[Dx4win] RE: K0PP and eQSL

[Erkki Heikkinen]

As long as ARRL doesn't credit eQSLs for DXCC and RSGB for IOTA they are
of no value for serious DXers.

LoTW is a different thing. It seems RSGB is looking ways to use it for
IOTA, too.

Erkki OH2BF

 - my QSOs since 1962 uploaded to LoTW



> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> dx4win-bounces+erkki.heikkinen=pp.inet.fi at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:dx4win-bounces+erkki.heikkinen=pp.inet.fi at mailman.qth.
> net] On Behalf Of Martin H. Green
> Sent: 4. lokakuuta 2006 14:38
> To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dx4win] RE: K0PP and eQSL
> 
> 
> Wow, K0PP's comments about eQSL really caught me by surprise. 
> 
> I've been a ham for over 40 years and I had no idea that 
> there was any sentiment in the amateur community to boycott 
> eQSL because they believe it makes a profit! I used eQSL for 
> years without paying anything before I decided that it was a 
> sufficiently worthwhile endeavor to support financially. I 
> have no idea if eQSL makes a profit or not but, quite 
> frankly, even if it does, I can not understand why anyone 
> would object to someone making a profit for providing a 
> lawful service which others find sufficiently useful to 
> support. What's next? Should we urge amateur radio operators 
> not to buy any of their equipment or supplies from any store 
> or company that might make a profit on the sale? Since when 
> did making a profit become bad? 
> 
> I am a life member of ARRL and also support and use LOTW. 
> However, I believe that the ARRL's LOTW came into existence 
> directly as a result of the pressure created by eQSL to move 
> the process of confirming amateur radio contacts into the 
> digital age. 
> 
> The fact is that many, many thousands of hams, including me, 
> have found eQSL's approach interesting, useful and FAST! They 
> use it every day. Most every other major full-featured 
> logging program supports uploading and downloading from eQSL 
> and DX4WIN would be foolish not to support that ability. I 
> urge everyone to fully support both eQSL and LOTW and to post 
> their logs to both sites. There is no cost for doing that.
> 
> 73, from Marty, N1HT
> n1ht at arrl.net
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