• QSLingLotW

QSLing with Logbook of the World (LotW)

DXKeeper provides 1-click operations that

• gather all QSOs never before submitted to LotW
• submit gathered QSOs to LotW
• update logged QSOs to reflect their acceptance by LotW
• update logged QSOs to reflect their confirmation via LotW

Note: do not manually download QSOs from LotW and import them into your log, as this will create duplicate QSOs.

The items that track a QSO's LoTW status are displayed the Online QSL panel's LotW sub-panel; to make the Online QSL panel visible, check the Online QSL panel box in the upper-right corner of the Main window's Log QSOs tab:

The automation described below makes it unnecessary to directly modify these items.

State Flow

With respect to LoTW, QSOs proceed through a sequence of states, as shown in this chart. The current state is a function of the QSO's LoTW QSL Sent and LoTW QSL Rcvd items:

Basic Operations

• Initial Setup

  • Setting up LotW on your PC

  • Configuring DXKeeper for Interaction with LotW

  • Handling QSOs already uploaded to LotW

• Uploading QSOs to LotW

• Synchronizing QSLs: Updating logged QSOs to reflect their Confirmation via LotW

Managing LotW Callsign Certificates

• Removing the password from an LotW Callsign Certificate so the password need not be specified when uploading

• Determining When an LotW Callsign Certificate will Expire

• Renewing an LotW Callsign Certificate

• Replacing an Expired LotW Callsign Certificate

• Requesting an Additional LotW Callsign Certificate

• Accepting an Additional LotW Callsign Certificate

• Managing multiple callsigns and operating locations

• Copying Callsign Certificates from one PC to another

Managing LotW Station Locations

• Updating an LotW Station Location

• Creating an additional LotW Station Location

• Removing a Station Callsign from a Station Location

• Managing multiple callsigns and operating locations

• Using LotW on another PC

• Copying LotW Station Locations from one PC to another

Uploading QSOs to LotW

• Uploading QSOs to LotW

• "No QSOs were processed because some QSOs were duplicates or invalid"

• Removing the password from an LotW Callsign Certificate so the password need not be specified when uploading

• Handling modes not accepted by LotW

• Determining why an uploaded QSO was not accepted by LotW

• Re-uploading QSOs not accepted by LotW

• Uploading to LotW from a PC not connected to the internet

• Errors while uploading

Synchronizing QSLs: Updating logged QSOs to reflect their Confirmation via LotW

• Correcting a "No matching QSO in Log" error

• Synchronizing with LotW from a PC not connected to the Internet

• Errors while synchronizing

Additional Operations

• Handling Startup Messages from LotW

• Checking and Updating LotW's Configuration File (config.xml)

• Using LotW on another PC

• Managing multiple callsigns and operating locations

  • Requesting an Additional LotW Callsign Certificate

  • Accepting an Additional LotW Callsign Certificate

  • Creating an additional LotW Station Location

  • Removing a Station Callsign from a Station Location

• Updating DXLab's LotW Database

• Recovering Lost QSOs from LotW

Obtaining Award Credit for LoTW Confirmations

• LotW Station Locations and Confirmations

• DXCC Award Tracking

  • Requesting DXCC Award Credit for LoTW Confirmations

  • Submitting LotW Confirmations to the ARRL DXCC desk

  • Checking DXCC Award Progress via the LotW web site

• VUCC Award Tracking: grid square confirmations via LotW

• WAS Award Tracking: US State confirmations via LotW

• WAZ Award Tracking: CQ Zone confirmations via LotW

Additional Information

• LotW Files and Icons

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