Topband: LBOW & WAS

[Ford Peterson]

I was going to support the Logbook of the World by requesting a 5BWAS certificate.  I know I have a WAS on every band many times over.  But I cannot yet submit my request.  It seems as though some states are quite missing in action.

For example, I have Wyoming in my log about 22 times on Topband--and that's from 12 different calls.  Yet not ONE of them has taken the time to upload their logs, so my stats sit at 49 states.  How can this be?  I'm missing South Carolina on 4 bands!  Yet they are in my log under dozens and dozens of callsigns.  North Dakota is missing on 3 bands--same story.  Get this, INDIANA missing on 15M?  There has to be thousands of IN stations in my log.  

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If a few people with deep logs in these rare states like INDIANA (geez whatsupwithat?) and WYOMING and NORTH DAKOTA could post your logs to LBOW, the ARRL could start collecting credit money for sending out awards, and a few hams that chase such paper as a hobby could start enjoying their efforts a little bit more too.  LBOW is not just about collecting awards, it is also about others collecting their awards.  Do them a favor--POST YOUR LOGS. http://www.arrl.org/lotw/

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Thanks for the opportunity to rant.  Back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Ford-N0FP
ford at cmgate.com