Count on it, Jim. What was an administrative nightmare in 1977 is
scarcely even worth mentioning in 2011 - all it requires is the will.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/24/2011 3:26 AM, James Cain wrote:
> Great idea, below, and it's come up before. The practice applied only to DXCC
> and I'm certain that it had to be abandoned because it was an administrative,
> time-consuming, nightmare at arrl hq.
>
> The Great Leap Forward would be to find a way to fully integrate, 100 per
> cent, contest logs submitted and LotW -- surely this would encourage more
> participation in both programs. If they could find a way around the LotW
> "certification" issue they could simply roll contest logs right over into
> LotW. Your U.S. county would have to be added to the Cabrillo contest log
> header.
>
> Anybody who objected to his contest log automatically going into LotW could
> simply opt out of it. Make it a log header
>
> LOTW: YES
> or
> LOTW: NO
>
> How to make this happen? Don't bother with the volunteer advisory committees.
> Go directly to your director and convince him or her that this could be a
> money-maker for the league. Mention that DXCC and contests are the league's
> most popular programs and generate a lot of good will for them (a few pig
> farmers and boaters excepted, of course).
>
> ARRL doesn't make a dime on contests; it does (I think) make a few pennies on
> DXCC and WAS submissions via LotW. At least I hope they do -- they have to
> make a few somewhere, after all.
>
> There might be a downside to this proposal somewhere and I am absolutely
> certain that I will be apprised of it.
>
> Jim Cain
> At The K1TN Superstation
> Whiteout, Wisconsin
>
>> "If you really want more logs, revive the practice ARRL had back in the 70s,
>> and allow credit toward>any awards you have, for QSOs that are in both logs.
>> CQ could do it for WAZ and show the way. The>BS about security and
>> cheating is just that. -- 73, Pete N4ZR"
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