I recently ran into a problem with my download from LOTW once I imported it into DXBase 2005. Joe, WA6AXE, showed me the contact in question and it turns out someone submitted a contact for EM04 when in fact it was EM03. The threw my records off as I no longer showed EM03 worked OR confirmed. :( :( Not a good thing.
The important thing here is though to make sure you keep several backups. I do just that and would like to pass on my technique. Since I manage a couple stations I need to make sure they don't accidently get mixed up so I have them in separate folders. Also I may work with these files several times a day so I have a method of naming them. Here is a example W1AW09172004_1.MDB W1AW09172004_2.MDB W1AW09172004_3.MDB etc Notice you get the call, date, and number of download on any given day. Helps a lot. Rarely do I ever go above three but this allows you to go back as far as you like. If you are uploading data from LOTW and importing it into DXBase I STRONGLY suggest a backup just PRIOR to your import. Hope this keeps somebody from loosing data and cursing later. Best 73 de K8SIX
