Logbook of the World

Many hams still are not familiar with the Logbook of the World by ARRL. There is a good PDF article that explains exactly what the LoTW is about here. (You must have Adobe acrobat reader to read this. You can download it here)

There is an FAQ about the LoTW program that explain most questions about LoTW here and most current logging programs export now to LoTW, so there is no reason not to be using LoTW.

As you can see from this posting, it is possible to achieve honor roll status using LoTW

"Mar 7, 2008: 300 Entities Confirmed in LoTW by K4DY -- Les, K4DY has confirmed 302 entities in Logbook of the World! Congratulations Les. Les says "My current total on LoTW is 302 (with deletes)/298 (current countries). I am up to 1,914 Challenge Countries. This was as of 02/19/2008. I am importing the LoTW Report directly into a separate Logbook program. It is Logger 32. This way I can tell at a glance where I stand since only LoTW QSO confirmations are in the log." (Credit:LOTW website)

Currently there are upwards of 150 million QSO's in LOTW
"Dec 19, 2007: 150 Million QSOs and Counting -- LoTW's latest milestone was passed today when the QSO counter clicked past 150 million QSOs entered into the system." (Credit: LOTW website)

So if you have been waiting, now is the time to go to http://www.arrl.org/lotw/ and get started uploading your logs!

73,

Jack K4SAC