[Dx4win] Comparing DX4WIN DXCC Credit Status with LoTW

[Mel]

I really don't see what this has to do with DX4Win... however:

LotW costs nothing to use... never did. The awards do, to cover the 
costs of administering them... hardly a profit making enterprise. LotW 
is a lot less hassle for many than processing thousands of cards... but 
not everyone is comfortable with computers. You don't have to use LotW 
or chase awards if you don't want to.

Get a grip Doug... it's not THAT bad ;-)

Doug wrote:
> Might I ask a stupid question here?
> 
> Some years ago I paid my dues or sent in all sorts to get on this LoTW thing 
> the principle of which is admirable.
> Now, bearing in mind the basic principles of amateur radio, non profit 
> making etc etc. Why is it that to get anywhere with these awards or whatever 
> there is always money involved.
> 
> I buy my V6, 7, 8 DX4WIN, I end up with all sorts of hassle with LoTW, now 
> expired and to all intents and purposes (in my view) useless. Many seem to 
> have the same issues with all these awards, what for, a certificate pinned 
> on the wall or in a frame which proves what?
> 
> I know who and what I have worked, my DX4WIN V6 tells me I have worked 310 
> entities, so does V7 and so does V8, to what end? Why all this hassle is 
> really what I ask. All I can see is folks jumping up and down over what is 
> after all a hobby....when it gets to that stage it is no longer a hobby.
> 
> I can get a fishing rod and go down the river and catch a few, no logs, no 
> printers, no computers, no cards blah, blah, blah....it's a hobby guys, 
> merely a hobby. Unfortunately turned into an enterprise by those who have 
> lost sight of the fact.
> 
> No manners on air from those so selfish as to completely disregard the 
> foreword in the ARRL manual....how many have a copy or have even read the 
> leading pages?
> 
> Time to get back to basics and stop all this dumb bickering. Were are by 
> definition AMATEURS and should for once stop all this 'I'm better than you' 
> stuff..... Lets compare apples and oranges for a change.... I have a humble 
> radio which has an output of 100w, less when it gets to my antenna. I have 
> to compete with someone who can afford 1Kw plus in a pile up, does he care, 
> time to think? Consider the theory of it all, noise floors etc and many may 
> learn something about what is actually happening and begin to understand why 
> they cannot break the pile up. I could could go buy the BBC and win 
> everything on the planet but is that the point?
> 
> How many times do you hear an operator these days saying, by the way there 
> is an XXX station calling you? You answer that because you know the 
> answer....yes, not very often! The reverse used to be the case!
> 
> This whole thing is a sad reflection on the hobby where some trumped up know 
> alls have decided to take over and attempt to rule the rest of us.....me... 
> no longer interested...what we have now is not what it was and a very sad 
> reflection on the hobby.
> 
> Perhaps, you, the reader should consider where you stand in all this and 
> subsequently act accordingly. Stop complaining, be constructive and promote 
> this, one of the most, if not the only, highly diversified hobbies in the 
> world.
> Said from the heart!
> 
> Yours, a very disillusioned,
>  GM7SVK
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: <peter at g3zss.com>
> Cc: <Dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Comparing DX4WIN DXCC Credit Status with LoTW
> 
> 
> When I get time.  All of my utilities need work.  You can try changing
> "DIGI" to "RTTY" in the .CSV file and see if that works around the
> problem.
> 
> - Jim
> 
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Peter Bacon<peter at g3zss.com> wrote:
>> Jim
>>
>> Are there any plans to update your excellent utility DX4WLOTW.EXE to be
>> compatible with ver 8 of DX4Win. I have recently used the utility and it
>> works great with CW and Phone QSOs, but it is not working correctly with 
>> my
>> RTTY totals.
>>
>> Thanks Peter G3ZSS
>