[Dx-qsl] Remote station time-share for only $30/mo!

[Michael Carper]

To the point Joe is making... at day's end...

The ARRL is going to accept - for award credit - a confirmation that is
obtained via LOTW or via the mail (or in-person, if you're close).

It seems to me that - eQSL could easily add an "OQRS capability" where a
human being had to look at the requests for physical cards, verify payment
for postage via some method (like PayPal), and put a physical card in the
mail.

Mike, WA9PIE

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <w4tv at subich.com> wrote:

>
> > - Effectively, OQRS is the "QSL manager"
>
> Not so!  OQRS is the "postal service".  There is still a human QSL
> Manager on the other end to whom the OQRS requests are routed and
> that QSL manager is still responsible for checking the log, certifying
> the QSO information is accurate and mailing a card or uploading the
> data *in a secure form that can not be tampered with* and in a
> verifiable manner.
>
> There is a major difference between a cryptographically protected
> digital record and the equivalent of a "QSL card" that you can create
> with PAINT on your own computer.  LotW provides a cryptographically
> protected record from end to end, eQSL.cc is an on-line Paint program.
>
> 73,
>
>   ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 2015-01-27 1:36 PM, dx-qsl-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:36:04 -0600
>> From: Michael Carper<mike at wa9pie.net>
>> To: dx-qsl<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Remote station time-share for only $30/mo!
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>> Yeah, I know folks are sick of the topic.  But for clarity, I was
>> suggesting that I (or anyone) could start a new DXCC "account" with a
>> foreign callsign in a very desirable DX location and do quite well.  Some
>> of the awards tend to favor Europe anyway.
>>
>> Regarding the fact that eQSL (AG) is not accepted for DXCC credit,
>> consider
>> this...
>>
>> - You work EP6T...
>> - You upload it to Clublog... where there's no digital certificate and no
>> AG verification
>> - Effectively, OQRS is the "QSL manager"
>> - You wire funds through OQRS to obtain (buy) a QSL card
>> - The ARRL accepts it for DXCC credit
>>
>> ...by comparison... why not...
>>
>> - You work EP6T
>> - You upload it to eQSL... which has AG verification
>> - Effectively, eQSL is the "QSL Manager"
>> - You go into your eQSL account... print out the QSL card (with AG
>> verificaiton)
>> - The ARRL refuses to accept it for DXCC credit because it was "obtained
>> electronically"
>>
>> SO...
>>
>> What's the difference?  I've never been able to figure it out.
>>
>> Mike, WA9PIE
>>
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