It turned out that the file from ARRL was defective since that have fixed it an all is well.  

On 01/07/2020 22:19, Randy Hansen wrote:

i had some computer problems so I downloaded the contacts file from ARRL lotw file.  I moved it to the folder and renamed it.  Now I don't get any worked before indications .   I checked all of the obvious things and all is  right.

Hi Randy,

if you are on Windows then beware of the operating system nannying about file extensions. It is all too easy to end up with a file named wsjtx_log.adi.txt or similar.

73
Bill
G4WJS.

i had some computer problems so I downloaded the contacts file from ARRL lotw file.  I moved it to the folder and renamed it.  Now I don't get any worked before indications .   I checked all of the obvious things and all is  right.