[CQ-Contest] Encouraging Casual Participation in Contests

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Pete, LoTW supports the WPX award, not the WPX contest.

73,

HB






On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 08:59 Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:

> They sure should - thanks, Dave.  I wonder why CQ WPX is different from
> CQWW.  Do I dare to hope that the database specifics are the same, so
> that it would be easy to extend this to ARRL DXCC, 5BDXCC, etc.  I do
> think that any extension of this sort of opportunity would be good for
> both the ARRL and contesting in general.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 4/26/2017 3:08 PM, David Siddall wrote:
> > Using logs for awards purposes has been implemented in a limited
> > fashion in several different ways.
> >
> > (1) Example 1: CQ Magazine WPX award using LoTW.  For those
> > interested, application for CQ Magazine's WPX award can be submitted
> > directly through LoTW.  Of course ARRL's own awards also are available
> > through LoTW.  I am not sure why this has not expanded to other
> > popular awards.
> >
> > (2) Example 2: DARC Community Log (DCL).  The DCL downloads confirmed
> > QSOs from LoTW if you give them permission and also includes logs
> > submitted to DARC contests, such as WAE, and CQ Magazine CQWW DX and
> > CQ WPX contest logs. Award applications are submitted on the web and
> > issued electronically without additional file creations and
> > downloads.  In addition to LoTW information, DARC (1) automatically
> > includes all recent CQWW and CQWPX logs; (2) logs from the DARC
> > contests (including WAE); and (3) allows users to download their own
> > ADIF files and to import information directly from LOTW, Clublog and
> > eQSL.  Awards available through the DCL include those for WRTC2018 as
> > well as all all the other DARC-sponsored awards. See: http://dcl.darc.de
> >
> > (3) Example 3: Direct importation of public logs, such as CQWW.  This
> > can be used by awards managers in the same manner that DCL uses such
> > logs, and also various analytical programs. Check out on-line
> > utilities such as W7EJ's Contest Log Viewer (http://logqso.com)  or
> > EI6DX Contest Log Analyzer
> > (http://www.ei6dx.com/cqww-contest-analysis/cqww-activity-analyzer/.
> > Both have multiple years of CQWW DX contest logs pre-loaded.
> >
> > Some of the above stategies should provide ideas for awards sponsors.
> >
> > 73, Dave K3ZJ
>
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