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Re: [CQ-Contest] L.O.T.W.

To: <KI9A@aol.com>, <cq-contest@contesting.com>,"Bill Turner" <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] L.O.T.W.
From: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab@cdsnet.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:15:57 -0700
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Well, I guess you just better send out a card direct!!  That is, if its too 
tough to figure out.  I think (and found) it a relatively simple process. 
Van, K7VS


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>
To: <KI9A@aol.com>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] L.O.T.W.


> At 11:53 AM 7/24/2005, KI9A@aol.com wrote:
>>Look, all you need to do, is, 1) get the certificate, 2) transfer your 
>>ADIF
>>files from your normal logging software to the tq8, then either email or
>>upload the tq8 files. How much easier can it get?? Kudos to the folks who
>>run
>>LOTW, it is a great program.
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> "How much easier can it get?" you ask. Ok, here's how I envision it:
>
> 1. Go to LoTW website.
> 2. Enter your user id and password.
> 3. Upload ADIF file.
> 4. Log out.
>
> How's that for easier? Or do you really prefer the morass of .tq5, .tq8 
> and
> .p12 files? And what about the nonsense of every single QSO being 
> digitally
> signed? Think about that one for a minute. If I have made an error of some
> kind, every QSO gets digitally signed with the wrong information. What
> would be the difference from just uploading an ADIF file which I certify 
> to
> be correct just by the act of logging in?
>
> The important point of all this is that we are missing QSLs from stations
> who took one look at LoTW and gave up because it is unnecessarily
> complex.  How many more states/countries/provinces would you have 
> confirmed
> right now if LoTW were user-friendly like it should be?
>
> Bill, W6WRT
>
>
>
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