[UK-CONTEST] BERU UBN?

[Dave Sergeant]

What it means in this case is that both stations have uploaded their 
QSOs to LOTW (which as you say will be identical to the contest log, 
but done as an ADIF). LOTW matches QSOs blind to the users, and you 
only see a confirmation if the two logs agree, as least as far as date, 
time and frequency is concerned. Unless both stations uploaded logs to 
LOTW with the wrong band, which is most unlikely, this is 100% proof 
that G3LZQ's QSO with VE3EJ really did take place on 40m.

There would of course be no checking of serial numbers in LOTW, though 
the information would show in the records.

73 Dave G3YMC

On 19 Jul 2011 at 10:55, Rob Harrison wrote:

> Reference the LOTW issue. I'm not clued up on the way this all hangs
> together in software, but I'm assuming everything is linked and what you
> put into the logger goes into the logbook and the contest log. It would
> therefore follow that all the data would be the same, GIGO. If the other
> party did enter the wrong serial it would show the same in the LOTW and
> the contest logger, leading you to think it was a valid QSO, as was
> mentioned.
> 
> If this is not the case, then a quick precis of the set up would be
> appreciated.
> 


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