What I've done for about 7 years is to pre-emptively QSL from my own logs, using a sorting routine that only generates QSLs for the first QSO with a station on a given band/mode combination. Then whe
Pete, I use both LOTW and eQSL. They both have their place. The disadvantage to both is that they are not universally accepted by many of the popular awards programs. IOTA, WAZ, USCA immediately come
The question Pete is surely "universally accepted" for what? Why do people want QSL cards? 1. To decorate the shack wall and show to friends and family. 2. To apply for one of the thousands of awards
Well, what I, at least, would like is to see LOTW evolve into a free-standing, international entity which would service ARRL, CQ, RGSB, DARC, etc., so as to support maybe 90 percent of the world dema
Pete Don has hit the nail firmly on the head. imo most QSLers fall into his category 1, and will always want pieces of paper. Why is beyond my ken, but we have to acknowledge that is the case. You al
I don't understand why you think you are disagreeing with me Mal. Sure it's catching on as a database for logs. But there are still 1001 uses for QSLs which LoTW doesn't address. And while Pete N4ZR
Pete, Per your paragraph, "Another logical next step would be to enable a QSL-printing facility ... others requested a printable QSL from that station." There is a company which does that, they are G
Don I must respectfully disagree with you and tell you are wrong. I'll just use CW as an example, because I'm not a fone guy. I have QSL's, on LOTW, from 148 different countries(111 on 40CW). The maj
Interesting comments about QSLing. I QSL "pre-emptive-ly" as well, although I think I mean this in a little differently way. When I get a card from a station, my logging program pulls up all of the Q
The technology to do this has been available for years. Sometimes I just don't understand why the Amateur Radio Community often continues operating in the dark ages of communications (like using emai
Not to change the subject TOO much; but this really got to me: Personally, I positively, absolutely HATE "forums". I belong to as few as possible and hardly ever frequent the few to which I belong. A
"Forum Boards" are far less useful as they tend to be web based and require an on-line presence (logged on to the site). Their editors tend to be much less complete than a good e-mail program and it
I think that there are some misconceptions about forums and their utility. There is no reason to save a local copy of anything on a forum as it is permanently stored on the forum! I think the bandwid
I'm of the same mindset. I like to use plain-text only e-mail. And my ISP has one of those "dinosaur" holdouts still available - direct text-only dialup or SSL access using the PINE program. That way
For what it is worth, I read this list on the web, via bloglines.com, which creates an RSS feed of new messages. It LOOKS like a forum, but it also provides me with access on my cellphone or on any c
Bob, I have to dissagree with you on this one. I positivily hate those emails with the smiley kittens, rays of sunshine, smiley faces, etc in the background. Dunno what they are trying to prove with
WARNING: This reply has only peripheral on-topic content; so delete now if you're only interested in contest-talk ;o)))))))))))))) I don't even watch TV. In fact, if I were single (the wife watches T