[Dx-qsl] LOTW vs paper QSL's

[Peter Dougherty]

The only paper cards I want to receive are for all-time New Ones and new
bandfills on 160m. I couldn't give a right royal rat's rump about collecting
paper QSLs for their own sake. I have about 50# of unwanted and unsolicited
cards from Germany, France, Italy, Spain and other common entities. I'm a
DXer and contester, my contacts last 5 seconds or less; few if any are
especially memorable, although I'm very very grateful for each one I make.
I'm all for LoTW taking over from paper for the most part. eQSL has its
place too since it's accepted for the CQ WAZ award (arguably one of the
hardest awards to earn in the field of DXing, surpassed only by HR#1 and the
DeSoto Cup).

I'm happy to supply a card if a DX station happens to work me for his first
US or NJ station, or for my (extremely-common) county, etc but other than
that, it's a waste of my time, money and energy. Ironically, I'm a bureau
volunteer, I sort a letter and my wife does a primary first-pass sort, but
for my own tastes, paper QSLing is largely unnecessary.

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 - pjd


-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of RAY FRIESS
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:57 AM
To: kenshep at one.net; dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] LOTW vs paper QSL's


If one only interested in record keeping for awards, my opinion is that LOTW
is fine.
However, I reflect back on my beginning days as a Novice some 40 years ago.
One of the sources of pride
as a young Novice and General was getting those pasteboards in the mail box
and then putting them up on
the wall where fellow hams could see them when they visited, and being able
to sit back in the shack chair
while listening to a qso, gazing over the wall of cards and remembering the
excitement of snagging some of
those contacts hanging on the wall.

So ... call me  sentimental fool ...   HI HI.

Ray  wa7itz

> From: kenshep at one.net
> To: DX-QSL at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:52:45 -0400
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] LOTW vs paper QSL's
>
> I'm sorry gentlemen, I didn't mean to start a firestorm of evaluating one
form versus the other. This was merely an opinion of a non-LOTW participant
who sees a trend. There were many points on both sides of the aisle, and
although I am not condemning LOTW at all, I suppose in my own fashion, I
like to see that final acknowledgement of a QSO in my hand, glossy or plain
(I have both hanging on the wall).
>
> Having done the manual exercises for 5BDXCC and most of the other awards,
I certainly can see the benefit to being automated, but I see the downside
of everything being automated, with little or no human contact and based
upon a $5 fee.
> I will continue to do paper, and will, over the next few months, go to
LOTW myself, just do to stay "in the loop". I suppose it is nice to have all
of your band/mode info readily available without digging through boxes, but
I kinda like stirring up that dust.
>
> Once again, IMHO
> 73 to all and thanks for your MANY MANY emails
> Ken
> WA8JOC
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