That was my point. Anything made easier loses its value when the struggle produces the reward. There are many "New Ones" that I can't even remember making the QSO, but I sure as heck remember the hassles, challenge, tribulations (and disappointments) getting (or not getting) the cards and the euphoria when they finally appeared in the mail, sometimes a year or two after the fact. If the whole system goes to LOTW, DXpeditions will permanently forego the paper QSLs and valuable piece of the hobby/tradition will be lost for good.
But yeah, it will be cheaper (at least until Newington gets it locked up and starts charging a buck per...). It's also easier and cheaper to watch fishing on TV, than to do it yourself, but it ain't the same thing...
Don N7EF
-------------- Original message from Zack Widup--------------
> LotW is just not the same as having a card in front of you that you can
> hold, put on the wall, etc.
> [-snip-]
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Sure beats LOTW, doesn't it....
> > -------------- Original message from john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: --------------
> >
> > > Mine too! Very nice!
> > > John K5MO
