Topband: ARRL LOTW and More

[Jim Brown]

On 12/18/2012 2:05 PM, Dave Clouser wrote:
> The queue is currently almost 10 days behind.  You can track it here 
> http://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-status
> Everyone keeps uploading over and over and over because they don't see 
> their QSO's, which likely is compounding the problem to massive levels.
> They have a new server on order but 6 weeks out I believe. 

It's also made worse by guys uploading their entire log when all they 
need to do is upload only QSOs since their last upload.  A month or so 
ago, ARRL announced that they found (and have hopefully fixed) a bug in 
the software that maintains the LOTW upload queue that caused a small 
percentage of logs to be lost.  I upload my log after each contest, and 
every week or two when there are no contests. DXKeeper makes that very 
easy.

I'm hoping that the server will sort of get caught up after ARRL10M logs 
are processed and there's been a week or two without major contests .I 
think the best move for all of us is to cool our jets and let the system 
catch up, and get the new server online.

73, Jim K9YC