At 4:59 PM the ARRL LoTW Fees were placed on the LoTW https://www.arrl.org/lotw/fees . These Fees are a bit more than what I had expected when you consider that you still have to pay for the ARRL Awa
Wow, that is a little more than I expected. I wonder if the BOD voted on this? If so, they sure kept it under wraps. I guess it beats paying for the cards and the stamps but at least then you have so
Personally just not having to send my precious cards through the mail to them would be worth the fee. $20.00 for DXCC or $11.25 for WAS. I have always taken my cards to a hamfest or somewhere where t
Hmm. Seems like the ARRL will be making money off my data...perhaps they should pay me to upload my logs. 73 de Lee -- Lee Hiers, AA4GA Cornelia, Georgia -- The world's top contesters battle it out i
Cost of QSL cards (no longer needed) last time I ordered them $0.10 (ordered in 1000 qty) Cost of postage for US cards $0.37 (to send card and sase), dx are $0.80 Cost of postage for SASE $0.37, dx a
QUACK's With the FEE schedual I see that I will have to continue my current practice of Reply to SASE only and to H** with any awards I still don't have WAS so it isn't a big deal here. Maybe I'm jus
that you still Hmm. Seems like the ARRL will be making money off my data...perhaps they should pay me to upload my logs. And how do they defray the cost of the server, communication lines, and people
It's cheaper than sending for a QSL. Plus, some don't respond to QSL requests even with SASE or SAE/IRC/$. Hey, lots of man-hours to set up and maintain the LoTW. Nothing is free. You can still send
Well, I sure don't think the ARRL is going to "get rich" off the fees, and I would never fault them for trying to generate income. But if I did expect payment, what would it amount to? A penny or two
I was expecting a cost per credit in the $0.10 - $0.15 range similar to the per QSO charge in the DXCC program. $0.25 is on the high end but still reasonable compared to the cost of paper QSLs. Howev
I would like to participate in LotW but all of my logs for the last 35 years are on paper except for contest logs for the last 6 years or so. (The only significant DX logs out of that are maybe for t
Some people are into "instant gratification". Using LoTW, their needs can be met. I respond to direct QSLs within a week (I don't get many :-) but bureau cards can take years, depending on when I dec
_________________________________________________________ Better yet, put pressure on your Director. The BOD runs the show. If he doesn't respond the way you like, run for office yourself or campaign
Exactly the way they're doing it - by charging for the product. They're not getting any of those things free (well, I think some of the development work was done on a volunteer basis) - why should th
What proprietary nature? TrustedQSL is open source with a free public license. The use open standards for certs. Anyone can compete with them on even ground. They can even compete with them using AR