[CQ-Contest] CHECKLOGS -- another view CQWW-wise

[Pete Smith]

Count on it, Jim.  What was an administrative nightmare in 1977 is 
scarcely even worth mentioning in 2011 - all it requires is the will.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 11/24/2011 3:26 AM, James Cain wrote:
> Great idea, below, and it's come up before. The practice applied only to DXCC and I'm certain that it had to be abandoned because it was an administrative, time-consuming, nightmare at arrl hq.
>
> The Great Leap Forward would be to find a way to fully integrate, 100 per cent, contest logs submitted and LotW -- surely this would encourage more participation in both programs. If they could find a way around the LotW "certification" issue they could simply roll contest logs right over into LotW. Your U.S. county would have to be added to the Cabrillo contest log header.
>
> Anybody who objected to his contest log automatically going into LotW could simply opt out of it. Make it a log header
>
> LOTW:   YES
> or
> LOTW:   NO
>
> How to make this happen? Don't bother with the volunteer advisory committees. Go directly to your director and convince him or her that this could be a money-maker for the league. Mention that DXCC and contests are the league's most popular programs and generate a lot of good will for them (a few pig farmers and boaters excepted, of course).
>
> ARRL doesn't make a dime on contests; it does (I think) make a few pennies on DXCC and WAS submissions via LotW. At least I hope they do -- they have to make a few somewhere, after all.
>
> There might be a downside to this proposal somewhere and I am absolutely certain that I will be apprised of it.
>
> Jim Cain
> At The K1TN Superstation
> Whiteout, Wisconsin
>
>> "If you really want more logs, revive the practice ARRL had back in the 70s, and allow credit toward>any awards you have, for QSOs that are in both logs.  CQ could do it for WAZ and show the way.  The>BS about security and cheating is just that. -- 73, Pete N4ZR"
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