[RTTY] [ARRL-LOTW] I found this to be common in LoTW

[Joseph Lutz]

Hi Bill, etal:

    I agree with you completely regarding the xx9xx
and /6.  I can confirm that also as I kept wondering
why everyone was getting their 4O5A LoTW cfms
so fast, and I had zilch!!  Then I 'hit my reset' and
realized that I did not submit my log also as
W7LPF.  Primarily for RTTY contests I use /3 -
and sometimes on CW - when I do, I upload the
contest files to LoTW twice - as W7LPF &
W7LPF/3.  [Catches some everytime!!].  BTW,
my 4O5A contact was there.  I remembered that
the operator replied without the /3 although I 
repeated it, but as you know in a contest, you
do not want to spend time trying to confirm
something like that.  Sometimes I can have as
many as 20 additions for the call structure that
I did not employ for that contest [used W3LPF,
and get additions when submitting the /3]. 
73,
Joe W7LPF [OR /3]  

BTW - I know I will have to probably put on a
flame resistant suit for my next statement - but:
The should require anyone outside their 'call
designated area' indicate that fact with their
call - like the old daz!!
----- Original Message ----- 
  From: FireBrick 
  To: LoTW List ; RTTY List ; QSL List 
  Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 23:28
  Subject: [ARRL-LOTW] I found this to be common in LoTW


  I worked xx9xx/6, during a contest.
  I uploaded the log to LoTW and never saw a qsl fro xx9xx/6

  But I did see that xx9xx had qsled a contact via LoTW for a non-contest qso.

  so I ran a test and sure enough, xx9xx for the as yet unconfirmed qso did 
  match what should have been xx9xx/6

  I also spotted that a dx country that allowed a special prefix yy99yy did 
  not qsl via lotw, but when I used the normal prefix for that country my test 
  did show up as a LoTW qsl.

  So basically, what this means is that many people do not realize they must 
  obtain a certificate for any call sign variation of their basic call xx9xx 
  is NOT the same as xx9xx/6
  With the more frequent SE calls on the air, it's pertinent to remind them 
  that these LOTW qsos will not provide a match.

  so the LoTW miesters either need to remind people of this fact or code for 
  situations where a match occurs for a callsign variation which is as yet 
  uncertificated. (is that a word?)
  Or at least when such a callsign variation occurs, LoTW should notify the 
  station that his log, was incorrectly uploaded due to the variation.
  I would have thought that it would not be difficult for the LoTW system to 
  recognize that a callsign and it's logs were not matching anything due to 
  the /6 or difference in the SE call and inform the submitter of his need to 
  apply for a certificate and reupload.

  Because so many contests require out of district stations to append the /# 
  to their calls, I bet I'm missing a lot of qsls due to this situation.

  -----------------------------------------------------
  Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some damn fool discovers 
  something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond 
  recognition.
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  Bill H. in Chicagoland
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