>>>AA6YQ comments below
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From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 5:23 PM
To: DXLab forum
Subject: [dxlab] "LoTW Member"

What is the mechanics for creating the LOTW database? ARRL or some indirect method?

>>>A file containing callsigns and "dates of last update" is downloaded from the ARRL.

I just worked VK5PO on 80m and DXView tells me he is not a LOTW user but I still have recent LOTW confirmations from him on other bands and when I check him on the LOTW web site his last upload was a week ago.

>>>Using the "Find Call" tab in your LoTW Web Account

<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/act?awg_id=&ac_acct=>

>>>shows that VK5PO last uploaded to LoTW on 2017-09-12, which was after the date that the last LoTW database was created (2017-09-03). Presumably VK5PO will appear in the next LoTW Database.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

For many years, there has been a low rate of incidence of reports that when SpotCollector starts, an errorlog.txt file is created and the Spot Database Display remains empty. The Spot Database Display contains an entry indicating that the Spot Database cannot be
opened. I have never seen this behavior here. The workaround has been
to delete the Spot Database (Spots.mdb) and restart SpotCollector,
which creates an empty new Spot Database and then proceeds to
populate it with information extracted from incoming DX spots. >
My several attempts to identify the defect responsible for this behavior have so far been unsuccessful. Recently, it occurred to me that the defect may be the result of not properly handling the case where SpotCollector is directed to terminate while it's in the middle
of updating a database table. If this were the case, users who frequently terminate SpotCollector would be more likely to encounter the behavior than those users who, like me, leave it running 7x24 between Windows shutdowns. I have added code to the next version of SpotCollector that delays termination if a database table update is in progress. To test this new version, I'm seeking 5 volunteers to whose usage of SpotCollector involves starting and stopping it
daily. If you're willing, please send email to me via

aa6yq (at) ambersoft.com

The first five qualifying volunteers will be chosen.
The next version of SpotCollector also includes two enhancements suggested by Björn SM7IUN: on startup, it will within a few seconds populate DXView's World Map window with active DX stations (assuming you have DXView configured to display active DX stations), and when you delete a Spot Database Entry, the callsign associated with that Entry will disappear from Commander's Bandspread window. >
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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I have been trying to change my setup to control my K3S via Commander when using FT8 rather than direct to the radio. Everything seems to work. The transmitter comes on just fine. BUT. It won't stop transmitting! Something is not right with Rig Control.(or half of rig control). Anyone have a solution??

Sid Frissell. NZ7M

 

Hi Sid,

which option do you have selected in the WSJT-X "Settings->Radio->PTT Method" panel?

73
Bill
G4WJS.