Re: LF: Re: Incomplete uploads on WSPR database

["Michael Sapp" <wa3tts@verizon.net>]

Tobias: I'm not sure why it made a difference, but I do not seem to have 
upload issues with wspr-x since making the change.
73, Mike wa3tts


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tobias DG3LV" <DG3LV@gmx.net>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: Incomplete uploads on WSPR database


> Hi Mike !
>
> This file is never uploaded (to the WSPR servers), so for what reason we 
> should keep it small?
> HNY & 73 de dg3lv Tobias
>
> Am 03.01.2016 um 17:58 schrieb Michael Sapp:
> > Stefan & All:  If you use wsprx, try limiting the size of your ALL_WSPR
> > txt file. W1VD pointed this out as the file contains a record of all of
> > your captures. Rename the file as ALL_WSPR_OLD and then edit the
> > ALL_WSPR file to a few weeks of data. My ALL_WSPR file had grown to
> > 6.5MB which is a sizeable upload. I try to keep my ALL_WSPR file to
> > under 250KB.
> > 73 Mike wa3tts
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     *From:* DK7FC <mailto:selberdenken@posteo.de>
> >     *To:* rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
> >     <mailto:rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> >     *Sent:* Sunday, January 03, 2016 9:15 AM
> >     *Subject:* Re: LF: Re: Incomplete uploads on WSPR database
> >
> >     R Chris, thanks for the feedback.
> >
> >     Well that problem does exist just since a few months. Good to know
> >     that it is not local.
> >     Maybe it's due to the permanantly rising usage of the software /
> >     increasing number of uploaded spots and requested website update?
> >     See the plot "stations participating per day" at
> >     http://wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/stats
> >     Maybe they need a new faster server hardware...
> >
> >     73, Stefan
> >
> >     Am 03.01.2016 12:55, schrieb Chris:
> > >     I frequently get the same problem Stefan. The program eventually
> > >     gives up trying to send the spots to the website and you get a
> > >     'timed out' message in the shell. Just before Christmas it was
> > >     loading up less than half the spots I was getting, so turned it
> > >     off, couldn't see the point if the reports weren't being sent!!
> > >     Vy 73 es HNY to All,
> > >     Chris, G4AYT.
> > >
> > >         ----- Original Message -----
> > >         *From:* DK7FC <mailto:selberdenken@posteo.de>
> > >         *To:* rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
> > >         <mailto:rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> > >         *Sent:* Saturday, January 02, 2016 5:23 PM
> > >         *Subject:* LF: Incomplete uploads on WSPR database
> > >
> > >         Hi all,
> > >
> > >         For a few times i see now that my local WSPR decodes are not
> > >         completely uploaded to the database. Furthermore it often
> > >         takes very long (> 15 seconds) until the WSPR map or database
> > >         site is loaded.
> > >
> > >         For example, this was uploaded from my 3 stations on 16:58 UTC:
> > >
> > >         2016-01-02 16:58 HB9ASB 0.475712 +3 0 JN36nu 100
> > >          DK7FC/NE JN49ik 310 22
> > >          2016-01-02 16:58 DL2WB 0.475777 -15 0 JN39qh
> > >          0.2 DK7FC/NW JN49ik 98 81
> > >
> > >
> > >         However the actual decodes were:
> > >
> > >         DK7FC/NW:
> > >         1658 -6 5.7 0.475712 0 HB9ASB JN36 50
> > >
> > >         1658 6 -1.0 0.475754 0 DH5RAE JN68 17
> > >
> > >         1658 -15 -1.4 0.475777 0 DL2WB JN39 23
> > >
> > >
> > >         DK7FC/NE:
> > >         1658 3 6.0 0.475712 0 HB9ASB JN36 50
> > >
> > >         1658 8 -0.6 0.475754 0 DH5RAE JN68 17
> > >
> > >
> > >         DK7FC:
> > >         1658 -7 6.4 0.475714 0 HB9ASB JN36 50
> > >
> > >         1658 4 -0.2 0.475757 0 DH5RAE JN68 17
> > >
> > >
> > >         So 2 decodes are displayed, 7 were made. What happened to the
> > >         other 5? I can see in other time slots that the WSPR instance
> > >         did not hang up, i.e. there are uploads for other decodes. But
> > >         randamly some are lost regularly.
> > >
> > >
> > >         Do some of you observe similar behaviour of the software? Is
> > >         the problem on my side or does the database somehow have
> > >         problems during the last months?
> > >
> > >
> > >         73, Stefan