The attached screen cap from a Slack post by K0BAK details how to allow LoTW to pull location information from the log directly using the latest version of TQSL.

We always use the latest version, don't we? :)


73 & 44,

-Jim
NU0C

Zero District POTA Area Coordinator
http://www.parksontheair.com/
Zero and Seven Districts WWFF-KFF Log Manager
https://wwffkff.wordpress.com/


On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:40:21 -0400
"Ernest G. Wilson II" <ErnestGWilsonII@gmail.com> wrote:

Tom, excellent tip!
That looks like it will accomplish what I'm looking for!


On Sat, Oct 24, 2020, 15:36 Tom Suggs <tomsuggs31@gmail.com> wrote:

I have activated from almost 400 different parks with around 13,000
contacts. When I upload to LotW, I create a new station location there and
then export from AClog to the specific park I have created.

Its my understanding that the hunters then get credit for the correct
state, grid and county since I enter that into LotW for each entity. I
don’t make any changes in my log but no one else sees that info.

Tom N4MTE


On Oct 24, 2020, at 2:10 PM, Ernest G. Wilson II <
ErnestGWilsonII@gmail.com> wrote:


Jim thank you very much for responding.
Please do not misunderstand, I'm not seeking help on how to log.
I am actively engaged in those same groups that you mentioned and I
appreciate those links thank you.
I am pointing out a shortcoming in logging in general when it comes to
POTA.
I did indeed perform research prior to posting and I very carefully
detailed the issues.
At this point no one has addressed the specific issues that I pointed out.
The email to this group was in hopes that the logger could address the
very specific needs outlined.
Thanks for your response and consideration.

On Sat, Oct 24, 2020, 12:38 Jim Shorney <jshorney@inebraska.com> wrote:

There is an active POTA help group on Slack, as well as plenty of help
available in the Facebook group. Those are better places to ask how to do
POTA in ACL. What you are asking here is venturing into the area of a
another contest specific program and Scott has already detailed the
logistics involved there.


73 & 44,

-Jim
NU0C

Zero District POTA Area Coordinator
http://www.parksontheair.com/
Zero and Seven Districts WWFF-KFF Log Manager
https://wwffkff.wordpress.com/


On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:00:47 -0400
"Ernest G. Wilson II" <ErnestGWilsonII@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott,

That was the video I already followed.
That does not address the issues reported in my email.


Thank you,

Ernest G. Wilson II
Email: ErnestGWilsonII@gmail.com



On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 11:31 AM Scott Davis via groups.io <SNKDavis=
aol.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi Ernie,

Thanks for your e-mail. I've not been active with POTA myself and AC

Log

was not designed with POTA in mind, but you will find the

configuration

settings other POTA folks use here:

How do I configure AC Log for proper ADIF output for WWFF Parks on

the Air

(POTA)? <http://www.n3fjp.com/faq.html#q107>

http://www.n3fjp.com/faq.html#q107

Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP
*http://www.n3fjp.com* <http://www.n3fjp.com/>

*Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general

logging

software since 1997.*

1 Peter 3 vs 15: *Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who
asks you to give the reason for <http://www.n3fjp.com/Faith.htm>the

hope

that you have <http://www.n3fjp.com/Faith.htm>. But do this with

gentleness

and respect*...


-----Original Message-----
From: Ernest G. Wilson II <ErnestGWilsonII@gmail.com>
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Sent: Sat, Oct 24, 2020 9:42 am
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] Parks on the Air (POTA) logging

Hello Scott and Kimberly (and N3FJP logging fans worldwide)!

I'm relatively new to parks on the air activations for ham radio and I
recently came across some issues pertaining to accurate park logging.

When submitting to official log book of the world and/or something

like

QRZ for example,
I would like callers to be in the log for calling into *the actual

park

location* and not my FCC ULS database listed home address on file.
This has forced me to do a bunch of hand edits to my logs:
Manually adding / editing the ADIF export and adding park specific

data

(based on the park I am set up in):
Example:
If I was at Auburn Valley State Park in Delaware, park K-4366 (all

this

data would be different for each park):
<*MY_SIG_INFO*:6>*K-4366*
<*MY_GRIDSQUARE*:6>FM29dt
<*MY_LAT*:9>39.812500
<*MY_LON*:10>-75.679700
<*MY_CQ_ZONE*:1>5
<*MY_ITU_ZONE*:1>8
<*MY_DXCC*:3>291
<*MY_CITY*:7>Yorklyn
<*MY_CNTY*:17>New Castle County
<*MY_STATE*:2>DE
<*MY_POSTAL_CODE*:5>19736
<*MY_COUNTRY*:3>USA


*1.)*
*a.)* First, each record needs to have the park I am activating;
*b.)* In the official log, need to use *MY_SIG_INFO* but it would be
awesome if N3FJP software would display a friendly name like *PARK*
[image: image.png]a


*2.)*
*a.)* It would be great if the F3FJP software would help us build (or
import) a list of parks.
*b.)* Each time we activate a park, we may be at a different park
somewhere in the world.
We want our contacts to be logged for calling the park and *not

our

home address*.
*Each park location has specific details* (during a single park
activation, this info is usually the same for each record):
[image: image.png]


*3.)*
*a.)* Some park contacts are special "*Park to Park*" calls.
In the official log, need to use *SIG_INFO* but it would be

awesome

if N3FJP software could display a friendly name like *P2P*
[image: image.png]



Tried editing the logger to make it park focused, so it looks like

this

now;
[image: image.png]


Thank you in advance for even reading this!

Am I doing it wrong?
Or is there a POTA version of N3FJP logger?
How have other folks solved this?

73
Ernie
W3GUY
(formerly W3TCP - I recently changed my vanity callsign to align with

my

wife's call: W3GRL - We are now "girl and guy" - W3 GRL and GUY hi hi)

Thank you,

Ernest G. Wilson II
Email: ErnestGWilsonII@gmail.com