IOTA confirmation

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YO5LD
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IOTA confirmation

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Hello,
I do have a QSO with a given IOTA island confirmed on the respective band/mode as show in the "Worked IOTA" window, but the Main window shows it as light-blue (unconfirmed) and it also show up in DXCluster.
Is there anything I have set up wrongly? (I do have Suppress CFMD selected in DXCluster)

73
Dani
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Hi Dani,
just an educated guess based on your colur scheme for confirmed in the main window:
What are your settings for QSL in settings-station-coulour/qsl?
Card and LoTW activated for IOTA?

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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Hello Dani,

Normally only paper QSL and Clublog (via RSGB) count for "confirmed IOTA".
I can't tell for sure which (green) confirmations you have in View-IOTA.

73 Ben
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Hello Ben. Dark-green is LoTW and the other green is Paper QSL.
I just imported ClubLog matches into UcxLog. Let's see how that changes things.

By the way, RSGB accepts LoTW as "IOTA Confirmation" too.

Now I 'X'ed everything in QSL in settings-station-coulour/qsl?.
let's see how it works. Might have been again an issue with the user..

73
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Hello Dani,

I see the two greens in the lower left corner but I can't identify in the Band/IOTA table which green it is.

Where is settled that LOTW confirmations count for IOTA ?
On https://www.iota-world.org/iota-directo ... dures.html
"Application procedure" I find only
  • Paper cards",
  • IOTA contest and
  • Clublog matches
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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In the table it's mostly LoTW.

Indeed, in the "procedures" pdf LoTW isn't mentioned, but after logging in to the IOTA platform, there's a "Add QSOs from LoTW" option:
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Ok, did you set LOTW for IOTA in "Settings-Station-Color/QSL ?

The problem is, that LOTW or Clublog confirmation are not always automatically = "IOTA confirmed".
This needs the additional confirmation of IOTA committee because every IOTA activation must be reported and acknowledged.

73 Ben
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Hello again.

Still unsure if I'm doing something wrong :(
The confirmation for the IOTA is LoTW not paper (green color mostly match)
Can't upload screenshots due to size, so I'll post Google Photos links:

Settings/QSL: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZNBdB32Rw6ob5raS7
Worked IOTA window: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VyHTuhEUo6utdN187
Main+Log window: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pqYiwfPyXJHgECCR7

For some reason, that specific IOTA still shows up as unconfirmed in the main window + DXCluster window.
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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The "IOTA Confirmation" is not equal to "Clublog Match" or "LOTW confirmation".
If you have "LOTW confirmed" for a QSO it is the confirmatioon for the DXCC entity but NOT the real/final confirmation for the IOTA .

IOTA confirmation needs download/upload by the RSGB IOTA website using
- "My IOTA - Add QSOs from LOTW" or
- "My IOTA - Add QSOs from Clublog".
Then the IOTA server logs into your LOTW/Clublog account and retrieves the QSOs.
The result should be a CSV-File which can be imported in "QSL - Clublog - Import CSV-File (RSBG-IOTA)" .
The result are the "real" confirmed IOTA.
I hope that this procedure is still unchanged by RSGB.

You can switch the meaning of the shown "C" in tables using "Settings- Station Colors/QSLs" field "QSL report C"
I fear that this doesn't yet work for LOTW but I think you can transfer the QSOs from LOTW to Clublog
I don't like to introduce such an IOTA double meaning for "L" (Lotw confirmations).

73 Ben
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Ok, by downloading the IOTA CSV and ingesting it, it works as expected with the configuration sent above.
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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I will think about whether the presentation of the IOTA confirmations can be improved and how LOTW can be included.
But that will take some time ...

73 Ben
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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I think the current way is fine, but I didn't find any reference on it, what counts and what doesn't for a IOTA confirmation.
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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Yes, if you understand the current way, it is fine.
I can't change anything about the procedure at IOTA.

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Re: IOTA confirmation

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Hello,

I added explanations in the Help chapter "Settings - Station - Colors/QSL" of version 8.28 Beta 4.

There was already an related post: viewtopic.php?p=13596#p13596

73 Ben
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