This is an interesting idea you have here. I had never thought to compare
the e-QSL and LOTW confirmations as a method of checking which was working
better. I had just assumed that e-QSL with its easier method of use would
far outstrip LOTW. I checked the total mixed countries provided by e-QSL and
LOTW and found:
LOTW Mixed countries confirmed 247
e-QSL Mixed countries confirmed 184
I was really surprised. I have all of my QSOs (57K) since 1978 uploaded to
both. Since, until recently, e-QSL was not valid for any of the awards I was
interested in, my only purpose of uploading to e-QSL was to hopefully reduce
the number of paper cards. I think that between the two it has reduced my
cards from the bureau considerable.
Bill W5VX
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From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of jpescatore@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 5:11 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] eQSL vs. LoTW 2009 Data Point: Award levels
I got back on the air on January 1 2009 and have made and dumped about 1,600
QSOs into both eQSL and LoTW.
If I look at my potential award levels just on those QSO's here's what I
see:
eQSL: 41 states, 41 countries confirmed
LoTW: 46 states, 62 countries confirmed
My logbook software says 128 countries and 48 states (anyone live in ID or
MT anymore?) worked since Jan 1.
I was surprised to see the much higher DX count on LoTW - I thought the
complexity of getting started and
the ARRLness of it would hamper DX use compared to eQSL but does not seem to
be the case.
73 John K3TN
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