[CQ-Contest] Operating IOTA Contest Remotely

[Jim Brown]

On 7/27/2023 7:42 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
> Are there any IOTA leaders here that care to discuss?

I'm not a leader, but several years ago prepared a first submittal of 
more than 700 cards. Lot of work. But I would have to have shipped all 
those cards across the country to someone I didn't know, rather than 
taking them to a local checker.

Yes, they opened up ClubLog and electronic confirmations from contests, 
but replacing part of a submission of more than 700 cards with those 
electronic confirmations looked like a nightmare, and I bailed on the 
program.

Something like 8 years ago, I made a proposal at the Visalia IOTA dinner 
to adopt the confirmation procedures for the CQ Field Award, which NI6T, 
W1CU, and W6OAT got me into. That was a screen print of LOTW and eQSL 
verified confirmations that showed the IOTA, plus paper cards. W6OAT, 
who then lived 30 miles from me, is a checker for that award. I sat with 
him at a table before an NCCC meeting while he checked my submittal. All 
three of us are now on the honor roll.

I continue to pursue CQ Fields. I gave up on IOTA. 20 years to adopt 
viable electronic submission, and to use local checkers, was too much.

73, Jim K9YC