[EIDXA] From ARRL Bulletin

[Jim Spencer]

I'm still laughing.  Of course KC1XX can make 5BDXCC with LoTW.   Look where he is located!  Look at the station!  My own experience is that I CANNOT confirm a single missing band country on 80-40-20-15-10 using LoTW.  I realize there is a big QSO difference between W0SR and KC1XX/VE3EJ but the simple stuff like OK, S5, Z3 on 20 and 15 that I need have multiple QSOs.  What experience have you had?

73,  Jim




* "Cardless" Five-Band DXCC testimony to Logbook of the World's value: New
Hampshire contest station KC1XX (chief op Matt Strelow) recently achieved
Five-Band DXCC solely through contact data submitted to the ARRL's Logbook
of the World (LoTW). With more than 255,000 QSOs already in the worldwide
contact database, KC1XX recently was able to confirm 100 DXCC entities on 80
meters to qualify for the award. Because most participants have linked their
DXCC data into LoTW, it is not always possible to determine band totals
derived solely from Logbook confirmations. Major contest stations like KC1XX
serve to demonstrate the value of participating in LoTW, however, because
these stations frequently do not have DXCC, and their totals are due
entirely to LoTW-verified contacts. The largely single-op contesting and DX
station of John Sluymer, VE3EJ, in Ontario also has qualified for 5BDXCC
through LoTW-verified QSOs, while several others are closing in on achieving
5BDXCC using the same route. Meanwhile, Brian Alsop, K3KO, in North
Carolina, has already confirmed 221 DXCC entities entirely via LoTW.