I have been provided plenty of evidence that I am wrong.
I know that it doesn't match in all cases when one side uploads as terrestrial and one side uploads as a satellite QSO. It definitely should not in any circumstances, though, and the ARRL definitely should correct the problem.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Eduardo PY2RN py2rn@arrl.net wrote:
Paul, may be I am the "lucky" one, but I have plenty of examples in LoTW here. One of the most interesting is a QSO between PY and CT made via AO-40 satellite, where I have set satellite name and propagation mode correctly, but the other station not, LoTW just credited terrestrial qso between PY and CT on 1.2GHz.
*Call Sign* PY2RN *DXCC* BRAZIL *CQ Zone* 11 *ITU Zone* 15 *Grid* GG66LW *Worked Station* *Worked* CT1--- *DXCC* PORTUGAL (272) *CQ Zone* 14 *ITU Zone* 37 *Grid* IM67-- *Date/Time* 2002-11-08 23:50:00 *Mode* SSB (PHONE) *Band* 23CM *QSL* 2016-10-13 11:33:07
https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/qsodetail?qso=742711337
*Record ID* 570561985 *Received:* 2016-10-13 11:33:07
73 - Ed PY2RN
*From:* Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net *To:* Eduardo PY2RN py2rn@arrl.net *Cc:* "amsat-bb@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org *Sent:* Saturday, February 25, 2017 2:37 PM *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] LoTW still a big failure for checking satellite QSOs
Ed,
LoTW will not confirm a QSO when the propagation mode and satellite name don't match.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Eduardo PY2RN py2rn@arrl.net wrote:
This has been already taken to LoTW admins at ARRL but they insist in
blaming the "sat operator" as she/he registered the QSO with wrong/missing information, which is true, but the system, LoTW the case, should avoid confirming a match between two stations when one of them does not specify PROPAGATION MODE = SAT. What LoTW actually does when one station specifies it and the other not is to confirm a match QSO but the credit goes to the terrestrial VUCC on VHF, UHF, etc. which, in my opinion, put high risk to terrestrial VUCC credibility through LoTW confirmations.
73 - Ed PY2RN.
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