[CQ-Contest] L.O.T.W.

[Igor Sokolov]

I agree with Bill fully. LOTW is missing participation from a lot of
users because of the complexity. None of those whom I know here in
UA9 is on LOTW although there are several on eQSL.CC
I have tried LOTW myself and gave up. I think I will wait till LOTW
is more user friendly and then I will be able to upload my 55000 QSO
as well as 30 000 QSO from different DXpeditions.

73, Igor UA9CDC


> At 11:53 AM 7/24/2005, KI9A at aol.com wrote:
> >Look, all you need to do, is, 1) get the certificate, 2) transfer
your  ADIF
> >files from your normal logging software to the tq8, then either
email or
> >upload the tq8 files. How much easier can it get?? Kudos to the
folks who
> >run
> >LOTW, it is a great program.
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> "How much easier can it get?" you ask. Ok, here's how I envision
it:
>
> 1. Go to LoTW website.
> 2. Enter your user id and password.
> 3. Upload ADIF file.
> 4. Log out.
>
> How's that for easier? Or do you really prefer the morass of .tq5,
.tq8 and
> .p12 files? And what about the nonsense of every single QSO being
digitally
> signed? Think about that one for a minute. If I have made an error
of some
> kind, every QSO gets digitally signed with the wrong information.
What
> would be the difference from just uploading an ADIF file which I
certify to
> be correct just by the act of logging in?
>
> The important point of all this is that we are missing QSLs from
stations
> who took one look at LoTW and gave up because it is unnecessarily
> complex.  How many more states/countries/provinces would you have
confirmed
> right now if LoTW were user-friendly like it should be?
>
> Bill, W6WRT
>
>
>
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