Tom,
Many years ago I proposed a new "contest" to the League. It
had the express purpose of allowing the participant to qualify for (in
the case of my proposal) WAS or 5BWAS without the need to
send/receive/submit QSL cards. The "contest" would occupy
some 48 hour weekend, and your "score" would be personalized to
your goal -- work 50 states, 5BWAS, or whatever. You "won" if
you met your goal. The League would then have to check the logs
to verify appropriate contacts before issuing the WAS or whatever
award. My reason for proposing this even back then was to
eliminate the costs of QSLing. I would gladly pay a small fee to the
ARRL for this.
The technology is available to do something similar with DXCC.
There could be software in place to cross-check contest logs and
automatically give DXCC credit, along with authenticating the
contest score. It might require everyone who is interested in
obtaining DXCC credit via contest logs to submit in a certain
format.
The idea to be discussed is credit via other means than QSL
cards. The awards should be for operating skill, not postal system
endurance.
--Ed, N3CW--
On 23 Dec 98, at 16:40, Tom Osborne wrote:
Date sent: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:40:37 -0800
From: Tom Osborne <w7why@harborside.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Nostalgia
To: Dick Dievendorff <dieven@msn.com>
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> Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> >
> > Does the ARRL DXCC desk accept your cards? That's the main issue for >a lot
> > of folks. I don't care where the card comes from or what it >looks like if
> > it's acceptable to Newington for my award.
>
> If the ARRL would accept electronic cards, it would be a lot
> easier on people on fixed incomes too. Take the basic 5BDXCC
> award. That takes 500 cards. Figure at least $1.00 for each
> card. Now there are lots of places that take $2.00 to get a card
> back. Then figure .32 cents for postage, that is anywhere from
> $500 to $1000 dollars just for one award. If they have both the
> logs from a contest, how much trouble would it be to check them
> to verify the contacts. 73
> Tom W7WHY
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