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

[David Olean]

Then we have to make sure that everyone even knows about the problem.  I 
was not really paying attention. Being an older geezer, computers are an 
acquired taste.

Dave K1WHS

On 8/8/2023 9:50 AM, David Olean wrote:
> 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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