[WriteLog] LOTW Trouble with Signing a QSO Cabrillo file

KC4HW/Jim kc4hw at centurytel.net
Wed Jun 8 20:05:02 PDT 2011


On 8 Jun 2011 at 19:35, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

> Every time this comes up, I always say the same thing.  Export ADIF
> and sign it.  Don't use Cabrillo.
> 
> - Cabrillo is for sending contest QSO data to the contest sponsor
> 
> - ADIF stands for "Amateur Data Interchange Format".  Uploading to
> LoTW is *exactly* the kind of thing that ADIF was designed for.
> 
> Just because TQSL allows you to sign and upload (some) Cabrillo files
> doesn't mean that's the best way to do it.  Just because you can use a
> pair of scissors to open a beer bottle doesn't mean that's the best
> way to do it.
> 
> 73 - Jim AD1C

Hey Jim, 

Thanks for the help!  I did manage to upload them as ADI files and 
they allways went.  

Also thanks for the QSOs in the Alabama QSO Party last Saturday. 

Jim/KC4HW




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