[ARRL-ODV:8162] [ARRL-ODV:8160] LoTW First test

Dave, I had a chance to test this out. And for others testing this out, I offer this advice, when the certificate generator asks you to select a password to protect your certificate, DO NOT DO IT. Downloading the program was a breeze. Installing the program was equally as simple. Requesting the certificate generator to issue a certificate went well until it asked me to select a password, which I did. I sent the certificate request out to the requested email address and received a prompt reply back. The reply essentially told me that since I requested a password that my password would be printed on a postcard in the mail. Above that text, I was told that no passwords are being mailed out and that "Either your certificate is automatically sent to you (in a separate message) or it's not." Assuming that if one sends the certificate request with the requested selection of a password, that they will not be able to test this system. Is this correct? - Bill Edgar N3LLR AR>This afternoon I had an opportunity to try out Logbook of the World. If you have a log in ADIF or Cabrillo format, you can, too! The "greetings" message from Dave Patton, NT1N, that follows this note provides the instructions on how to download the beta version of the program. Further instructions are included in the download. For test purposes the DX logs submitted for the 2002 ARRL CW DX Contest are in the database. Converting my Cabrillo log of about 4,000 QSOs into "TQSL" format took about 90 seconds. Uploading and matching with the QSOs already in the database took another 97.6 seconds and yielded 1,675 confirmed QSOs. As they say, your mileage may vary. Note that at this stage the "query handler" is a bit primitive. The critical elements to be tested right now are the certificate generation and data conversion/uploading functions. 73, Dave K1ZZ
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