Hi Dave
Don't think it should take all that long. I have been on LOTW for about a
year and I have WAS on Basic, RTTY, CW, 80 meters, 40 meters, 20 meters, and
46 on SSB. RTTY'ers are the best for QSL'ing to LOTW. Probably 60-70%
upload their logs after a contest. You can see by my score who are the
worst :-)
I see now I'll have to get on SSB to finish that one off. 73
Tom W7WHY
> From the latest ARRL Letter:
>
> "The Board voted to create a Triple Play Award. This new award, set to
> be implemented by January 2009, will be given to those amateurs who
> achieve Worked All States (WAS) on voice, CW and digital modes. All 150
> QSLs must be exclusively via Logbook of The World (LoTW). Only those
> contacts made after the awards start date will be eligible."
>
> The award itself sounds interesting, but the LoTW requirement makes it
> even more interesting. I wonder how long (and how many contacts) it
> will take someone to achieve certificate #1. It's entirely possible to
> work all states on a particular mode in a single weekend contest (K7ZB
> and I have even done it twice as M/S on 160m), but getting all
> confirmations through LoTW sounds quite challenging. I'm not trying to
> knock LoTW, but at the current hit ratio most users report for the
> system, this seems like less of an operating award and more like a
> recruitment award ... i.e., how effective are you at sending emails
> after the contact and begging folks to upload their logs to LoTW.
> Maybe that was the League's intent.
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
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