Valid point Bill and I would like to see a LoTW received date field. In the interim I think I will use Spec 1 to hold my Card date if I later get a LoTW confirmation.
Yes they are and the problem was I failed to do a SAVE CONFIGURATION after tellling WL where the files are located. :( :( Thanks and best 73 and DX. At 04:30 PM 11/12/2003, FireBrick wrote: >I see that if I already received a card, and mark a qso as now getting the >LoTW confirmation, it changes the qsl received date from the card date to >the LoTW date. >Now this isn't a major issue but. >I help a lot of people get qsl's. >Frequently they ask how long it took. >In the case of a card, I could see the sent date and the received date. > >So...while the Sent LoTW date is immaterial and the LoTW received date isn't >either, I'd prefer that the received date not change from the qsl card >received date. >Now if no card has been received, big deal. > >so is their a need for a LoTW received date column? not sure, but I think a >card received date is more important than the LoTW received as that is >always searchable on the LoTW site, whereas the Card date is gone when it's >overwritten. > >As Bill Oreilly would say; "I'll give you the last word", "What say you?" > > >----------------------------------------------------- >If nobody measures up, it's time to check your yardstick >----------------------------------------------------- > >Bill H. in Chicagoland > >_______________________________________________ >DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase

