[Dx-qsl] AR - VE7CC

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

Well, let's see now...

The ARRL has invested a great deal of time, effort, and funds in setting up
Logbook of the World and keeping it secure.

It costs nothing to upload a log.  You don't even have to join.

It only costs you when you apply for an award (now the DXCC award family,
soon the WAS award family)... and the cost per QSO is comparable to,
possibly less than, the cost of submitting the physical cards the old
fashioned way.

And the ARRL is making money off of this... how?

OTOH, eQSL will mail you a physical card from submitted logs, acting as the
de facto QSL manager for those logs -- for a fee. Whether or not the person
submitting the logs approves.

So: who's making money at what?

Now can we stick to the facts and knock off the League bashing?

73

-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Ron
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:56 AM
To: John Becker; dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Cc: frosty1 at pdq.net
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] AR - VE7CC


"As far as I know, there is nothing proprietary about the eQSL system
which would prevent ARRL from incorporating the functionality of an
eQSL-like system into LOTW without the involvement of the current eQSL
organization"

If is isnt their idea and theres no money to be made, The ARRL won't do it.
Ron

At 10:33 AM 12/31/2005 -0600, John Becker wrote:
>As far as I know, there is nothing proprietary about the eQSL system
>which would prevent ARRL from incorporating the functionality of an
>eQSL-like system into LOTW without the involvement of the current eQSL
>organization



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