Jerry, You are right paper QSLs will be around for a while. LOTW will pick up quickly now that it is applicable. My HF QSL rate has gone from < 10 % to close to a little over 40% on LOTW over the last 3 years.
73, Joe kk0sd -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K5OE Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 1:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC & LoTW Early last year I finally got around to uploading satellite contacts (also following the guidelines at http://www.arrl.org/files/file/LoTW%20Instructions/N5JB.pdf) and got these results: You have 4,675 QSO records You have 135 QSL records Although I always log the first contact with a station, I do not log many duplicate contacts with the same station in the same grid square... but I was hoping to get a lot more QSLs than that! 3% seems to be the going rate. I think paper QSLs are going to be with us for a long time--besides, I like the records for posterity. Having a few choice QSLs hanging on the wall is a whole lot more engaging to grandchildren than sending them a link with an ap for their Iphone to see your LoTW records :-) 73, Jerry, K5OE _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
