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8000 Confirmations in LotW

Posted on January 16, 2020 by robert

Last time I reported this metric, was in May of 2018, when 6,001 confirmations had been recorded in LotW. Today confirmation 8,000 was received in LotW.  What an amazing system.  Thanks ARRL!!

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11K QSOs in LotW

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I hit 11,000 QSOs entered into LotW today after spending the time to update to the latest versions of HRD, WSJT-X, and JTAlert. HRD still doesn’t deal with the way the ARRL chose to acknowledge FT4 QSOs (using a submode … Continue reading →

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First FT4 QSO

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I finally bit the bullet and installed WSJT-X version 2.1.0-rc5  I figured why let everyone else have all the fun!  (I can admit that debugging new software can be a huge time investment). Anyway, installation went fine, but you must … Continue reading →

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10,000 QSOs in the Log

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Bob Beatty

How appropriate, on the first day of winter, for a non-fan of cold weather, snow & ice, that I should reach QSO #10,000 in my logbook?  My small contribution to the one billion QSOs entered into LotW as of 12/19. … Continue reading →

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ONE BILLION QSOs in LotW

Posted on December 19, 2018 by robert

I’ve been a little obsessed making year-end QSOs for the International Grid Chase, and watching LotW count up to ONE BILLION QSOs. It happened at 23:32:06 UTC on December 19, 2018 (6:32:06 PM EST). Fantastic job ARRL and IT staff … Continue reading →

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Only one million to go in LotW

Posted on December 17, 2018 by robert

At approximately 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC), the QSO count in Logbook of the World rolled over to 999 million, only 1 million QSOs to go before it hits a BILLION. LotW has been going up about 3 million QSOs … Continue reading →

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One Billion LotW Closing in

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Bob Beatty

On Dec 1, LotW was sitting at 993,013,173 QSOs in the database.  Today, 8 days later, it is now at 996,282,776 Qs.  So in 8 days it has gone up a bit more than 3 million.  If that trend holds, … Continue reading →

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LotW Rapidly Approaching a BILLION QSOs

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Bob Beatty

As of today, LotW is sitting at 993,013,173 QSOs in the database.  A bit more than two days ago it was at 991,853,472 QSO.  In other words, adding about a million QSOs every 2-3 days.  At that rate, we might … Continue reading →

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Shack PC Up and Running

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Bob Beatty

After the fire last Sunday, I did some testing, and found a good hunk of my 10-year old PC was gone.  The cost to repair was going to be significant, and I’d be left with the guts of an old … Continue reading →

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QSO #9,000 in LotW

Posted on May 29, 2018 by robert

Silly, I suppose, but I note almost every accomplishment.  I’m happy to say that today I worked Ron, K4AKK, from Savannah, TN on 15-Meter FT-8.  He found his way into my LotW database as Contact #9,000 (since I started back … Continue reading →

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