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Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Triple Play Award

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Triple Play Award
From: David Wilburn <dave.wilburn@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:47:02 -0400
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David Wilburn
K4DGW



Andrei Stchislenok wrote:
> Henk,
> 
> There is a web page from HB9-land (forgot the callsign) There are all the
> callsigns in the world wo is using LoTW.
> 
> You (and me and all who needs) will have to beg those guys who are not in
> LoTW yet to join, hihi.
> Will email them - "Please Join LoTW!!!"
> 
> Good luck hunting
> 
> 
> 2008/7/27, Henk Remijn PA5KT <pa5kt@remijn.net>:
>> For stations in the USA this will be not so difficult award, but for
>> overseas stations this will be a big challenge. Already working the
>> stations, but also getting the confirmation.
>>
>> Of the 13608 USA qso in my log I have 34% confirmed by LotW and 5% by card.
>> Of all the 26972 qso I have 23% LotW and 8% by card.
>>
>> Worse qsling is from the 7 area, specially NV which I worked on 10, 15,
>> 20, 40, 160 and have only 160 confirmed (by LotW)
>>
>> Today I worked a couple of KH6 because I needed Hawaii. When checking
>> their qsl info it appears that all the 5 stations I worked do not do any
>> eqsl or lotw, so this was waste of my time.
>>
>> It would be nice to have a list of stations per state which are in the
>> LotW, so I can skip working the non-LotW and gather my points with easy
>> to work east coast stations.
>>
>> Henk PA5KT
>>
>>
>> David Gilbert schreef:
>>>  From the latest ARRL Letter:
>>>
>>> "The Board voted to create a Triple Play Award. This new award, set to
>>> be implemented by January 2009, will be given to those amateurs who
>>> achieve Worked All States (WAS) on voice, CW and digital modes.  All 150
>>> QSLs must be exclusively via Logbook of The World (LoTW).  Only those
>>> contacts made after the awards start date will be eligible."
>>>
>>> The award itself sounds interesting, but the LoTW requirement makes it
>>> even more interesting.  I wonder how long (and how many contacts) it
>>> will take someone to achieve certificate #1.  It's entirely possible to
>>> work all states on a particular mode in a single weekend contest (K7ZB
>>> and I have even done it twice as M/S on 160m), but getting all
>>> confirmations through LoTW sounds quite challenging.  I'm not trying to
>>> knock LoTW, but at the current hit ratio most users report for the
>>> system, this seems like less of an operating award and more like a
>>> recruitment award ... i.e., how effective are you at sending emails
>>> after the contact and begging folks to upload their logs to LoTW.
>>> Maybe that was the League's intent.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Dave   AB7E
>>>
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