Pat,
Speaking as a middle-to-end of the pack contestor, I sometimes upload to LOTW
BEFORE I send the Cabrillo file to the contest sponsor.
I have found that the contest community as a whole is very good about following
up with QSL's be they electronic or paper when requested. LOTW is a great tool
for those of us who use the contest as a neat and fun way to fill in the blanks
on our various awards.
I have uploaded all my logs from 1987 forward, since that was the year I got my
current call. Most of my confirmations are from the year 2000 forward. So far,
I have qualified for DXCC, WAS (phone and RTTY) I'm very close to a CW worked
all states and very close to a 5-band WAS, all via LOTW.
So, yes I find the contest community a great source of QSL's!
73 Gary
WG7X
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From: "Patrick Hoppe" <phoppe@wi.rr.com>
> Is it common practice for the contesting community to upload their logs to
> LOTW? I am always amazed that I can WAS in a week-end contest and still not
> have WAS via LOTW. I have 17k Q's uploaded and still only WAS via phone
> using all the bands. According to my logging software, I have WAS on
> multiple bands and multiple modes. Yes, I have the paper cards and could
> turn them in, but I wanted to see if the LOTW concept worked.
>
>
>
> So what are your thoughts - do you upload your log after every contest and
> if so, what are your results?
>
>
>
> Pat
>
> WW9R
>
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