What is the proper way to log LOTW Satellite Contacts for stations working on a grid line (dual grid)?
I just worked AD0HJ (DN95/EN05) via CAS4B.
I usually generate a log contact via TQSL then import the .adif into HRD logbook and update all their info and grid. I'm just not sure how to handle a dual grid?
Any advise would be appreciated. I'd like to get LOTW credit for both grids?
Thanks from the newbie and 73
Cal/N3CAL
Hi Cal,
If nothing else, you can enter the QSO manually in the TQSL program. That is what I do. It doesn't ask for the grid of the station you worked, just date, time, mode, and bands. I worked AD0HJ last night for 2 new grids and already have it confirmed this morning via LOTW.
73 John W5TD
On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 10:55 AM Cal Spreitzer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
What is the proper way to log LOTW Satellite Contacts for stations working on a grid line (dual grid)?
I just worked AD0HJ (DN95/EN05) via CAS4B.
I usually generate a log contact via TQSL then import the .adif into HRD logbook and update all their info and grid. I'm just not sure how to handle a dual grid?
Any advise would be appreciated. I'd like to get LOTW credit for both grids?
Thanks from the newbie and 73
Cal/N3CAL
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Carl,
What John said... just log 1 QSO. When Mitch submits his log, he’ll take care of both grids on his side and when the QSO matches you’ll get credit for both.
73, Tanner
W9TWJ
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On Sep 26, 2019, at 10:58 AM, John Geiger via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Hi Cal,
If nothing else, you can enter the QSO manually in the TQSL program. That is what I do. It doesn't ask for the grid of the station you worked, just date, time, mode, and bands. I worked AD0HJ last night for 2 new grids and already have it confirmed this morning via LOTW.
73 John W5TD
On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 10:55 AM Cal Spreitzer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
What is the proper way to log LOTW Satellite Contacts for stations working on a grid line (dual grid)?
I just worked AD0HJ (DN95/EN05) via CAS4B.
I usually generate a log contact via TQSL then import the .adif into HRD logbook and update all their info and grid. I'm just not sure how to handle a dual grid?
Any advise would be appreciated. I'd like to get LOTW credit for both grids?
Thanks from the newbie and 73
Cal/N3CAL
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A little more detail for background:
The person who was present in two grids -- the DX operator -- defines their multiple grid location in their side of the TQSL configuration. (The same is true of being in four grids.)
LotW can handle the credit for multiple grids for one QSO.
Section 2.b of "Defining, Modifying, Deleting, or Copying a Station Location" in the TQSL documentation describes it as:
specify the Grid Square in which your station is located (this is particularly important if you operate on VHF or UHF frequencies or via Satellites, as it provides Grid Square credit to your QSO partners pursuing VUCC awards; a Google Maps mashup on which you can click to see your Grid Square is here) The value specified for the Grid Square must be one of the following:
• a valid Grid Square (4 characters) • a valid sub-Square (6 characters) • a comma-separated list of two or four valid Grid Squares or sub-Squares that describe a station location at a Grid Square boundary or 4-way intersection Here's an example of specifying a 4-way intersection:
DM76,DM75,DM86,DM85
See https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/stnloc/ for more information.
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6 Location: CM98, usually E-Mail: bryan@KL7CN.net Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279
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Tanner Jones