[WIQPmail] WIQP and LOTW

[Richard]

LoTW is critical that you load exactly the call sign you used for the QSO -- the new NPOTA contest award uses only LoTW to confirm. I worked a portable station who was signing W9XYZ Portable but I logged it as just W9XYZ -- LoTW failed to find the match. I had to correct the call to reflect the /P since that was how the portable station was registered & had logged in as.  It's the same in reverse.

VP5/K9APW is not a match for K9APW/VP5!! 

Good luck!

Dick, K9APW, since 1960, EN53fb

Sent from my iPad

> On Mar 21, 2016, at 12:57 PM, Craig Larsen <kc0dmf at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> Hmm, this does make me wonder whether I should also upload my logs as just my callsign. Also, Mike, I like the idea of always having a message on my QRZ page saying I typically log my mobile contacts as /m.
> 
> As you said, they can contact us if they have issues of any kind. Good feedback! 
> /craig
>> On Mar 21, 2016 10:40 AM, "Michael Johnson" <mike at palomonet.com> wrote:
>> Well for better or worse I uploaded to LOTW using my main call sign with no trailing /m or /county.  I took the suggestion from above and parsed the ADI file into separate counties and then set up county QTH locations in my LOTW profile.  
>> 
>> There was quite a number of QSL's waiting for me so at least for those folks, I did right by them.
>> 
>> I also updated my QRZ profile and put a note at the top about what I was doing. 
>> 
>> This is as far as I'm going to go.  If there is a problem with a busted Q or some other issue, someone can sure find me via email and we can figure it out.  
>> 
>> Good topic and timely too.  I was just scratching my head trying to figure out what to do when the original post dropped into my inbox.  Nice to know I'm not the only one.
>> 
>> Thanks all.  
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> --MJ, WO9B
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Bruce Richardson <w9fz at w9fz.com> wrote:
>>> Heh, heh.  In the MN and IA QSO Parties, I tend to only activate 8 counties in a weekend.
>>> 
>>> I am the only one I know crazy enough to do as much as I do getting my mobile logs into LOTW.
>>> 
>>> First, one needs a child certificate for callsign/m . Go ahead and apply for that with ARRL. Since it's a child certificate, it gets approved automatically and issued within minutes.
>>> 
>>> One "could" apply for child certificates for each of the /XXX activated.  Any beyond 8 takes human blessing/intervention on Monday morning at ARRL.  I do this but it's not completely necessary.
>>> 
>>> The big key is to BUILD locations for each county.  I build them once under my root call.  Then I build a 2nd set of locations under the child /m callsign.  I'm not sure it's necessary to build the locations keyed to a callsign.
>>> 
>>> But it IS necessary to use the different locations when signing the .adi logs for different counties.  I actually sign my .adi's three times each because I do have /XXX certificates as well.
>>> 
>>> Glad to discuss with anyone if you want more detail.
>>> 
>>> I also don't operate on the fly. So while I'm in a county, I'm also in a non-changing GRID, and CQ and ITU zone.  I know grid, ITUzone, and CQzone are not required. But I determine them for each of my locations.
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Bruce Richardson W9FZ
>>> 
>>> 
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