[CQ-Contest] ARRL Triple Play Award

[David Wilburn]

Too cool, I'm already pretty close to this!  I do enjoy LOTW.  My 
situation isn't conducive to QSL'ing the good old fashioned way. 
Every time I log onto LOTW, it is enteresting to see what new QSL's 
are there.

http://www.k4dgw.com/WAS.DXCC.info.html
Sheet 2, WAS by mode

David Wilburn
K4DGW




David Gilbert wrote:
>  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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