[CQ-Contest] Encouraging Casual Participation in Contests

Jim Preston jpreston1 at cox.net
Mon May 1 14:39:41 EDT 2017


Bill,

I agree. Like you I have over 1000 prefixes confirmed on LOTW. Even if 
it is cheaper than QSL cards, I'm just not willing to pay that much for 
that award.

73,

Jim N6VH


On 4/29/2017 6:37 AM, Bill Parry wrote:
> I am a big supporter of LOTW and have used it extensively for award
> submission.  The WPX award is not one of them. I would like to use it for
> the WPX but the cost is not acceptable. If I were to apply 1000 Prefixes at
> $.12 per LOTW QSL, the cost is just too much. Using LOTW for some awards
> just doesn't work financially, nor is sending 1,000 QSLs in for checking.
> There needs to be a different method of applying for these awards that
> require a lot of QSLs such as WPX.
>
> Bill W5VX
>
>


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