[CQ-Contest] Re: [DX-News] LOTW Sets New Speed Record

[Macie, Gordon]

I requested my certifcate on the first day 9/15.. Received my postcard on
the 22nd. Logged in on the 24th and saw 2 million records had been uploaded.
By this weekend it was 6 million... Its only been 2 weeks.(even less
considering postal time). I haven't uploaded anything. I haven't had time
but I plan to upload 10,000's of qso's... I think everyone needs to be
patient..

It may not be for everyone but at least it gives hams another option..

and a good one in my opinion.

Gordon N4LR.

-----Original Message-----
From: John C. Maikisch [mailto:k2az at tdstelme.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:22 PM
To: Ward Silver; dx-list at yahoogroups.com; DX Reflector; CQ-Contest
Reflector
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re: [DX-News] LOTW Sets New Speed Record


I am an advocate and supporter of LoTW, but only a 1/2 of 1% QSL rate on all
the QSO's submitted so far.

John, K2AZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ward Silver" <hwardsil at centurytel.net>
To: <dx-list at yahoogroups.com>; "DX Reflector" <dx-news at njdxa.org>;
"CQ-Contest Reflector" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 12:22 PM
Subject: [DX-News] LOTW Sets New Speed Record


> FLASH!!!  THIS JUST IN!!!
>
> The new electronic QSL data base, Logbook of The World, implemented by the
> ARRL has set an all-time record for complaints about QSL return speed!
Hams
> who have uploaded their logs are now able, due to the blazing speed of the
> Internet, able to begin posting complaints, also due to the blazing speed
of
> the Internet, about the lack of return contact credits.  The fastest
> complaint appears to have been generated in less than 24 hours!  Well
done!
> No word on whether this was an F-layer or tropospheric gripe.
>
> In a sad note, this puts in jeopardy the traditional process for complaint
> generation: QSL, Wait, Gripe.  To keep up with the accelerated flow of
> information, some DX-ers are preparing pre-emptive gripes, removing "Wait"
> from the process entirely.  It is reported that LoTW staff is looking into
> the process of adding GoTW (Gripe of The World) whereby an eGripe can be
> sent automatically to all DX and Contest Reflectors immediately on
> acceptance of the contact credit request.  No word on whether the eGripe
> will be free, the current cost, or if a small fee will be charged.  Volume
> GoTW users will be offered discounts which they may be able to
> parsimoniously dribble out over several years.  There may even be a
trading
> market established in unused GoTW credits - Internation Gripe Coupons or
> IGCs.
>
> This accelerated griping facility is just the latest step in a long series
> of improvements to the griping process.  In early days gripes had to be
> delivered in person at a club meeting or typed and mailed.  TYPED!  Oh,
the
> inhumanity!  Over the years, griping technology has improved dramatically
> from on-the-air transmissions, to packet BBS, to individual emails, and
> finally to today's state-of-the-art, reflector-based griping in which a
> single gripe can today be transmitted worldwide in a matter of seconds.
>
> What next for the Amateur Griper Extra-Class?  Of course, we are just
seeing
> the early days of pre-emptive griping, so it's a little hard to tell where
> this might lead.  Anticipatory griping can't be far behind.  Applying
> reverse-Bayesian statistics might also allow blanket spam gripes, or
"gram".
> Such gripes would be called "gram-grams."  It is undecided at this time
what
> the process for certifying whether such a gripe would "count," although
> Gripe Control Stations (GCS) could be established to rule quickly, giving
> gripers the coveted confirmation of, "That's a Good One!" No word on what
> the gripe submission process to a GCS would consist of.
>
> One might also consider the quantum mechanical implications of the
"virtual
> gripe", where no actual gripe need be transmitted, but would be considered
> to be a latent component subunit of any QSL - the anti-QSL!  By studying
the
> high-temperature collisions of QSLs and anti-QSLs produced in flame wars,
> DXologists hope to learn more about the underlying structure of both,
> thought to be composed of "quirks". Theory predicts several varieties of
> quirks; Big Gun, Little Pistol, Phone, CW, Strange, and Colorful.  DX QSL
> managers have reported on these events for years, so there is an extensive
> and documented historical record for scholars to consider.
>
> Once again, congratulations to the amateur community for taking full
> advantage of new technology to update the time-honored griping process!
Who
> says that hams are behind the technological curve?
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
>
>
>
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