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

[David Olean]

Well, Zack, I think we all need to come up with a convention for dealing 
with these situations. It is a huge problem for VHF and rovers.  There 
has to be a way to simply choose one of the modes for both ends of the 
contact.  Maybe we do it geographically.  Say the westernmost station's 
mode should be used.  We have to catch up with the programmers! In ant 
event, it is another thing to worry about and screw up at 06:45 UT.

Dave K1WHS

On 8/8/2023 8:47 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
> 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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