If eQSL would make it easier to post county information, I would think they too
would see a major jump in participation again.
I like that about LOTW, but it's not useful for any awards.
On the other hand, I do appreciate that folks do like collecting the physical
QSL cards... and am more than happy to respond to them for the time being.
73,
Julius
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/
Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
--- On Sun, 3/1/09, David Pruett <k8cc@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: David Pruett <k8cc@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] LOTW Percentage
> To: "Lee Buller" <k0wa@swbell.net>
> Cc: "CQcontest Reflector" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 10:34 AM
> Lee,
>
> I think it depends on how old the QSOs are.
>
> I have uploaded all of the QSOs made from this current K8CC
> QTH (i.e.,
> since October 1986). This amounts to just shy of 300K
> QSOs. The
> confirmation rate in LoTW is a little more than 10%.
> Recent QSOs seem
> to have a higher confirmation rate.
>
> OTOH, the Mad River Radio Club decided to go after the
> ARRL's WAS Triple
> Play award with our K8MAD club callsign starting at the
> beginning of
> this year (#150). We entered the RTTY Roundup and both
> January NAQPs,
> plus a few non-contest QSOs totalling about 2K QSOs. The
> confirmation
> rate in LoTW is just over 50%.
>
> The increase in popularity of computer logging over the
> past two decades
> probably has a lot to do with this. I also think the
> Triple Play award
> has created a big boost in LoTW usage.
>
> Personally, I think LoTW is wonderful.
>
> 73, Dave/K8CC
>
>
> Lee Buller wrote:
> > I am curious as to the percentage of stations worked
> and station confirmed on LOTW. Mine is running about 36%
> Is that typical or am I low or high?
> >
> > I hope this is not off-topic, but quite a few
> contesters use LOTW.
> >
> > Lee - K0WA
> >
> >
> > In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in
> short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get
> some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any
> Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common
> Sense. Is Common Sense divine?
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