I've recently signed up to eQSL but after only 24 hours or so I'm thinking of giving up on it. The problem is my main interest is SOTA so I have QSOs from different QTHs. When trying to upload these I have discovered I need to create a new account for each summit (QTH). This seems nonsense but I tried doing this and immediately hit the problem, which has been reported many times, of an error message talking about conflicting dates. I managed to create one account by adding /P to me callsign, which is correct for SOTA but it wouldn't allow me to add a third account. I've tried changing the dates but it had no impact - the error message returns.

So my questions are: How can I use eQSL easily for SOTA QSOs? If I need to create a new account for each QTH how do I do this, given it will be for the same callsign in each case?

I've searched on line for answers but I've only found complaints about how clunky eQSL is for handling SOTA QSOs and it seems few bother to use it because of this. Before I join them I would be grateful for any advice on how to get it working.

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M0WIV Raymond John Laidler

How to get it working ?

Create as many /p accounts as different sota references, with no overlapping dates, here is a sample :
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CALLSIGN nickname
F4GLD/P F/FV013 parriaux olivier creches sur saone, 71680 YES No
F4GLD/P F/JU004 parriaux olivier Bellegarde-sur-Vals YES No
F4GLD/P F/JU053 parriaux olivier LOMONT, 25 YES No
F4GLD/P F/MC-11 parriaux olivier Mâcon, 71000 YES No
F4GLD/P F/MC087 parriaux olivier Monsols, 69860 YES No
F4GLD/P F/MC087 parriaux olivier Creches, 71680 YES No
F4GLD/P F/MC113 parriaux olivier AVENAS, YES No
F4GLD/P F/VL004 parriaux olivier Creches, 71680 YES No
F4GLD/P F/VL004 parriaux olivier DE DUN, 71800 YES No
F4GLD/P F/AM-535 parriaux olivier SOTA YES No
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among a hundred others.............


with the SOTA reference as account nickname

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