Topband: ARRL LOTW and More

[k6xt]

We should face a couple of facts. Budget wise ARRL is a very small 
outfit, serving a very small population. DXCC is just a fraction, and 
not a very vital fraction, of ARRL's efforts. What's probably more vital 
to the future success of Amateur Radio is not us reprobate dinosaurs 
with ohmygosh external HF antennae, if you'll permit me to generalize 
beginning with myself. Its the public service volunteer sector. Notice 
who gets the QST writeups, and who gets the once a year minority report.

Nonetheless I rate the DXCC department first class bearing in mind their 
constraints. Some evidence:

My CQWW CW QSO's are fully implemented in LoTW including QSL's from QSO 
partners who also uploaded.

I made an online card submission 11 November. It was processed 30 
November. (I/ve lost track whether 11 NOV is the day they received the 
cards, or the day I made the online submission).

I made a LoTW submission on 13 November. It was processed and listed on 
the SAME DAY 13 November.

On the down side my OK DX RTTY submission, uploaded 18 December 12 (for 
those sans calendars that's yesterday), is not in LoTW yet. Damn those 
Connecticut Yankees, they just can't seem to get anything done!

Lest we forget where ARRL gets its funding. This gotta have it now 
mentality has only one solution. Those who think ARRL and DXCC operate 
in the Dark Ages need only send in substantial bequests and whatever 
problems there are can be fixed.

-- 
73 Art K6XT~~
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
ARRL, GMCC, CW OPS, NAQCC
ARRL TA