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<body><table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><img src="img/exc.png"></td><td align="justify" bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top"><strong><font color="red">WARNING!</font></strong>
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Backup your data often! BACKUP your log directory at the end of ANY session! All what you need to backup and store in a safe place is the log database directory located in the ~/.config/cqrlog/database folder, or you can enable autobackup function in Preferences. This autobackup function creates ADIF file with backup of your log.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<div align=left><strong>CQRLOG for LINUX by OK2CQR & OK1RR</strong></div>
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<p align="center"><img src="img/line.png"></p><a name="bh4"></a><br><b><h2>LoTW support</h2></b>
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<p><strong>Preparation</strong></p>
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<div align=justify>Assume that you have a working LoTW Account. If you are new to LoTW, read carefully the instructions provided by ARRL and set up properly your account.<br><br>Very important is the certificate. ARRL issues certificates (.tq8) which are bound to a particular machine and cannot be transferred to another place. If you receive a .tq8 certificate, it is <b>absolutely essential to convert it to more usual .p12</b> format which <strong>can</strong> be transferred. Do this immediately!<br><br> Download and install the LoTW utilities (<em>tqsl</em> and <em>tqslcert</em>). The original Linux utilities are obsolete and won't compile and run with any recent version of wxwidgets. They have been reworked by Petr, OK2CQR to compile with wxwidgets-2.8.x series. The updated version of <strong>Trusted QSL</strong> download <a href="http://www.ok2cqr.com/?q=lotw-and-linux"><strong>here</strong></a> (sources, SuSE and Fedora packages). Ubuntu and Debian have this package in their repositories. Slackware packages download <a href="http://www.ok1rr.com/request.php?196"><strong>here</strong></a>.</div>
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<p><strong>Setup</strong></p>
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<img src="img/h76.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>If you didn't it already in the 'Preferences' setup procedure, provide your user name for LoTW and the password (this is <strong>not</strong> the password sent to US amateurs via postcard!).<br><br>
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Now you need to select a certificate corresponding to the QTH you used while making the QSOs you want to confirm. Check the certificates available by opening tqslcert which displays all certificates.</div><br>
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<img src="img/h78.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>Now select the proper certificate <strong><em>in tqsl</em></strong>. If you have single certificate only, you don't need to make any selection, however note the name of the QTH which must be entered into CQRLOG.</div><br>
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<img src="img/h79.png"><br><br>
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<img src="img/h80.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>The QTH profile name here is 'Praha'. The callsign is added by default however only the name (here 'Praha') should be entered into <em>tqsl command line arguments:</em> column of the <em>QSL->LoTW->Export->Upload to LoTW</em> window.</div><br>
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<img src="img/h81.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>Once entered, the QTH name stays in the predefined command line.</div>
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<p><strong>LoTW file export and upload</strong></p>
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<div align=justify><strong>1. Select the QSO records</strong> you want to confirm. Good choice is a filter for date, QSL received etc.<br><br>Now, there are two possibilities:
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<strong>I. Export the selected records</strong> to a local ADIF file. This is useful if you don't want (or it is impossible) to upload your log to LoTW. Go to <em>QSL->LoTW->Export->Export QSOs to LoTW adif file</em><br><br>
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<img src="img/h82.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>Provide a file name and put it to <em>Export to:</em> field.</div><br>
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<img src="img/h83.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>If you want to mark the exported QSO records, do it now. Click the <em>Export</em> button and go to <em>Upload to LoTW menu</em> item. The ADIF file can be signed and uploaded later.<br><br>Another option is export, signing and upload your log to LoTW at a glance.<br><br>
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<strong>II. export, signing and upload your log to LoTW from CQRLOG</strong><br><br>
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Go to Upload to LoTW card and choose QSO records which should be exported:</div><br>
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<img src="img/h84.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>Click the <em>Export & sign</em> button. You should see:<br>
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<pre>Signing adif file ...
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Signed ...
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If you did not see any errors, you can send signed file to LoTW
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website by pressing Upload button</pre><br>
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Now click the <em>Upload</em> button. A message<br>
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<pre>Uploading file ...
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Size: xxxxx
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Uploading was succesful<br></pre>
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This procedure can be checked in following way: in the /cqrlog/lotw folder should appear two new files - an ADIF file named date_time.adi (where date and time corresponding to the date and time of creation) and the signed file with the same file name but .tq8 extension which is then uploaded to the LoTW site. Finally, you can check the <a href=https://p1k.arrl.org/lotwuser/default><strong>LoTW site</strong></a>. Log in and go to <em>Your Account -> Your Activity</em> and you should see your last upload with the date, time and file name.
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<p><strong>LoTW files download and processing</strong></p>
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<div align=justify>The main purpose of the LoTW files processing (also download) is to mark existing QSO records as confirmed via LoTW. Files can be downloaded directly into CQRLOG or an already downloaded ADIF files can be processed.</div><br>
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<img src="img/h85.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>Both options shown here. If the <em>Import local LoTW ADIF file</em> (already downloaded from the LoTW site) is processed, a simple progress indicator is shown.</div><br>
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<img src="img/h86.png"><br><br>
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If you choose <em>Download and process data from LoTW website</em> a progress indicator is displayed.</div><br><br>
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<img src="img/h87.png"><br><br>
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<div align=justify>The Size changes while downloading, if finished it indicates the total file size. When download finishes, a summary appears and the import begins, showing the same progress indicator as above.</div><br>
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<img src="img/h88.png"><br><br>
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If the file is not accessible (due to server overload etc.), an error message is shown. Also if the file contains a record which is not in your log, a warning message appears.
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