Any Way to Retrieve Logs Sent to Endorsement Checker?


Eric KG6MZS
 

Hello 070'ers,

In pursuing the 365 endorsement I brought m radio along on vacation in North Central New Mexico to try and fill in a bunch of blanks that occur due to summer vacation.

Here's the rub.  My vintage HP laptop's hard drive went belly up and all the contacts I made filling in dates have been lost.

Except -- a few days ago I uploaded the PSK log to the PODXS 070 Endorsement checker.  So now I am wondering if there is any way to get that ADIF file back.  Does anybody know?

Completely off-topic I am otherwise having a lot of fun here in the Land of Enchantment activating SOTA summits with my KX2. Yesterday I managed a SSB contact with Eli HA9RE in Hungary with just 12 watts and a homebrew doublet!  I was on Cerro de los Taoses.  That was a rea kick.  If you want to read and see more here is my blog entry on it with a cool drone video of the summit:

https://kg6mzs.com/2022/07/14/cerro-de-los-taoses/

TIA and 73

Eric KG6MZS


KN4ZXG
 

Eric, I don't know the answer to your question about the endorsement checker.  The endorsement checker shows your ADIF file headers so it is obviously there but I don't see a way to retrieve it.  However, if you upload your logs to LOTW or eQSL you will be able to download ADIF from either of those.

You will also be able to check for the dates you have submitted but going into the endorsement checker, clicking on your callsign from when you last uploaded your log.  There's a row on that page that's gray and starts with the "Awards Progress:" on that line is a link "070-365".  Click on that, then scroll down or search for your callsign.  You will be able to click on it and it will open a PDF that shows your progress in 365 and will show all the days you have and haven't done.  Hope this helps!


Buz Johnson
 

Assume video Eric! Beautiful portable QTH. Have fun.
Best 73,

Buz, WA5AMM

On Jul 15, 2022, at 10:55 AM, Eric KG6MZS <contact@...> wrote:

Hello 070'ers,

In pursuing the 365 endorsement I brought m radio along on vacation in North Central New Mexico to try and fill in a bunch of blanks that occur due to summer vacation.

Here's the rub. My vintage HP laptop's hard drive went belly up and all the contacts I made filling in dates have been lost.

Except -- a few days ago I uploaded the PSK log to the PODXS 070 Endorsement checker. So now I am wondering if there is any way to get that ADIF file back. Does anybody know?

Completely off-topic I am otherwise having a lot of fun here in the Land of Enchantment activating SOTA summits with my KX2. Yesterday I managed a SSB contact with Eli HA9RE in Hungary with just 12 watts and a homebrew doublet! I was on Cerro de los Taoses. That was a rea kick. If you want to read and see more here is my blog entry on it with a cool drone video of the summit:

https://kg6mzs.com/2022/07/14/cerro-de-los-taoses/

TIA and 73

Eric KG6MZS






--
de, WA5AMM, Buz


Eric KG6MZS
 

Thanks for the reply Ted,

Unfortunately I did not upload that ADIF anywhere but to the endorsement checkers.

I know the dates I thought I had filled in, but that obviously isn't enough to rebuild the QSO log entry.

It looks like unless I can get that ADIF i submitted it's "we'll get 'um next year!" and a painful less [re]learned about backing up OFF the hard drive.

73 Eric KG6MZS

www.kg6mzs.com

On 7/15/22 9:37 AM, KN4ZXG wrote:

Eric, I don't know the answer to your question about the endorsement checker.  The endorsement checker shows your ADIF file headers so it is obviously there but I don't see a way to retrieve it.  However, if you upload your logs to LOTW or eQSL you will be able to download ADIF from either of those.

