I've been licensed for nearly 35 years and only took up chasing DX seriously about two years ago.
In my situation, LoTW is an indispensable tool for me to get beyond the basic DXCC award. At roughly $3.00 each (sometimes more) to snag a confirmation, having the "choice" of being able to get a card, use a LoTW confirmation, or get both is wonderful. Simply put, my budget does not support mass mailings for all the entities I need to achieve 5 band DXCC just as one example. When I work a new one, I DO like to get a card, but after that, for other bands and modes, a cost-effective LoTW confirmation is just fine. I have confidence that any remaining growing pains with LoTW will be ironed out, but my overall experience with it has been nothing short of positive. The QST article published about a year or so ago on how to set up an account was just the guideline I needed to get me started. If there is any way to encourage more DX stations to sign up and submit their logs, I'm all for it. Perhaps some kind of incentive offered by the League??? WB8RFB __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
