Topband: LOTW

[W2PM]

You won't be able to do that. You have to install a key on that pc altho I think you can email your log updates to LOTW.  Not sure abt that. 

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On Feb 17, 2012, at 12:43 PM, "Jim F." <j_fitton at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Don't forget,
> Most libraries have PCs (paid for by the taxpayer- You)
> and coffee shops, even McDonalds has free internet  
> available to upload logs using that old used flea market 
> laptop you bought :-))
>  
> jim / W1FMR
>  
>  
> 
> --- On Fri, 2/17/12, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> Subject: Re: Topband: LOTW
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Date: Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:16 PM
> 
> 
> 
>> It's simple why some don't use LOTH it's called $ $ $ $
> 
> What are you possibly talking about?  LOTW is FREE for all users. So is 
> logging software that makes is very easy to use.  I use DXKeeper for my 
> main log, which uploads to LOTW and eQSL at the push of a couple of 
> buttons. DXKeeper is free and easy to use.  After a contest, you can 
> export your contest log from your contest logger to DXKeeper, and let 
> DXKeeper send it to LOTW and eQSL. Or, you can have the LOTW program 
> sign an ADIF from your logging program and send that to LOTW attached to 
> an email. Either method is very easy, and FREE.
> 
> The only possible cost for anyone with an internet connection is the 
> postage for a single letter to ARRL to get signed up if you're outside 
> the US. That's the cost of a single QSL send  through the mail. And even 
> without an internet connection, you can generate the LOTW file once a 
> year, burn it to a CD, and mail that to ARRL. That's no more than the 
> cost of mailing two or three cards to the US, and it can be your entire 
> log for as many years as you have in your logging program!
> 
> So $ $ $ $  is no excuse for not using LOTW.  Indeed, $  $  $  $ is one 
> of the best reasons for using LOTW. The other great reason is TIME -- 
> the time it takes to send QSLs.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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