Hi Dave:
Just to let you know that ARRL has agreed to process all of the CQ
AWARDS _some time ago_, but only the WPX award was programmed.
I am CQ's custodian who takes care of the USA-CA (USA County Award), and
have been waiting for 3-4 years for LOTW.
I suspect that ARRL have many such requests, but are handicapped by a a
staff which is too small to do everything, and has to live within
prioritization. (Last years NPOTA comes to mind.)
Ted Melinosky K1BV
http://www.dxawards.com/
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On 4/26/2017 3:08 PM, David Siddall wrote:
Using logs for awards purposes has been implemented in a limited fashion in
several different ways.
(1) Example 1: CQ Magazine WPX award using LoTW. For those interested,
application for CQ Magazine's WPX award can be submitted directly through
LoTW. Of course ARRL's own awards also are available through LoTW. I am
not sure why this has not expanded to other popular awards.
(2) Example 2: DARC Community Log (DCL). The DCL downloads confirmed QSOs
from LoTW if you give them permission and also includes logs submitted to
DARC contests, such as WAE, and CQ Magazine CQWW DX and CQ WPX contest
logs. Award applications are submitted on the web and issued electronically
without additional file creations and downloads. In addition to LoTW
information, DARC (1) automatically includes all recent CQWW and CQWPX
logs; (2) logs from the DARC contests (including WAE); and (3) allows users
to download their own ADIF files and to import information directly from
LOTW, Clublog and eQSL. Awards available through the DCL include those for
WRTC2018 as well as all all the other DARC-sponsored awards. See:
http://dcl.darc.de
(3) Example 3: Direct importation of public logs, such as CQWW. This can
be used by awards managers in the same manner that DCL uses such logs, and
also various analytical programs. Check out on-line utilities such as
W7EJ's Contest Log Viewer (http://logqso.com) or EI6DX Contest Log
Analyzer (http://www.ei6dx.com/cqww-contest-analysis/cqww-activity-analyzer/.
Both have multiple years of CQWW DX contest logs pre-loaded.
Some of the above stategies should provide ideas for awards sponsors.
3, Dave K3ZJ
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