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LotWScan is a simple program that allows you to determine how many states you have confirmed in the Logbook of the World system. I was looking at the system and didn't see an easy way to find that out, so I did what I do and wrote a program to do it for me. Since then I've added the same capabilities for the other information normally stored in the LotW system. The scan isn't perfect because it depends on the information offered by the QSLing station. Sometimes that information is not formatted well or the spelling doesn't match up with my database. However, it seems to work fairly well. Initial view:
After scanning:
I was fiddling around with the lotwreport.adi that is generated and thought this would be a fun little program with which to experiment. I wrote it in C# .NET, so you probably need WinXP to run it, although you might be able to get it running by installing the ".NET" runtime on an older version of the OS. All you do is enter your call and click the Scan button to select an appropriate .adi file. The default name generated by LOTW is lotwreport.adi. Make sure you download the version with all the details. If you have multiple calls (yours) within the file, the program can only look for records with a specific call. If you don't enter your call the program will use all the records. This is still an early version of the program, so it probably has a few foibles left in it. My Q/A team is underpaid, so you get what you get. While the program is aimed at LotW, it will try to read anything you tell it is an ADIF file and may get lost if you feed it something awful. As always, I'm glad to hear your bug reports and suggestions, but I may or may not respond quickly. In V1.1 you can click on a row (CW above) and the Missing and Confirmed lists will show the correct states for CW (all bands). Then click on the 15M column heading and the lists will be correct for 15M CW. With V1.2 I've added scans for Counties, DXCC, CQ Zone, ITU Zone, Grid Square and IOTA. These are dependent on what is in the ADIF file rather than matching call signs, so you may get less credit than you think you should find. The Missing and Confirmed lists are not filled in for Counties and Grid Squares (I could, but it takes forever). I don't account for deleted DXCC or IOTA entities, although I may do that one day. The database of states, counties, DXCC, and IOTA are in XML files, so you can update them if you're careful (I'm missing four counties and probably have some other typos). Place all of the files in the same directory (.exe and 3 .xml files) or it will crash. I've only tested it on a file with 25,000 Qs and that went pretty fast. V1.3 corrects a failure mode on strange Grid Square entries and updates the Country and County lists. V1.4 corrects a few more failure modes. V1.5 handle unexpected entries for mode, report skipped records, reinitialize on rescans, add 30M. V1.6 supports bands above 2M. Download LotWScan.zip V1.6 (32 KB) |
