[CQ-Contest] Contesters supporting LoTW

[Julius Fazekas]

Something that would broaden the appeal, particularly
for award oriented folks, is if LOTW wasn't so limited
to just DXCC and WAS.

It would be nice if there was a sharing agreement of
some sort between, at least, the national
organizations for various other awards.

Certainly, it would be great if it was accepted by
some of the other major awards: WAZ, RSGB IOTA, County
hunting.

I post my logs on LOTW and eQSL and also send hard
QSLs when requested (albeit a bit slower than
digitally).

of some 30K+ QSOs posted since LOTW started, only
about 8K are confirmed, not a great per centage, but
the rate has improved in recent months.

Cheers,
Julius
--- "B. Scott Andersen" <bsandersen at mac.com> wrote:

> Colleagues,
> 
> I'm happy to see more discussion of Logbook of the
> World here.
> While there may be disagreements about the necessity
> for the
> security model the ARRL has chosen, and more than a
> few
> grumbles about the complexity of the thing, it is
> still a very
> nice product.
> 
> For those stations tired of filling out QSL cards,
> this is a
> very worthwhile investment in your time!
> 
> I would like to urge all contesters to upload their
> logs after each
> contest to LoTW and to eQSL. Lots of young bloods in
> the hobby--
> including me (though I'm gray-haired in all other
> respects) -- enjoy
> seeing the new country and states rack up in both
> systems. For
> example, I'm short only Hawaii (which I worked 3
> times last weekend)
> for WAS in LoTW!
> 
> The league is unlikely to change anything about the
> electronic
> signature system they've put into place anytime
> soon. But, while
> they might not change things just because people
> grumble, they
> might reconsider some of this if the support burden
> becomes too
> high.
> 
> My suggestion is to write/call the league if you are
> stuck. From my
> experience (and from what I've heard from others)
> the league support
> staff has been terrific at being responsive to
> support pleas. They can
> almost certainly get you going again the same day.
> 
> If everybody were to do this, just email/call the
> league when they
> were stuck, two things would happen: the LoTW would
> get lots of
> use and make lots of people happy, and the league
> would have to
> assess their support costs for keeping it running
> this way. If they
> determine the support costs are too high with the
> system the way
> it is today, there is an excellent chance that they
> would reconsider
> some of the mechanics of this thing.
> 
> Either way, why make it hard on yourself? LoTW is
> pretty easy
> once you get going on it--and the league support
> staff seems
> very willing and able to help you with it.
> 
> My 2-cents.
> 
> -- Scott (NE1RD)
> 
> B. Scott Andersen           | "Magic is real, unless
> declared integer."
> bsandersen -atsign- mac.com | -- The collected
> sayings of Wiz Zumwalt
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> http://www.bsandersen.com
> 
> 
> 
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Julius Fazekas
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