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   1. Re: [flatfoot_list] Grid on qsl card? (John Ackermann N8UR)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 11:29:15 -0400
From: John Ackermann N8UR <jra@febo.com>
To: flatfoot_list@lists.febo.com, Fourlanders
	<fourlanders@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] [flatfoot_list] Grid on qsl card?
Message-ID: <f5c4546c-3d11-9114-4205-6713a7a90266@febo.com>
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Some of you know that I've been trying to reconstruct my log records for
6M operations from Beaver Island.  Over the years I used several
computers for logging and *thought* that by uploading to LoTW I would
have all the info I need.

Turns out that's not the case.  Basically, you cannot retrieve from LoTW
the other station's information like state or gridsquare, even if you
included it in your upload record.  So to find out what grids I've
worked but not confirmed isn't easy.

To make a start on the problem, I decided to torture myself a little and
wrote a Python 3* program to download LoTW data and munge it to at least
find out what I'm missing.  The program allows a fair number of
selection and sorting options, so you can do things like select DX-only
6M QSOs that are confirmed but lack a gridsquare, or all unconfirmed 6M
QSOs between 01-01-2010 and 12-31-2012.

I wrote it under Linux but there's no reason it shouldn't work under
DOS/Windows as well if you install Python 3.  It is strictly
command-line at the moment.  Under either OS it requires a handful of
easy-to-find library modules that you'll need to install.

The program and README file are at: https://github.com/n8ur/lotw_tool

Share and enjoy!

73,
John

* Note -- as I have learned to my pain, Python 3 is a lot different
(read harder) than Python 2.  But since it's what all the cool kids are
using, I decided I should use it and get at least part way down the
learning curve.

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Station
Call Sign		K4VBM
DXCC		UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (291)
CQ Zone		05
ITU Zone		08
Grid		EM73VX
State		Georgia (GA)
County		Gwinnett
Worked Station
Worked		CR3DX
DXCC		MADEIRA ISLANDS (256)
CQ Zone		33
ITU Zone		36
IOTA		AF-014
Grid		IM12JU
Date/Time		2019-09-28 20:33:05
Mode		RTTY (DATA)
Band		20M
Frequency		14.08000
QSL		2019-10-07 14:24:16