not a bad idea Tom. Although LoTW doesn't include all the data you may have such as manager, date sent/received, it still preserves you log. Eqsl has been found to have a serious security flaw lately and fortunately ARRL was correct in demanding more stringent safety.
To prevent against catastrophic home loss wiping out my in house backups. I simply upload a zipped version of my .mdb file to my website. It overwrites previous copies and does preserve it off site. No system is perfect, but I guess you could consider me a bit anal about backups. :-))) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:58 AM Subject: [DXBase] Backup Of Log Data > A lot of suggestions have flowed over the reflector relating to backing up > our log data in DXBase and many great ideas have been presented. I wanted to > share a couple of thoughts on backing up our data externally to our personal > computers which many already do. > > Logbook of the World by the ARRL presents a good way to back up our data "off > site". LoTW is new and will no doubt evolve into an outstanding service over > time. Once we load our ADIF log information into LoTW we at least have one > external source of back up information. (www.arrl.org/lotw) > <A HREF="www.arrl.org/lotw">LoTW</A> > > Another excellent "backup" source is the eQSL system located at <A HREF="www.eqsl.cc/">www.eqsl.cc/</A> > . Log data is maintained in multiple ways at eQSL and is easily accessed in > multiple ways by call sign, date, band, etc. > > In event of a catastrophic fire or something at home where I would loose all > back up copies of DXBase data, I find comfort knowing that LoTW and eQSL off > site back ups do exist and I try to submit my lot information to both weekly. > > Just a thought. > > Tom Neill, K4XG > Windy Hills Farm > 6500 Covington-Eudailey Road > College Grove, TN 37046 > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML > or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how > to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >
