A bit more utopian, I know the league is a bit strapped for cash, but it
can't cost
too much for each contest scorer who already has all of the entries in Cabrillo
format to send a composite of logs to a central computer where they are
archived in
some search friendly format. Of course that means adding 10-10, IOTA,
Counties.....info to the cover sheet for each entry. Your request for an
award would
just consist of a call and the appropriate contest for each station. The
rare DX
contester is already there whether he wants to or not if he worked someone.
And the same might hold for the DXpedetions.
I like cards, but unfortunately have a big stack just arrived thru the
buro, some
from 1998, that I'm working through for replies. Poor guy wanting my
county gets it
if he lives long enough. I pity the 3,000 per contest DX station.
And I vividly remember the auction of W0CYs estate. A whole file of cards
from the
late 40s and 50s. Bought for the file cabinet. Couldn't wrangle the cards
as the
guy wanted to check the stamps for value. Rest went into the trash I
suppose. I
enjoy getting mine, but with post cards going up another penny soon, gets
pretty
expensive. eQSL is a bit like kissing your sister anyway. Guess if the
purpose is
certificates, a big computer database is the way to go and much cheaper
than stamps.
N0UU
>
> From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest QSLing
>
> The whole E-QSL thing aside, what I would like to see is the ARRL granting
> award credit for any contest QSO that is verified through receipt of BOTH
> logs. Once the Cabrillo files for both are on their system, it should be
> trivially simple to match them up and confirm a given QSO. This was done
> manually many years ago -- surely it could be done again with today's
> technology.
>
> For people who participate in ARRL contests to collect credit toward
> various ARRL awards, submitting a log in order to claim credit should be a
> lot easier and cheaper than sending individual QSLs to each needed station.
> The ARRL could make award updates available by query on their members-only
> web page, and even notify members when they reach an award plateau like a
> single-band DXCC.
>
> Or let's get truly utopian and imagine a situation in which the ARRL and CQ
> agree on common procedures, so that QSOs in each other's contests count
> toward each other's awards. Why not?
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Contesting is!
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>From Dick Frey" <k4xu@arrl.net Sat May 12 06:55:11 2001
From: Dick Frey" <k4xu@arrl.net (Dick Frey)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] re; Oregon QSO party
References: <200105120346.f4C3k6W00593@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <00fe01c0daa8$204f4240$2ab9e4d8@bendcable.com>
>The Oregon QSO Party will be Saturday May 12 1400Z until May 13 >0200Z.
>Suggested Freq CW 1810, 3725,7125,14035,21125,28125, SSB
>1880,3980,7280,14280,21380,28380.
...as well as additional CW operating frequencies 7035, 14035, 21035 and
28035... for the more QRQ crowd.
I will be operating fixed portable from the Crook/Wheeler line as
K7ZZZ (20m only) and W7ESU on the other bands.
Dick k4xu
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