You will also be able to check for the dates you have submitted but going into the endorsement checker, clicking on your callsign from when you last uploaded your log.  There's a row on that page that's gray and starts with the "Awards Progress:" on that line is a link "070-365".  Click on that, then scroll down or search for your callsign.  You will be able to click on it and it will open a PDF that shows your progress in 365 and will show all the days you have and haven't done.  Hope this helps!
_._,_._


David, K9DWR
 

* Eric KG6MZS <contact@...> [2022-07-15 09:55]:
Thanks for the reply Ted,

Unfortunately I did not upload that ADIF anywhere but to the endorsement
checkers.

I know the dates I thought I had filled in, but that obviously isn't enough
to rebuild the QSO log entry.

It looks like unless I can get that ADIF i submitted it's "we'll get 'um
next year!" and a painful less [re]learned about backing up OFF the hard
drive.
I think I may be able to get at the ADIF. Let me take a look.

--
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...


GA - Bob - K4VBM
 

Eric,
Each of the 070 awards has some facility to show you the QSOs that applied to the award, so that can help you reclaim your lost data.

FOR EXAMPLE:

On the worked the world page, you can download some of the data as a TXT or XLS file.
Maybe that will somehow help you capture some of the information you lost, as it has date, time, band,  and call sign.
Unfortunately, only the QSOs that applied to the WTW endorsement will be present.

For Grids, click on the 'Have' number link in both the green awarded section and the yellow working on section

In general, click on the 'Have' number link for each different award and see what you can find and reclaim.

This probably won't help you, but some info here also about your last upload.
Go back to the Endorsement checker web page and find your call sign in the list.
Over to the right there is a link in very tiny font that says 'rpt'.
Click on that.

For you, I get this:

Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated here (and will be fatal in Perl 5.30), passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^(\w+)(,{ <-- HERE .+})?$/ at ../adif-validator/ADIF/Validator.pm line 92, <DATA> line 126.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated here (and will be fatal in Perl 5.30), passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^,{ <-- HERE (-?(?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?)):(-?(?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?))}$/ at ../adif-validator/ADIF/Validator.pm line 107, <DATA> line 126.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated here (and will be fatal in Perl 5.30), passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^,{ <-- HERE (.+)}$/ at ../adif-validator/ADIF/Validator.pm line 110, <DATA> line 126.
KJ4IZW ADIF VALIDATOR
	This reviews a AIDF file for warnings/errors using the v3.0.4 spec: http://www.adif.org/304/ADIF_304.htm
Tue Jul 12 15:43:51 EDT 2022
==============
ADIF_VER: 
PROGRAMID: HamRadioDeluxe
PROGRAMVERSION: Version 6.7.0.391
ADIF_VERS: 2.2
CREATED_TIMESTAMP: 20220712 124020
Records: 72
==============
#++
#
#   HRD Logbook version 6.7.0.391, Copyright © 2003 - 2021 by HRD Software, LLC
#   https://www.HamRadioDeluxe.com/
#
#   Created:  20220712 124020
#
#--
==============

[ERROR: BAD_ENUM_VALUE MODE x1] Not an allowed value for this enumerated field.
  rec   28 line   327  VA7GEM:20220521:014253:PSK63F:40m   PSK63F
[ERROR: BAD_ENUM_VALUE STATE x1] Not an allowed value for this enumerated field.
  rec   13 line   184  WH7TT:20220709:002016:PSK31:20m     [DXCC=110] bad value: 'CA'
[ERROR: INVALID_POSITIVE_NUM DISTANCE x3] This value should be positive.
  rec   43 line   467  VA7GEM:20220514:200814:PSK31:20m    0.0
  rec   44 line   474  KA5VZG:20220514:194453:PSK31:20m    0.0
  rec   45 line   479  WB9KVI:20220514:194058:PSK31:20m    0.0
[ERROR: INVALID_POSITIVE_NUM RX_PWR x72] This value should be positive.
  == 100% of RECORDS == (values:0.0)
[ERROR: UNKNOWN_FIELD ADIF_VERS x1] Unknown field name.
  rec    0 line     0  HEADER                              
[ERROR: UNKNOWN_FIELD HRDCOUNTRYNO x72] Unknown field name.
  == 100% of RECORDS == (values:)
[WARNING: MISSING_PARENT_FIELD MY_CNTY x69] Cannot validate this field without parent field defined.
  == 95% of RECORDS == (values:MY_DXCC)
[WARNING: MISSING_PARENT_FIELD MY_STATE x69] Cannot validate this field without parent field defined.
  == 95% of RECORDS == (values:MY_DXCC)
[WARNING: NO_ADIF_VER  x1] Optional ADIF_VER missing from header.
	0

