Log" on the "Log Handling"
preference page to enable this feature.
This release also includes an update to the most recent TQSL
configuration file. -- Thanks to Rick Murphy, K1MU
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