[CQ-Contest] LoTW Usage - Will you use it???

[Darryl Wagoner]

Greetings,

This would only make sense if you could upload your contest logs as
signed tQSL.  The LoTW database must only have authenticated tQSLs in
it.  Otherwise
they would be meaningless.   

It is important to understand that a TrustedQSL is trusted.  What does
that mean you ask.  

I am glad you ask. ;-)  

Being a TrustedQSL means that no matter what happens as long as the tQSL
is in tack and you have the owners cert anyone can validate and
authenticate that tQSL. There is no known way to attack them (except
Quantum Computers if they every work).

The password you enter to sign logs isn't the key that signs the tQSL.
It is a much longer and random string of bits.  Your password only
protects those bits.

So you see there is a big win for everyone to store tQSLs.  One of the
reasons that ARRL doesn't allow you to see or download others log is to
prevent trolling
for busted calls.   This seems reasonable to me.  I am not sure I like
it, but
I do understand the logic behind it.

hope this helps.

-Darryl WA1GON

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed Parish K1EP
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:17 AM
> To: Robert McGwier; Cq-Contest
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] LoTW Usage - Will you use it???
> 
> 
> Doesn't it make sense that the ARRL should enter contest logs
> into LoTW?  After all, they can verify QSOs by cross checking 
> the logs of many of the participants.  If they consider the 
> post-UBN logs as good enough for publication and awards, then 
> wouldn't those logs be better than the raw logs kept by the 
> individuals to be submitted to LoTW?  Then, you would just 
> have to upload non-contest logs or maybe non-ARRL contest 
> logs.  Of course, maybe there would have to be cooperation 
> between other contest sponsors (e.g. CQ) that electronically 
> cross check their logs, so that they could massively update LoTW.  
> 
> At 9/28/03 08:48 PM, Robert McGwier wrote:
> >You can put the signed log/ certified log on the CD-ROM.
> >All they need then is your public key.  If I got this
> >wrong, somebody shout at me but I always uploaded SIGNED logs.
> >
> >Bob