[RRDXA] ARRL Log Book of the World

[K.-Martin Wieland]

Hallo allerseits !

Hier ein Auszug aus dem aktuellen News Letter der ARRL.
Vielleicht f�r den einen oder anderen interssant.

73
Martin DL1ZU / K1ZU




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> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 22, No. 20
> May 16, 2003
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> ==>ARRL'S "LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD" ENTERS OPEN BETA-TESTING PHASE
>
> The long-anticipated "Logbook of the World" (LoTW)--the ARRL's secure
> electronic contact-confirmation system--is being opened for beta testing.
> While a formal unveiling was set for the Hamvention DX Forum May 17, LoTW
> now is available to all who wish to participate in the beta testing
> program, expected to last 60 days.
>
> At the heart of the Logbook of the World concept is a huge repository of
> log data provided by operators--from individual DXers and contesters to
> major DXpeditions--and maintained by ARRL. Logbook of the World Project
> Leader Wayne Mills, N7NG, says the system will benefit big and little guns
> alike by providing quick QSO credit for awards offered by ARRL--and, it's
> hoped, those offered by other organizations as well--without having to
> first collect and submit hard-copy QSL cards.
>
> Visit the ARRL Logbook of the World Web site <http://www.arrl.org/lotw> to
> learn more, download the necessary software and take part in the beta
> testing effort. For the purposes of the beta test, validated users are
> asked to submit log data for contacts made on or after January 1, 1998.
> Once a certificate is issued, beta testers may e-mail their log data to
> the LoTW database lotw-test@arrl.org.
>
> LoTW will accept authenticated data--either in Cabrillo or ADIF
> format--directly from computerized logs via the Internet. Software
> Development Manager Jon Bloom, KE3Z, noted that because the software still
> is under development, any data uploaded during the beta-testing period
> will be erased before LoTW "goes live." Beta participants will have to
> obtain new certification even if they've participated in earlier LoTW
> testing. The beta certification will be good only for the beta-test
> period.
>
> Bloom emphasized that every call sign would need a separate certificate.
>
> Bloom and Mills encouraged beta-test DXers and contesters to upload their
> log files--the bigger the better--to test the robustness of the software
> as well as to populate the database and create a more realistic
> environment. LoTW will find and match contacts between stations based on
> the log data submitted by users, and the results will appear on the
> Logbook of the World Web page.
>
> "We're not replacing the whole paper QSL scheme with Logbook of the
> World," said Mills, who is also ARRL's Membership Services manager. "This
> is really a system to offer credits for awards."
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