[amsat-bb] Lotw use

[Matthew Stevens]

there are probably more sat users on lotw than you think. As of right now I
have 594 grids confirmed, all in LOTW. The majority of satellite qsos that
I have made in the past two years have all been confirmed in lotw, only
about 10-15 or so via card.

- Matthew nj4y


On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 8:08 AM James McIrvin <arsn1ipa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good morning,
> I am wondering why there are not more folks on the birds using LOTW?
> I have a couple of people that show as LOTW users, however, they have not
> uploaded there Sat contacts, or I have a bad miss match which can happen.
> Being new I am still learning how some of this is working and have been
> using LOTW for years and I find it quite easy to work with depending on the
> software that is being used for logging.
> I know that this subject most likely has been addressed before, however, in
> this day and age with the cost of cards, postage and envelopes it gets
> quite costly to be sending out many cards to obtain awards.
> Another thing that I have not seen is if for some of the Amsat awards if
> LOTW could be used for the awards if you can show a screenshot of the
> matches via there system.
>
> The reason I ask is when you look at the cost of cards, then postage and
> envelopes, the cost can be quite high and if doing SASE the cost even goes
> higher.
> I know if your working non-USA contacts you can use the bureau which is
> fine, just domestic stuff it is thru the roof.  In many cases, you could be
> 2 to 3 dollars per confirmation.
>
> Jim
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