[CQ-Contest] ARRL Triple Play Award

[Andrei Stchislenok]

Agree.

RTTY is on the first place, then CW. "Slowest" are SSB guys, I beleive.
I completed RTTY WAS within less than 3 days (2 days and 18 hours to be
exact) operating from YN-land. I speny there 7 days of 24 hours QRV, mostly
RTTY.
It took me then three months to receive LoTW confirmations from 49 States
(except Alaska).
I worked only one Alaskan ham, he is not in LoTW.
I think it would be the easiest way to receive Triple Play WAS from
somewhere in Carribean or Central America.
In any event, this is a very interesting project.

2008/7/27, Randy Thompson <k5zd at charter.net>:
>
> RTTY will be the easiest mode.  Those guys are great at uploading to LOTW
> right after the contest.  The rest of the modes will depend on how well
> guys
> in ND are at uploading!
>
> Randy, K5ZD
> 6BDXCC and 6BWAS via LotW
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
> > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:50 AM
> > To: CQ-Contest at contesting. com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Triple Play Award
> >
> >  From the latest ARRL Letter:
> >
> > "The Board voted to create a Triple Play Award. This new
> > award, set to be implemented by January 2009, will be given
> > to those amateurs who achieve Worked All States (WAS) on
> > voice, CW and digital modes.  All 150 QSLs must be
> > exclusively via Logbook of The World (LoTW).  Only those
> > contacts made after the awards start date will be eligible."
> >
> > The award itself sounds interesting, but the LoTW requirement
> > makes it even more interesting.  I wonder how long (and how
> > many contacts) it will take someone to achieve certificate
> > #1.  It's entirely possible to work all states on a
> > particular mode in a single weekend contest (K7ZB and I have
> > even done it twice as M/S on 160m), but getting all
> > confirmations through LoTW sounds quite challenging.  I'm not
> > trying to knock LoTW, but at the current hit ratio most users
> > report for the system, this seems like less of an operating
> > award and more like a recruitment award ... i.e., how
> > effective are you at sending emails
> > after the contact and begging folks to upload their logs to LoTW.
> > Maybe that was the League's intent.
> >
> > 73,
> > Dave   AB7E
> >
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73's Andrei
EW1AR-NP3D
WAS RTTY #455 from NY(all via LoTW)
WAS RTTY #549 from MA (all via LoTW)
DXCC RTTY #1,832 (all via LoTW)
WAZ RTTY #184
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