[UK-CONTEST] UK-Contest Digest, Vol 37, Issue 9

Sat Jan 7 15:18:23 EST 2006

Pleased you got your LOTW sorted John. I read somewhere that Worked All
States will be going "Live" soon on LOTW that will be fun. Not sure if it
was a rumour, as I have not seen any news since reading this.

Last weekend I loaded up my CQWW 80M contest log, that created a good number
of QSL's !

HNY All.
73

Bob
GU4YOX

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   4. Sorted LOTW (John Muzyka)

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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 10:49:09 +0000 (GMT)
From: John Muzyka <g4rcg at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] LOTW
To: "uk-contest at contesting.com" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
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Hi All
  I am wanting to put my LOTW files, certificates etc onto another computer
has anyone done this???
  I have downloaded the LOTW software onto my laptop and tried to put on my
G4RCG call with the certificate from my main pc and it wont play, it says It
needs my personal key???
  I want to do this for 2 reasons one is the security of knowing that if my
main pc goes up in smoke, then I will have at least one back up of the full
programme (with all the different call certificates I have) plus I want to
load up my V25G logs daily from V2 week after next (I have the V25G
certificate again on my main pc)
  Any help would be appreciated either privatly or open on the reflector.
  Cheers
  John G4RCG

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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:23:34 -0000
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] LOTW
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
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On 7 Jan 2006 at 10:49, John Muzyka wrote:

> Hi All
>   I am wanting to put my LOTW files, certificates etc onto another
computer has anyone done this???
>   I have downloaded the LOTW software onto my laptop and tried to put on
my G4RCG call with the certificate from my main pc and it wont play, it says
It needs my personal key???
>   I want to do this for 2 reasons one is the security of knowing that if
my main pc goes up in smoke, then I will have at least one back up of the
full programme (with all the different call certificates I have) plus I want
to load up my V25G logs daily from V2 week after next (I have the V25G
certificate again on my main pc)
>   Any help would be appreciated either privatly or open on the reflector.
>   Cheers
>   John G4RCG

You will find your key and other personal files under the Windows 
folder. My be different in XP, but in Win 98 you will find these at:
Windows/Application Data/TrustedQSL with 2 sub folders - you will 
find a file with your certificate/call in the keys folder.

Try copying this folder across to the other computer.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com

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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:45:41 -0000
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] LOTW
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
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On 7 Jan 2006 at 10:49, John Muzyka wrote:

> Hi All I am wanting to put my LOTW files, certificates etc onto
> another computer has anyone done this??? I have downloaded the LOTW
> software onto my laptop and tried to put on my G4RCG call with the
> certificate from my main pc and it wont play, it says It needs my
> personal key??? I want to do this for 2 reasons one is the security
> of knowing that if my main pc goes up in smoke, then I will have at
> least one back up of the full programme (with all the different call
> certificates I have) plus I want to load up my V25G logs daily from
> V2 week after next (I have the V25G certificate again on my main pc)
> Any help would be appreciated either privatly or open on the
> reflector. Cheers John G4RCG 
> 

Further to my last mail...

Have you read the FAQs etc on the LOTW site? In particular the news 
item of Dec 29 2004 which tells you how to generate a .p12 file. 
Basically open TQSLCERT and click on your certificate and select 
save, which will generate a .p12 version of your certificate. Then on 
the new machine select the file/load option which will allow you to 
import the .p12 file.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com

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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 15:17:50 +0000 (GMT)
From: John Muzyka <g4rcg at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Sorted LOTW
To: "uk-contest at contesting.com" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Message-ID: <20060107151750.60947.qmail at web26315.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

Hi All again,
  Tnx for some of those tips, after John sent me that file refering to
PKCS#12 files I knew I had seen them somewhere when I had been searching
around the programme.
  Anyway I have found out how to do it and its easy (once you have figured
it out)
  For those who want to know.
  Download the LOTW software onto your 2nd pc
  Go into your existing LOTW Certificates on the doner pc click once on the
certificate you want tocopy over.(to highlight it in blue)
  Go to the tool bar and choose "Certificate"
  The drop dowm menu comes and choose SAVE
  It gives you the option to save it to? select a place to store them in
(which is easy to remember) I put them on my memory stick then its easy to
transfer them
  Put the memory stick into the doner pc, now open tQSL certificates on the
doner pc,
  Go to File
  Go to Load Certificate File
  Accept the one that is already ticked and press next
  It will then give you the "Select Certificate File" screen that you want
to transfer as a PKCS#12 file
  Highlight it and it puts it into the blank box, press open,
  It then brings up the password box ignore this UNLESS you have password
protected the file, if it is not password protected then next it brings up
yet another password screen to seen iof you want to protect it?, just skip
ok it and then thats it it press finish and it puts it into the tQSL
Cetificate box for you 
  Easy as pie (after the first one anyway)
  Cheers
  John G4RCG

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