I just read the LOTW FAQ and it stated that the satellite name HO-68 is supported by LOTW. I have never been able to upload any logs containing HO-68 as the sat name. TQSL 1.13 does not have HO-68 in the satellite drop-down menu box.
Is there something I'm missing?
Chuck, KM9U
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 22:48 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Revisiting LOTW satellite requirements
Hi Tom!
When I tried uploading a couple of my satellite QSOs as a test LOTW says that the MODE field is invalid. I had entered "SAT". I know this has been discussed in recent months here but I couldn't find that discusssion in looking at the archives. Would someone put me on the right track as to what fields are required for a satellite QSO to be considered valid by LOTW?
The MODE field refers to the transmission mode - FM, SSB, etc. The fields related to a satellite QSO are PROP_MODE (this is always set to "SAT") and SAT_NAME matches the names in the list at:
I'm pretty sure Rick e-mailed you the PDF written by N5JB that shows the 7 fields that must be present for a valid satellite QSO in LOTW, including the two I mentioned above. Others can be added, but are optional. The document is found at:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/LoTW%20Instructions/N5JB.pdf
Hope to see some of our QSOs match up as QSLs in LOTW soon.
73!
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