[CQ-Contest] Logbook of the World as substitute for bureau QSLing

[Doug Smith W9WI]

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