[ADXA] I did something I thought I’d never do today…… also, who can copy 220 WPM

[Steven Rutledge]

Regarding LOTW, I'm guessing it will never come back from the original 
data.  I think they are concerned that any data they put back online 
might be infected with some kind of malicious software that could infect 
every user's system.  My guess, and its only a guess, is they will have 
to build a new system and all of the users will have to upload their 
entire logs again.  I might add that I have absolutely no idea what has 
happened in Newington but someone does.  I have somewhat limited 
experience catching and prosecuting cyber criminals in my previous life 
but this is the best theory I can come up with.

Steve, N4JQQ

On 6/6/2024 6:15 PM, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> I uploaded 25k QSOs to QRZ.   I’ve always thought Lotw was the only 
> online system I needed to support.  It has good security for user 
> uploads and supports the awards that matter.   I think I signed up for 
> eQSL once but couldn’t really see the point.   Why does QRZ even have 
> a logbook, I wondered?  They have a system of awards, but anyone could 
> do that.  Maybe eHAM.net does, too - I don’t know and I don’t care.
>
> I guess I just needed to upload something.  I decided that Lotw isn’t 
> really a logbook, and maybe there would be some advantage to uploading 
> everything to QRZ and seeing what it would do for me.  A lot of people 
> think you’re terrible if you don’t at least upload to Lotw, QRZ, 
> Clublog, and eQSL.  That attitude is part of what limited my uploads 
> to Lotw and Clublog.
>
> It was pretty easy to tell DXKeeper to send everything to QRZ and now 
> I am there.  Will I upload to eQSL? Probably not, but who knows what 
> might happen.
>
> Come back, Lotw - we need you!
>
> On another note, I saw a video featuring our friend Adrian.  He was 
> helping a 12 year old demonstrate copying random call signs on RUFZ at 
> 220 WPM.  Not 220 Characters, 220 Words!  I’ve never seen anyone sit 
> and copy anything over 60 WPM.  I think I have copied ONE callsign at 
> 60 in RUFZ.  How could someone do over three  times that?   A freaky 
> savant kind of mental ability?  Can the human ear even distinguish 
> three dits from four at that speed?  Is it possible to memorize all 
> the possible call signs in the RUFZ database and what they sound 
> like?  I’m not world class, but it is sobering to realize there are 
> kids who can do three times better.  Or is there some kind of “trick” 
> to it that I’m not seeing?
>
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
>
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