[CQ-Contest] LoTW Fee Schedule just released !!!

[k9tm]

Cost of QSL cards (no longer needed) last time I ordered them $0.10 (ordered
in 1000 qty)
Cost of postage for US cards $0.37 (to send card and sase), dx are $0.80
Cost of postage for SASE $0.37, dx add $1
Cost of envelopes $0.06
Cost of labels $0.10
Total cost of above items required per domestic QSL $1, dx QSL $2.06 (other
misc items probably raise this over $1?)

Cost of my time now saved, priceless!

Not to mention the number of $1/$2.06 attempts that lead to no qsl.

Lotw is only $0.15 to $0.22 per confirmed qso (qsl equivalent) and there are
no wasted attempts that go in the garbage.  Even at the most expensive...
isn't ($0.22 << $1) and ($0.22 << $2.06)?

The cost of the award is still the same... because the cost of the plaque
(or whatever) hasn't changed... that shouldn't be a surprise.

What about the cost of the server?  The cost of the storage?  The cost of
the software?  The cost of the administrator?  The cost of the ____?

Seems to me that if you are into awards, $0.22 per qso to get WAS or $0.20
to get DXCC are a great bargain.  Not to mention your time saved.

73's Tim K9TM
Not associated with LOTW


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of R Johnson
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:35 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] LoTW Fee Schedule just released !!!
>
>
> At 4:59 PM the ARRL LoTW Fees were placed on the LoTW
> https://www.arrl.org/lotw/fees .
> These Fees are a bit more than what I had expected when you
> consider that you still
> have to pay for the ARRL Award.
>
> With eQSL it cost only $5.01( $5 for the AG Certificate and $0.01
> for a donation) to
> register your logs and ALL of the Awards are free.
>
> Not that I'm equating an EQSL Award with an ARRL Award, but this
> price difference
> isn't going to help LoTW a bit.
>
> 73
> Bob, K1VU
>
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