[Dx4win] LOTW Test

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 03:57 PM 5/17/2003 -0400, Ted Sarah - W8TTS wrote:

>So far I haven't found it very user friendly.  Yes, it's only beta. But, I 
>have a couple of friends that use computers for logging, and are as 
>computer literate as a brick.  I would hate to have to try and explain how 
>to use LOTW to them.  Hopefully, by the time they are ready to release a 
>full version, they will have it so there is only one step to get a 
>certificate and one to upload a log.

At Dayton, I spoke with Jack AA4LU (DXbase) about this very problem 
(Paul/Steve did not have a booth this year). Yes, computer "illiterates" 
are going to have trouble with this.  I expected more integration with the 
logging software than Jack described to me.  The API (software programming 
interface) hasn't been released to developers yet.  It will be interesting 
to see if exporting, signing etc. can all be done through the logging 
program simply by pushing one button.

73 - Jim AD1C


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