[NLRS] LOTW fun facts

[Zack Widup]

It could be that us Olde Fahrts(tm) have more interest in the paper QSL's
than newer members of our hobby. I'm not on LoTW yet.

In a surprise move to a lot of us, DXCC approved the 7O1YGF operation of
2000. I worked them but never sent for the card, having already worked a
couple Yemen stations that didn't count for DXCC. So off my card went on
Monday. A certain DL is going to be getting a lot of mail for a few months!

That will be my #322 for DXCC. I will be very happy to hold that card!

73, Zack W9SZ

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:10 AM, <w0zq at aol.com> wrote:

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> Yes, there is the cost, yes there is the time of writing them out, etc,
> etc, but nothing that LOTW has to offer can compete with HOLDING my 100th
> QSL card on 80m for my 5BDXCC.?? So while I can fullly appricate the
> efficency of LOTW, it is rather dull and lifeless - a sign of our
> accelerated lives and in my opinion, a bad thing for our hobby.??However,
> technology does march on regardless of one's opinion of it.
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> 73, Jon
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