Topband: Looking for a few Last states on 160m

[Julius Fazekas]

That's great news! WAZ would be of GREAT interest to me. Hopefully, that won't be in the too distant future. LoTW seems to be easily to use for those chasing counties too. Cooperation to benefit the larger community always makes sense in my opinion.

I'd also like to join with Jim complimenting the VP6T team for posting their logs on LoTW DURING the DXpedition. I was tickled to see it the other day, particularly considering the last time I worked (only time) Pitcairn was in the late 70s (VP6TC). I'll still be making a donation to help defray the expedition costs.

73,
Julius

Julius Fazekas

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--- On Tue, 1/24/12, Steven Raas <sjraas at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Steven Raas <sjraas at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Looking for a few Last states on 160m
To: topband at contesting.com
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 3:06 PM

Jim,

Well said.. and here is yet another reason to use LoTW:

*Jan 24, 2012: LoTW to Support CQ Awards* -- Work is underway at HQ to
support CQ operating awards.  First up will be the WPX award, with its
thousands of prefixes and long history.  The WPX
award<http://cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/cq_wpx_awards/cq_wpx_awards.html>,
managed by Steve Bolia, N8BJQ,  is one that can be pursued by anyone with
any size station.  Read more about the
agreement<http://www.arrl.org/news/logbook-of-the-world-to-now-support-cq-awards>
with
CQ. Thanks for using LoTW.


This is now posted on both the LoTW Main page and the CQ news blog.

73's


-Steve Raas
N2JDQ



On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>wrote:

> On 1/24/2012 5:08 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
> > I have 49 confirmed in LOTW on 160 mts. I want Utah confirmed in LOTW
> > because it´s easy for me to get WAS without shipping QSL´s that maybe
> will be lost.
>
> This is a major consideration for me too. When I see cluster spots for a
> country or state that I need, I am far more likely to respond to a
> station that uses LOTW.  I'm still waiting five years for a paper card
> from New Caledonia.
>
> As old timers in ham radio, we were :"early adopters" of new
> technologies in our youth. Why should we not continue that as we age?  I
> certainly have tried to do so. At age 40, I started getting seriously
> involved with learning computers, and using them in my business. To do
> that, I had to learn operating systems, networking, and at least a dozen
> software programs.. At age 40-45, I was also learning new FFT-based
> audio measurement systems, and studying acoustics. At age 62, I started
> computer logging, and two years later, signed up with LOTW, and started
> using PSK and RTTY.  Around that time, I also began what became an
> extensive study of RFI, as well as the nature and use of ferrite chokes
> to address it. Around age 68, I began pushing myself to learn SO2R
> contesting, which brought on more new stuff to learn, and further
> exercise of my brain.
>
> As the old saying goes, "use it or lose it."  LOTW and eQSL are easy to
> learn to use, especially if you use decent logging software.  Mailing
> and handling paper QSLs gets more expensive all the time, and I see more
> and more posts from stations complaining about green stamps being stolen
> from their mail (or even the mail itself disappearing). LOTW and eQSL
> are the obvious solution. In the past two days, I've worked VP6T on six
> bands so far. All but the last (160M) were already confirmed on LOTW by
> the time I worked them on 160 last night.  AA7JV set the standard for
> that with his most recent trips, and several DX trips have followed his
> lead.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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