On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Mike Cizek <mikew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings -
>
> First order of business: Jim, AD1C, thanks a zillion for all the time and
> effort you put into databases and those cool utility programs. Let me know
> if you ever get out to the Baltimore/DC area; I'll ply you with good food
> and booze.
>
> There appear to be inconsistencies in my LoTW record, and I wonder if any
> others have similar issues, or if I am doing something wrong. A search of
> the DX4WIN reflector archives turns up several issues with LoTW not
> matching
> DX4WIN and how to cure that, but I find nothing about inconsistencies
> within
> LoTW itself.
>
> After doing a large LoTW upload, then a DXCC application (and waiting until
> it was processed), I ran dx4wlotw.exe, went through all of the mismatches
> and changed them so there were no mismatches between my Award Credit Matrix
> from ARRL and the DXCC Listing report generated by DX4WIN. After doing
> this, I would expect the CHECKED column in the DX4WIN report to match the
> AWARDED column on my LoTW Account Status page, but they are different.
> Each
> band score is different, and the DXCC Challenge score is over 100 counts
> different. ARRL thinks I have credit for more countries than DX4WIN does,
> in each case.
>
> I decided to check by band, starting with 160m. ARRL gives me credit for
> two more countries than DX4WIN lists as being checked. Selecting 160m, All
> Credits, sorted by prefix, and comparing that listing to the Award Credit
> Matrix, I find two countries on the 160m list that do not have
> corresponding
> X marks in their respective boxes on the Award Credit Matrix. Clicking on
> QSO Details for each of those QSOs shows that they are, in fact, confirmed
> through LoTW. This is not a case of selecting the wrong QSO, or a QSO that
> occurred before DXCC records were computerized. Both of these QSOs are
> within the past few years, are the only 160m QSOs with those countries, and
> show as confirmed contacts but do not appear in the Award Credit Matrix.
>
The "All Credits" listing on LoTW shows "selected" credits, which are
confirmations that LoTW would consider for adding to an application.
They're not submitted or checked, so they won't show up as awarded.
When you look at those credits on LoTW, what font are they in? Selected
shows up as a plain font, applied as italic, and awarded (i.e. checked) as
bold.
If those two entities are not showing up as "Selected" (i.e. not bolded),
then you can apply for those on LoTW.
If those two entities are showing up in the credit matrix as awarded
(bold), but they're not awarded in the Award Credit Matrix, then there's a
problem with your DXCC data on LoTW.
>
> This does NOT appear to be a problem with dx4win or dx4wlotw, but strictly
> a
> LoTW issue. Have any of you noticed this in your records? Is there a way
> (an easy way, hopefully) to correct it? Many thanks.
>
About the only thing I can suggest is to contact the LoTW help desk if the
data is bad and ask them how to correct it. I'll bet that they'll have to
go in to your DXCC record and fix it.
73,
-Rick
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