Hi Jeff,

I had a similar experience but not the volume you have.
I found that some of my contacts did not have the proper
SAT name that the TQSL program was looking for and
I edited the file and wound up with about 15 more contacts.
Just a thought..

73,
Joe
KI4TZ

Jeff Yanko wrote:
> Hi Ted and all,
>
> I got the LoTW VUCC set up without a problem.  I had already uploaded 545 
> satellite QSOs over the past couple of years so they were waiting to be 
> used.  Well, after getting everything in order I have a grand total 
> of.....21 matches, or 3.85% of my satellite log.  With LoTW VUCC now active 
> it will hopefully get those with electronic logging to upload their 
> satellite QSO's, even better, to get those with paper logs to convert to 
> electronic logging, go back and enter QSO's from the previous couple years, 
> to take advantage of this service.  After seeing this disappointing results, 
> I know we, in the Amateur Satellite community, can do better.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Jeff  WB3JFS
> Las Vegas, NV
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ted" <k7trkra...@charter.net>
> To: "'Ted'" <k7trkra...@charter.net>; <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 6:02 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC & LoTW
>
>
>   
>> Boy, after playing with this on LOTW, we may need an 'owners manual'. I
>> created a 'VUCC Satellite' account and uploaded my entire HRD Logbook:
>>
>> Prior to the upload, I added a 'propagation' field to the log and did a 
>> bulk
>> edit to add 'sat' to each FM contact in my log (you can choose another 
>> field
>> to search, but since I don't log anything on FM other than the sats that
>> works for me).
>>
>> Uploaded the log to LOTW. Nothing shows under the 'VUCC Satellite' 
>> account.
>> (note: when I created just a pure VUCC account, several contacts showed up
>> as FM contacts)
>>
>> So, Im guessing we need to find out which ADIF fields are necessary in a 
>> log
>> upload to make the LOTW happy...
>>
>> THAT is above my pay grade, so I hope to see some good answers from the
>> group when I wake up tomorrow..
>>
>> 73, Ted, K7TRK
>>
>> FYI.from LoTW site:
>>
>> "Jan 13, 2011: VUCC award support is now live -- Under the Awards tab you
>> will find a VUCC button.  The VUCC <http://www.arrl.org/vucc>  is ARRL's
>> award recognizing VHF, UHF, and SHF work and counts Maidenhead grid
>> squares."
>>
>>
>> Is this a good thing or ???  do we need to set up anything different in an
>> HRD Logbook to make this work ??  questions,   questions..
>>
>> 73, Ted K7TRK
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