*************** The ARRL Letter Vol. 23, No. 19 May 7, 2004 ***************
==>LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD DXCC CREDITS SYSTEM RENEWING DXCC ENTHUSIASM
The DXCC credits component of ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW) <http://www.arrl.org/lotw> secure contact database got off to an enthusiastic and busy start Thursday, May 6--a day later than planned. ARRL Membership Services Manager Wayne Mills, N7NG, says the much-anticipated LoTW DXCC component not only is making it easier for members to apply QSO credits to their DXCC records, it seems to be renewing overall interest in the DXCC program.
"Several hundred users had linked their Logbook accounts to their DXCC accounts in the first 24 hours the DXCC component was on-line," Mills said. "I'm thrilled to see people getting interested in DXCC again."
An ARRL member from Missouri earned the distinction of becoming the first to qualify for an initial DXCC certificate using only LoTW "virtual QSL" records. Another amateur--ARRL Midwest Division Vice Director Bruce Frahm, K0BJ--used LoTW credits to update his DXCC record and now has qualified for the DXCC Challenge.
The Logbook of the World database has grown to be a repository of some 42 million individual contact records submitted by users in the US and abroad. When both QSO participants submit matching contact records to LoTW, the result is a "virtual QSL" now good for DXCC credit. Mills says more than 2.5 million QSO matches already exist in the system.
For more information, contact the Logbook of The World staff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or visit the LoTW Web site <http://www.arrl.org/lotw>.
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