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2011 EVENTS Radio Technology in Action Gauteng 24 September 2011 Get the full programme here Watch the promotional video produced by Mark Zank ZS6YES
25 September 19:30 Logbook of the World (LotW)
The next Intecnet will be held on 25 September at 19:30 with the guest speaker Chris Burger. Since the early days, amateurs have exchanged QSL cards to confirm contacts. Apart from the fun associated with colourful postcards from all over the world, the cards also provide a means of verifying claimed contacts for a wide variety of awards. Large DXpeditions now make over 100 000 contacts. Confirming these contacts takes a large amount of work and expense. An electronic means of confirming contacts would eliminate much of the work and expense, and also reduce traffic through the world's QSL bureau. Starting in 2001, the ARRL built a secure database called Logbook of the World, or LotW. Using LotW, it is very often possible to get confirmation of a DX contact within 24 hours, a far cry from waiting months or years for a card to arrive via the bureau. One of the early proponents of electronic QSLing and the only non-American alpha tester on LotW was Chris Burger ZS6EZ. Chris has placed over a quarter of a million contacts on LotW. He joins us on 25 September to explain why participation makes sense and explain the nuts and bolts of placing your own logs onto LotW.
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