They sure should - thanks, Dave. I wonder why CQ WPX is different from
CQWW. Do I dare to hope that the database specifics are the same, so
that it would be easy to extend this to ARRL DXCC, 5BDXCC, etc. I do
think that any extension of this sort of opportunity would be good for
both the ARRL and contesting in general.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 4/26/2017 3:08 PM, David Siddall wrote:
Using logs for awards purposes has been implemented in a limited
fashion in several different ways.
(1) Example 1: CQ Magazine WPX award using LoTW. For those
interested, application for CQ Magazine's WPX award can be submitted
directly through LoTW. Of course ARRL's own awards also are available
through LoTW. I am not sure why this has not expanded to other
popular awards.
(2) Example 2: DARC Community Log (DCL). The DCL downloads confirmed
QSOs from LoTW if you give them permission and also includes logs
submitted to DARC contests, such as WAE, and CQ Magazine CQWW DX and
CQ WPX contest logs. Award applications are submitted on the web and
issued electronically without additional file creations and
downloads. In addition to LoTW information, DARC (1) automatically
includes all recent CQWW and CQWPX logs; (2) logs from the DARC
contests (including WAE); and (3) allows users to download their own
ADIF files and to import information directly from LOTW, Clublog and
eQSL. Awards available through the DCL include those for WRTC2018 as
well as all all the other DARC-sponsored awards. See: http://dcl.darc.de
(3) Example 3: Direct importation of public logs, such as CQWW. This
can be used by awards managers in the same manner that DCL uses such
logs, and also various analytical programs. Check out on-line
utilities such as W7EJ's Contest Log Viewer (http://logqso.com) or
EI6DX Contest Log Analyzer
(http://www.ei6dx.com/cqww-contest-analysis/cqww-activity-analyzer/.
Both have multiple years of CQWW DX contest logs pre-loaded.
Some of the above stategies should provide ideas for awards sponsors.
73, Dave K3ZJ
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