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 | | | | Record ID 570561985 Received: 2016-10-13 11:33:07
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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.
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