Topband: FW: The USA-CA Awards

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I must be missing something again.  The founder of the award creates the 
program. I enter my LotW password there and it sees all my USA-CA. Or is 
it wrong?

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Nick, UY0ZG
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Jim Brown писал 2023-02-06 21:27:
> On 2/6/2023 4:46 AM, Clive GM3POI wrote:
>> Well I have never checked from here, but I have worked WAS twice 
>> during a single weekend and have over 8600 Qs with the USA on 160.
> 
> Great work on that, Clive! But have you done so in the last 3-4 years
> on any mode other than FT8? From my QTH near San Francisco, I've heard
> 8 CW signals from EU in the past 7 seasons, and two have heard me. The
> difference is local noise on both ends of the QSO.
> 
> As to awards like USA-CA -- I'm part of a team that has activated rare
> counties in UT, NV, and CA for more than 10 years during QSO parties.
> We upload 100% to LOTW, and we send paper cards to stations who have
> done the same. We do NOT send paper cards to stations who don't use
> LOTW.
> 
> When I was a wee lad, a QSL was considered the final courtesy of a
> QSO. In today's world, with postal rates gone through the roof, LOTW
> is that final courtesy. And for the same reason, I don't bother with
> awards that don't accept LOTW or eQSL confirmations.
> 
> There is a zero cost method for accepting LOTW confirmations, and that
> is accepted for the CQ Field award (the first two letters of the
> Maidenhead grid). The applicant simply submits a screen print showing
> the LOTW confirmation, which includes the county, grid, and IOTA if
> the other station has entered it. This is also their method for
> accepting eQSL! There's no excuse for USA-CA not accepting screen
> prints of LOTW.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
> 
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