==============
FIELDS USED:
	100% (72) 	ANT_AZ
	100% (72) 	ANT_EL
	100% (72) 	A_INDEX
	100% (72) 	BAND
	100% (72) 	CALL
	100% (72) 	COUNTRY
	100% (72) 	DISTANCE
	100% (72) 	DXCC
	100% (72) 	EQSL_QSL_RCVD
	100% (72) 	EQSL_QSL_SENT
	100% (72) 	FORCE_INIT
	100% (72) 	FREQ
	100% (72) 	HRDCOUNTRYNO
	100% (72) 	K_INDEX
	100% (72) 	LOTW_QSL_RCVD
	100% (72) 	LOTW_QSL_SENT
	100% (72) 	MODE
	100% (72) 	PFX
	100% (72) 	QSL_RCVD
	100% (72) 	QSL_SENT
	100% (72) 	QSO_COMPLETE
	100% (72) 	QSO_DATE
	100% (72) 	QSO_RANDOM
	100% (72) 	RST_RCVD
	100% (72) 	RST_SENT
	100% (72) 	RX_PWR
	100% (72) 	SFI
	100% (72) 	STATION_CALLSIGN
	100% (72) 	SWL
	100% (72) 	TIME_OFF
	100% (72) 	TIME_ON
	 97% (70) 	NAME
	 95% (69) 	MY_CNTY
	 95% (69) 	MY_COUNTRY
	 95% (69) 	MY_GRIDSQUARE
	 95% (69) 	MY_NAME
	 95% (69) 	MY_RIG
	 95% (69) 	MY_STATE
	 95% (69) 	OPERATOR
	 93% (67) 	MY_LAT
	 93% (67) 	MY_LON
	 79% (57) 	STATE
	 66% (48) 	TX_PWR
	 63% (46) 	QTH
	 58% (42) 	GRIDSQUARE
	 58% (42) 	LAT
	 58% (42) 	LON
	 52% (38) 	ADDRESS
	 47% (34) 	QSL_RCVD_VIA
	 47% (34) 	QSL_SENT_VIA
	 44% (32) 	COMMENT
	 43% (31) 	CONT
	 41% (30) 	CQZ
	 40% (29) 	MY_CITY
	 38% (28) 	ITUZ
	 27% (20) 	LOTW_QSLRDATE
	 25% (18) 	MY_POSTAL_CODE
	 18% (13) 	BAND_RX
	 18% (13) 	MY_CQ_ZONE
	 18% (13) 	MY_ITU_ZONE
	 16% (12) 	CNTY
	 16% (12) 	EMAIL
	 16% (12) 	SRX_STRING
	 16% (12) 	STX_STRING
	 11% (8) 	QSL_VIA
	  4% (3) 	IOTA
	  4% (3) 	SRX
	  4% (3) 	STX
	  2% (2) 	OWNER_CALLSIGN
==============
excluded: BAD_STRING,BAD_MULTILINE_STRING,BAD_MULTILINE_NEWLINE,NO_TYPE,BAD_NUMBER.SRX,BAD_NUMBER.STX,UNKNOWN_SUB_ENUMERATION.CNTY


For me, I get this:



David, K9DWR
 

* David Rock <david@...> [2022-07-15 11:19]:
* Eric KG6MZS <contact@...> [2022-07-15 09:55]:
Thanks for the reply Ted,

Unfortunately I did not upload that ADIF anywhere but to the endorsement
checkers.
I forwarded what I could find in the checker. It only has whatever the most
recent upload was, so hopefully the 72 entries are all that you are looking
for. If there was a different upload, I don't think I can get that.

