On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 07:04, Pete Smith wrote:
> With the advent of Logbook of the World, I am thinking of adopting the
> following practice:...
I'm not so sure that's a good idea.
LotW is too complicated for many amateurs. Not that I can think of any
way to make it less complicated without sacrificing important goals of
the program, but it *is* complicated. It's easy to think everyone has a
computer and Internet access, but that isn't true. Finally, some hams
just want to have those paper cards.
I believe LotW will considerably reduce the demand for paper QSLs over
time. (probably starting with the major DXpeditions) I don't think
we're anywhere near ready for it to replace paper altogether.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com
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