Jim, Well said.. and here is yet another reason to use LoTW:
*Jan 24, 2012: LoTW to Support CQ Awards* -- Work is underway at HQ to support CQ operating awards. First up will be the WPX award, with its thousands of prefixes and long history. The WPX award<http://cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/cq_wpx_awards/cq_wpx_awards.html>, managed by Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, is one that can be pursued by anyone with any size station. Read more about the agreement<http://www.arrl.org/news/logbook-of-the-world-to-now-support-cq-awards> with CQ. Thanks for using LoTW. This is now posted on both the LoTW Main page and the CQ news blog. 73's -Steve Raas N2JDQ On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]>wrote: > On 1/24/2012 5:08 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: > > I have 49 confirmed in LOTW on 160 mts. I want Utah confirmed in LOTW > > because it´s easy for me to get WAS without shipping QSL´s that maybe > will be lost. > > This is a major consideration for me too. When I see cluster spots for a > country or state that I need, I am far more likely to respond to a > station that uses LOTW. I'm still waiting five years for a paper card > from New Caledonia. > > As old timers in ham radio, we were :"early adopters" of new > technologies in our youth. Why should we not continue that as we age? I > certainly have tried to do so. At age 40, I started getting seriously > involved with learning computers, and using them in my business. To do > that, I had to learn operating systems, networking, and at least a dozen > software programs.. At age 40-45, I was also learning new FFT-based > audio measurement systems, and studying acoustics. At age 62, I started > computer logging, and two years later, signed up with LOTW, and started > using PSK and RTTY. Around that time, I also began what became an > extensive study of RFI, as well as the nature and use of ferrite chokes > to address it. Around age 68, I began pushing myself to learn SO2R > contesting, which brought on more new stuff to learn, and further > exercise of my brain. > > As the old saying goes, "use it or lose it." LOTW and eQSL are easy to > learn to use, especially if you use decent logging software. Mailing > and handling paper QSLs gets more expensive all the time, and I see more > and more posts from stations complaining about green stamps being stolen > from their mail (or even the mail itself disappearing). LOTW and eQSL > are the obvious solution. In the past two days, I've worked VP6T on six > bands so far. All but the last (160M) were already confirmed on LOTW by > the time I worked them on 160 last night. AA7JV set the standard for > that with his most recent trips, and several DX trips have followed his > lead. > > 73, Jim K9YC > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
