[VHFcontesting] Cross-mode LOTW [was: Logging between various software programs]

[Zack Widup]

This has been a problem for me when I operate QRP Portable on VHF+ and the
other station running SSB can't quite pull me out of the noise on SSB. So I
switch to CW. I have submitted QSO's to LOTW using CW as the mode and they
didn't come up as a match. I re-submitted the log with those QSO's as SSB
and they matched.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 4:53 AM Ev Tupis via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:

> > One of the confirmation matching criteria for LOTW is that the modes
> > must be an exact match or match a mode group  ( ex. DATA = FT4, FT8,
> > Q65, etc)
> > https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/key-concepts#confirmation
>
> From the above link...* both QSO descriptions specify the same mode (an
> exact mode match), or must specify modes belonging to the same mode group
>
> So be aware that (for analog-only stations) a CW reply to a strong SSB
> station will not receive credit in TQSL.
>
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