[amsat-bb] Re: Revisiting LOTW satellite requirements

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi Tom!

> When I tried uploading a couple of my satellite QSOs as a test LOTW says
> that the MODE field is invalid. I had entered "SAT". I know this has been
> discussed in recent months here but I couldn't find that discusssion in
> looking at the archives. Would someone put me on the right track as to what
> fields are required for a satellite QSO to be considered valid by LOTW?

The MODE field refers to the transmission mode - FM, SSB, etc.  The
fields related to a satellite QSO are PROP_MODE (this is always set
to "SAT") and SAT_NAME matches the names in the list at:

https://p1k.arrl.org/lotw/faq

I'm pretty sure Rick e-mailed you the PDF written by N5JB that shows
the 7 fields that must be present for a valid satellite QSO in LOTW,
including the two I mentioned above.  Others can be added, but are
optional.  The document is found at:

http://www.arrl.org/files/file/LoTW%20Instructions/N5JB.pdf

Hope to see some of our QSOs match up as QSLs in LOTW soon.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/