LOTW select issue 1.16.0.0

[G4POP]

Dave asked what this means:
R - QSL has been requested (how is this different from "Y"?)

This means I asked the other guy for a confirmation card,

I agree because "requested" is grammatically past tense

[k3dcw]

Dave asked what this means:
R - QSL has been requested (how is this different from "Y"?)

This means I asked the other guy for a confirmation card,

Ok, but how is that different from "Y", in that I sent a QSL card; UNLESS, it implies that I requested a QSL card from him, but did not send him one of my own...like with some of the online QSL request services?


73

Dave
K3DCW

[G4POP]

Dave asked what this means:
R - QSL has been requested (how is this different from "Y"?)

This means I asked the other guy for a confirmation card,

Ok, but how is that different from "Y", in that I sent a QSL card; UNLESS, it implies that I requested a QSL card from him, but did not send him one of my own...like with some of the online QSL request services?


73

Dave
K3DCW

I have had QSO's where the other station no longer collected cards but was OK for me to request one.

There is also a situation where you send the card but one is not received so you might request it again by email or post etc

[IW3HMH]

Sorry for resurrecting this thread:
From ADIF website:

QSL Sent Enumeration

Y yes
•an outgoing QSL card has been sent
•the QSO has been uploaded to, and accepted by, the online service

N no
•do not send an outgoing QSL card
•do not upload the QSO to the online service

R requested
•the contacted station has requested a QSL card
•the contacted station has requested the QSO be uploaded to the online service

Q queued
• an outgoing QSL card has been selected to be sent
•a QSO has been selected to be uploaded to the online service

I ignore or invalid


QSL Rcvd Enumeration

Y yes (confirmed)
•an incoming QSL card has been received
•the QSO has been confirmed by the online service

N no
•an incoming QSL card has not been received
•the QSO has not been confirmed by the online service

R requested
•the logging station has requested a QSL card
•the logging station has requested the QSO be uploaded to the online service

I ignore or invalid

V (deprecated) verified
•DXCC award credit granted for the QSL card - instead use
<CREDIT_GRANTED:39>DXCC:card,DXCC_BAND:card,DXCC_MODE:card
•DXCC award credit granted by LoTW - instead use <CREDIT_GRANTED:39>DXCC:lotw,DXCC_BAND:lotw,DXCC_MODE:lotw

[NN7D]

I've been following this thread with interest, because I have been very confused by the terminology in use within Log4OM and the ADIF format, as a new user.

There seems to be the most confusion with the term Requested for Sent QSL's. I think the confusion arises, in part, because there are "Requested" status for both Sent and Received QSL's, and people get confused between the two. I know I did. When I see "requested" I think I "requested" a qsl from the contact.

Further confusion is caused because we are using the past tense "Requested" for a term we are applying to the present tense - that the contact is "Requesting" a QSL confirmation.

Might this all be clarified (made simpler) by changing the term for "Sent" (better yet OUTGOING) QSL's to "Requesting".

Then change the term Sent - which implies they have been SENT (again, past tense, as if they have already been SENT), to "Outgoing", and the term "Received" to "Incoming". Would be a lot more consistent with the English language and would reduce the confusion.

Just my thoughts.
Doug