[VHFcontesting] VHF/UHF committee recomendations

[Nate Duehr]

On Aug 8, 2007, at 6:58 PM, Tom Carney wrote:

> Here is a link to the committee recommendation:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/contests/rate-sheet/?issue=2004-03-02
>
> 73,
>
> Tom  K6EU aka K6EU/R

"5) Encourage Logbook of The World development to be supportive of VHF+
awards, like the VUCC. Implemented in September 2003."

Four years later, you still can't apply for VUCC with LotW confirmed  
contacts... but it was "implemented" four years ago?

(While the intent may have been to say that some internal development  
effort was done/completed, it gives the impression that it really was  
a completed project to use LotW for something useful... VUCC  
submissions.  I don't know what the "internal goal" was that promted  
the "implemented" comment, but it has had zero effect on VUCC, four  
years later.)

I sent some candid comments about LoTW to my ARRL Section Manager  
recently, that basically said this:  The only way to get widespread  
support of LoTW long-term, is for ARRL to actually use the darn  
thing... for their own operating activity awards and contests.

How many VHF'ers would submit logs to LoTW if it were required for  
ARRL contests and awards?  (I assume various logging software  
packages would fairly quickly pick up automated submission to LoTW as  
a feature they don't already have it -- if it were required.)

Oh well.

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Nate Duehr, WY0X
nate at natetech.com