[Mldxcc] DXCC Questions

[Robert Hess via Mldxcc]

You really won't see much DX in SS.  It is all about US and Canadian ARRL sections.  
I've got around 60,000 Q's in my log.  LOTW QSL amount to about 1/3 of that total but some of those Q's date way prior to LOTW's start.  I've found that RTTY'ers QSL nearly 100% via LOTW.  Overall, LOTW QSL's seem to increase every year.  I'm a big believer in the LOTW system, but I also still respond to paper QSL's 100%.
Bob
      From: Verne Terwilliger <verne.terwilliger at gmail.com>
 To: MLDXCC <mldxcc at contesting.com> 
 Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:39 AM
 Subject: Re: [Mldxcc] DXCC Questions
   
​Emily,

I too had a goal this year of making DXCC, which I did earlier in the
year.  I use LOTW and the goal was to attain DXCC with just LOTW.  I needed
approximately 120-130 contacts (can't remember exactly the number) to have
102 confirmed.  As a comparison, I now have 166, with 128 confirmed.

I do have some cards made up for those, mostly within US, that like to
receive a card.  I don't use the bureau.

The upcoming SS contest is an opportunity to contact DX that do use LOTW;
use it to your advantage...;>{))

73, Verne, W6VMT

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Emily Clarke <n1did at comcast.net> wrote:

> This is really my first serious year on the air and when I started in
> April I set a goal to contact 100 countries in the first year. I've made my
> goal (currently 109!)  and I have 50 confirmed using LOTW... My questions
> are:
>
> 1) Is this a good percentage?
>
> 2) Is LOTW rendering QSL cards and bureaus obsolete or should I have some
> printed out and update my bureau postage?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Emily
>
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