Afraid under my old call I didn't make even 1/2 of Carl N4PY's achieved LOTW
QSL rate for DX QSOs, though the rate was better for domestic QSLs. I average
90%+ on direct DX QSLs, or better stated 20-times the confirmation rate of LOTW.
After all the struggles to even get LOTW to work (I made the heinous mistake of
upgrading computers between starting the LOTW registration process and
receiving all the needed passwords & certificates) I would add 2 DXCC entities
to my count.
I've shirked from going through the pain of dealing with my new call and
multiple operational QTH's on LOTW. Seems a lot of effort.
For what it is worth Treasury Workstations - the dedicated systems where you
trade millions of dollars in several currencies on several markets around the
world - are a dawdle to set up compared to LOTW. Not to mention how my home
banking, credit card management, and even international travel bookings all
somehow work securely & efficiently with easy to use passwords, or
public/private keys.
Perhaps the ARRL does have a cost recovery issue from "reinventing the wheel"
as the clumsy LOTW security system was implemented, but those costs are sunk.
ARRL should consider moving to a LOTW-II with today's technology to bring on
enough active users to make cost recovery certain.
my 2-cents,
73
Steve
K9ZW
On Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at 01:09PM, "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@arrl.net> wrote:
>
>I was wrong about the 20% LOTW QSL rate. I just checked it and for me it is
>9.6%
>
>73,
>
>Carl Moreschi N4PY
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