[CQ-Contest] LotW - Needs More Participation

[Pete Smith]

At 11:29 AM 5/20/2004, Alfred J. Frugoli (KE1FO) wrote:
>I disagree.  The *casual* guy is the key to LOTW's success.  Contesters 
>and dx-pedetions are only 20% of the picture and certianly don't activate 
>every entity that I want a qsl for.
>
>It sure is a nice way to deal with a large volume of qsls, such as 
>contesters or dx-pedetions generate, but those qso records are no good 
>unless all the casual guys you worked also upload their logs.


I think what Jamie was getting at is that if a lot of the casual DXers know 
that DXpedition X will be QSLing via LotW, they will sign up in order to 
get that QSL quickly and cheaply.  I think there's room in this project for 
all sorts of promotion angles, and this should be one.  Realistically, 
though, I'd expect a lot of expensive DXpeditions to make their QSLs 
available first to those who contribute more than the cost of the QSL 
toward the DXpedition's expenses, and then later make the whole log 
available for confirmation via LotW.


73, Pete N4ZR
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