[NLRS] LOTW fun facts

[N0HJZ at aol.com]

I think folks should consider LOTW.  You save a ton of money on  postage 
and more and more stations are getting on.  Right now the ARRL has  the DXCC 
and WAS awards onboard with LOTW.  I would hope VUCC gets on their  in the 
next few years.  Think of all the postage saved on getting cards for  VUCC.
 
If anyone has questions about getting set up on LOTW, drop me a note.
 
73  Rich N0HJZ
 
 
In a message dated 8/18/2009 9:48:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
w9fz at w9fz.com writes:



I know, LOTW is not in some of your futures--life's  too
short :-) .  Well, it's extra tough for a rover  to
participate--but I did it anyway. Since late 06, I've
submitted all  my VHF and UHF logs via LOTW.

So far 3176 QSO's with 262 QSL'd via LOTW  so far (8.2%).

The August UHF contest yielded 8 QSL matches--4 with  K0AWU
and 4 with N9AKR.

In the universe of 3176  QSO's:

312  with K2DRH (10%) obviously he's not in LOTW  :-)
233  with W9GA
161  with KC9BQA
216  with  K2YAZ
72   with K9NS
120  with W0ZQ and W0ZQ/R  combined
98   with WA9O and WA9O/R combined

The six meter  match-ups are probably the most interesting.
Well, my Q's are there if ARRL  ever does anything VHF
oriented with LOTW.

Ya know, in the early  days of my roving, I used to get a lot
of QSL's that fixed stations used  for their VUCC awards.
That has REALLY fallen off in the past few years.  Either I
keep working the same stations that already have all  these
grids or newer operators really aren't collecting  for
VUCC's.

Please know that I GLADLY QSL all my rover  contacts.  Sure,
I'm a little slow sometimes but I've got cards ready  to fill
out.  Just let me know via email which ones you need  QSL'd.

73
Bruce  W9FZ/R

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