[amsat-bb] New version of LOTW

[W3AB/GEO]

I'll betcha there was a bunch of coders who didn't get good directions from HQ, didn't talk to each other & prolly aren't hams.

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On Sep 13, 2020, 12:36, at 12:36, "Bob Liddy (K8BL) via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>Jerry (No Call), Wes-NA1ME, et al:
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>Well, it appears the ARRL adds to the LoTW confusion themselves.
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>For Awards, on DXCC there are categories for modes CW, PHONE & DIGITAL.
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>For WAS there are categories for modes CW, PHONE, DIGITAL, FT4, FT8,
>PSK31
>and RTTY.
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>For VUCC, there are no mode categories since it only concerns Grids.
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>For QSO listings, there are a ton of modes available. But, when it
>comes to Voice type
>modes there are many varieties - PHONE, FM, AM, SSB, etc. However there
>NO
>entries for USB or LSB, just SSB.
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>In the newest version of TQSL, there are mode choices for SSB-type QSOs
>of USB, LSB
>and merely SSB in addition to many other types of modes in the longest
>list ever known
>to mankind.
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>So, is there any wonder that LoTW users are confused????? Sometimes
>it's PHONE and
>sometimes it's SSB and sometimes it's a version of SSB (LSB/USB).
>GEEEEESH!!!!
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>TNX/73,      Bob  K8BL
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>On Sunday, September 13, 2020, 02:26:18 PM EDT, Jerry via AMSAT-BB
><amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote: 
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>Hello Wes,
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>a properly logged sat qso is with correct uplink mode+dwnlink mode, the
>correct uplink+dwnlink freq(band), propagation mode SAT, time,etc.
>when uploading my qso's, every time some qsl's are rejected because
>people log them wrong. Without the right propagationmode SAT most of
>them looks like a tropo qso, and that's not the the same. You need to
>use good logging software.
>I've never seen VOICE as a mode of operation btw...  
>
>Best 73's
>Jerry
>----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
>Van: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>Aan: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>Verzonden: Zondag 13 september 2020 12:38:37
>Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] New version of LOTW
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>Anyone else not pleased with the new version "improving" LOTW, at least
>as
>it involves SAT contacts?  Can we get ARRL to undo some things?  At
>least
>on my computer, you no longer can press the Enter key to go down entry
>fields one after another.  It's a much slower process now.  Also, the
>two
>most common modes that we've been using on LOTW, CW and VOICE, are no
>longer first in line, where an expanded list of modes is alphabetized.
>This also slows down entries.  Worse yet, VOICE is no longer a listed
>mode
>at all.  It's been replaced by SSB, LSB and USB.  I could be wrong, but
>isn't this in particular going to make QSO matching more difficult? 
>Should
>SAT ops simply enter SSB, or should it be USB (the output of
>satellites) or
>LSB (our input to them)?  In sum, the whole process is now slower with
>multiple opportunities for matching errors and contacts not being
>confirmed.  Ugh.
>
>Wes NA1ME
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