Fred,
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Since you asked about LOTW, I believe every POTA operator should upload QSO's to LOTW.? It's as much a curtesy as any QSL.? For hams that want to earn WAS or even 5BWAS, LOTW is much more economical than paper QSL cards, so please make it a habit.
I have activated 34 POTA locations with more than 13K QSO's, all using just N3FJP.? I only have one TQSL.? It's done using tools inside of ACLog.?
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The basic procedure:
At each location, in Settings/Setup change the Lat/Long, Grid, State and County for the POTA location.? I have my Setup page by default to come up when I start AClog, so I don't forget to change this info.
Operate the park location as normal.? The cool thing is all previous QSO info with a station will come up.? No internet, no problem.? Turn off "look up" and use Scott's free database info if you want.?
After the operation, highlight all of the operations QSO's.? File/Export/Selected records and save to your usual location.? That file get's uploaded to POTA.??
Then, setup LOTW for the new location.? Go to eLogs/LOTW.? On the left, under LOTW Location click ADD.? Update grid, zones, state and county. Provide a new station name and click Finish. Now, go back and select the new location under LOTW Location.? Close page.? Highlight all of the new POTA operation QSO's again, click on elogs/LOTW and click "Selected Contacts From Main Form".? It will upload those POTA contacts to LOTW.? You must have setup AClog to work with TQSL certificate and have all of those functions working obviously.??
I also upload the POTA QSO's to elogs/Club Log too.
To update QRZ records, I sync those from LOTW.? In QRZ, click your callsign/My Logbook, then Settings and Import. That updates your QRZ records, including LOTW confirmations.
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You can log park numbers if you want, but frankly, it's on the activator to upload there log for the operation, and it's tied to the park number.? The system will track park to parks, activations and hunters with no effort.
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I don't need any special software, this is all built into AClog, and works like a dream.
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73,
Dave - NF6P (51,000 AClog QSO's so far)
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NF6P - Dave