--
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...


 

Eric,

Unfortunately you uploaded a partial log and that over wrote the previous upload.  With a little luck, David might work some of his magic and get it back.  As a last ditch effort you might find a computer repair shop that can retrieve the data for you.

73
John
KC3fl


 

Erik...one thought?
Do you have a current LotW that's uploaded?
Milt.
N6MG


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric KG6MZS <contact@...>
To: main@070Club.groups.io
Sent: Fri, Jul 15, 2022 7:55 am
Subject: [070Club] Any Way to Retrieve Logs Sent to Endorsement Checker?

Hello 070'ers,

In pursuing the 365 endorsement I brought m radio along on vacation in
North Central New Mexico to try and fill in a bunch of blanks that occur
due to summer vacation.

Here's the rub.  My vintage HP laptop's hard drive went belly up and all
the contacts I made filling in dates have been lost.

Except -- a few days ago I uploaded the PSK log to the PODXS 070
Endorsement checker.  So now I am wondering if there is any way to get
that ADIF file back.  Does anybody know?

Completely off-topic I am otherwise having a lot of fun here in the Land
of Enchantment activating SOTA summits with my KX2. Yesterday I managed
a SSB contact with Eli HA9RE in Hungary with just 12 watts and a
homebrew doublet!  I was on Cerro de los Taoses.  That was a rea kick. 
If you want to read and see more here is my blog entry on it with a cool
drone video of the summit:

https://kg6mzs.com/2022/07/14/cerro-de-los-taoses/

TIA and 73

Eric KG6MZS








Eric KG6MZS
 

A Huge, Booming Thank You to all who responded.

I am back up and running with all the QSOs I had up until my last upload -- minus a few FT8 contacts.  FT8 just doesn't have a great group like this to offer such fine support.  I only lost July 13 and 14 in the 365 day quest.

My major logbook is all safe and sound and backed up back home. This was only the stuff that was on this refurbished HP that I got just for taking of the road for vacations.  All the stuff from my grid DM17 gridpedition is safely in my main log.

I am now in that laborious process of setting up this work computer -- a spiffy MacBook Pro -- with Boot Camp to run Windows 10 and the dreaded HRD suite.  I just had my first PSK contact there, so I got it all working.  I just forgot how hard it is to set up HRD from scratch.  I'm used to importing all my macros and prefs.

It is nice to have a large, sharp and bright display, though.  So much better that the old HP laptop.  I should've done this instead of the HP.

Thanks again everybody.  You all are the best!

73 Eric KG6MZS


Eric K9VIC (2404 is)
 

I just looked through my log to see what days I've worked you.  We had a qso on July 6th, but not on either of the two missing dates.

Eric/K9VIC

On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 01:32:35 PM CDT, Eric KG6MZS <contact@...> wrote:


A Huge, Booming Thank You to all who responded.

I am back up and running with all the QSOs I had up until my last upload
-- minus a few FT8 contacts.  FT8 just doesn't have a great group like
this to offer such fine support.  I only lost July 13 and 14 in the 365
day quest.

My major logbook is all safe and sound and backed up back home. This was
only the stuff that was on this refurbished HP that I got just for
taking of the road for vacations.  All the stuff from my grid DM17
gridpedition is safely in my main log.

I am now in that laborious process of setting up this work computer -- a
spiffy MacBook Pro -- with Boot Camp to run Windows 10 and the dreaded
HRD suite.  I just had my first PSK contact there, so I got it all
working.  I just forgot how hard it is to set up HRD from scratch.  I'm
used to importing all my macros and prefs.

It is nice to have a large, sharp and bright display, though.  So much
better that the old HP laptop.  I should've done this instead of the HP.

Thanks again everybody.  You all are the best!

73 Eric KG6MZS