From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Nicholas Graif - K4JNG
Subject: Re: [DRAKE-RADIO] QRZ.com

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dick
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2022 12:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DRAKE-RADIO] QRZ.com

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I really don't consider QRZ to be a "real" log. I have been using N3FJP AClog as my station log for well over a decade. It is not free but it really is true that in both the cases of QRZ and AClog you do get what you pay for. I was an early adopter of eQSL more for the card images than anything else, and later LoTW for ARRL awards. But IMO your main station log should always be a program that resides on your own computer(s). You can use it as you like and you can also ensure that you have a good backup strategy without having to rely on someone else to do it.

73

-Jim
NU0C


On Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:11:39 -0400
"Joseph Nicholas Graif - K4JNG" <jgraif1@...> wrote:

> and now, QRZ.com has closed my account because i complained. it’s a good thing i have that .adif file. those bastards...
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> i knew if i complained something good would happen and it did. i found an .adif editor and fixed the problem as well as uncovering another. QRZ.com doesn’t create your county name in a format that eQSL likes (they include the two-letter state abbreviation followed by a comma and then the county name – how stupid). so, i will always have to edit the county column and the first 145 entries in the grid square column.
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> at least i figured it out...sorry for the tirade, folks...
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> well...this is how my re-introduction to the hobby is going after 35 years off the air. i thought i would enjoy using technology to log my qso's and qsl's. QRZ.com has already ruined that. despite the fact that i inputted all of my current and correct information into their system, and despite the fact that my license contains all the correct and current information, they somehow "buried" the grid square of my prior address in a log book settings screen that doesn't come up when you are registering, or make itself apparent afterwards. so, now that i have paid to upgrade my membership so i can download the log and upload it to eQSL, everything bounced because the grid square in the contacts doesn't agree with the one in my profile.
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> QRZ.com is refusing to do anything about it, claiming it is my responsibility to keep my information up to date. they make a big deal of "standing behind their product" if it fails to work. well...guess what? i have no idea how they got my old grid square, but it is not my fault or my problem. i told them i don't care if they have to edit each of my contacts individually, they are going to do it. and i was having so much fun...
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