[amsat-bb] Re: restating LOTW question

[Jeff Yanko]

Has anybody contacted ARRL HQ to let them know SO-67 is out of the loop? 
I'm certain they can investigate and correct this.  If not, then a suitable 
explanation would be required.


73,

Jeff  WB3JFS



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield at hotmail.com>
To: <amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 8:38 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: restating LOTW question


> Patrick,
>
>     If your approach is wrong that makes two of us :-)  Last I checked no
> SO-67 -- I have no idea why!
> 73,
> Joe kk0sd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:21 PM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] restating LOTW question
>
> Hi!
>
> Thanks to those who have responded to my post when I made my
> first uploads to LOTW.  I had asked about what "mode" I should
> use when uploading AO-16 QSOs, since that is a cross-mode
> satellite (that's how I worked it - FM up, SSB down).  I have
> heard about what to set the BAND field, and N5JB's document
> makes it pretty clear that you use the band you transmit on
> for that field.  I am not uploading fields beyond the 7
> necessary to make a valid LOTW QSO record, so other fields
> like FREQ and FREQ_RX don't matter.
>
> My guess is that, if I follow the way the BAND field is
> handled for satellite QSOs in LOTW, I would use the mode I
> transmitted with for the MODE field.  In the case of AO-16,
> that would be FM.  N5JB's document mentions an additional
> field BAND_RX that some may use.  I have not seen any mention
> of a "MODE_RX" field, but I will go with "MODE" as the mode
> from my transmitter unless I get some authoritative information
> to the contrary.
>
> I will proceed to uploading CJ7EWK QSOs from November 2008,
> and try to get all of my July 2010 VA7EWK QSOs - including
> those at the Canada/USA border - done tonight. Then the huge
> task of the WD9EWK QSOs.
>
> By the way, is SO-67 still a no-go in LOTW?
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>
>
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