http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#c4e9a06f-a5ae-4322-8a06-6cd13685f129 Good Point! I will look in to it more. Thanks Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:12:03 GMT http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#c4e9a06f-a5ae-4322-8a06-6cd13685f129 Mike マイケル 2006-06-20T23:12:03Z http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#51b557de-0bef-452d-b799-147f3434c888 Why don't they trust e-qsl? You have to go back to the 60's, and the days of Don Miller, and the inestimable Don Search, W3AZD, who spend much of his life at ARRL checking cards for forgeries. So Jon Bloom of ARRL staff, and others, came up with the Logbook of the World concept, which I guess works, but there are a lot of people who don't like it or complain about it. You should be able to find info on it at the ARRL web site. Personally? I think the supposed "importance" of the award programs such as DXCC has grown way out of hand to the point of obsessiveness. Surely, in the end, it's just a piece of paper. I have an entire wall full of contesting, DX, and other awards, and I'm sure that within a week of the day I die, they'll all be out on the curb with the garbage. Does it really matter to the extent that it does? Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:16:06 GMT http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#51b557de-0bef-452d-b799-147f3434c888 Warren 2006-06-20T21:16:06Z http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#a9fda09c-f295-469a-b45a-7c51afa168c2 I think you answered my question. I would like to work towards things like WAS. so the ARRL will not let people use them. Why is that? also what is the LOTW? Thanks Mike Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:45:11 GMT http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#a9fda09c-f295-469a-b45a-7c51afa168c2 Mike マイケル 2006-06-19T20:45:11Z http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#d92ddb94-0175-46e7-85f7-1a42d69aaca7 Well, how do you mean, "legal for contesting"? What were you planning to do? It's not accepted for WAS, or any of the ARRL awards--for that, you'll have to go through/use the LOTW product, which some feel is a bit unwieldy and overly security-conscious. Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:24:56 GMT http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#d92ddb94-0175-46e7-85f7-1a42d69aaca7 Warren 2006-06-19T19:24:56Z http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#1352d6b3-055d-4c3a-aa30-05a6bec40f1f Can anyone tell me if E-QSL is legal for contesting or awards like the WAS? Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:07:21 GMT http://hamradio.tribe.net/thread/fd549a4a-9020-451c-8d59-d6a5a11faab5#1352d6b3-055d-4c3a-aa30-05a6bec40f1f Mike マイケル 2006-06-19T08:07:21Z