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Re: Self Printed QSLs for DXCC: an idea

Gilbert Baron
 

There are programs like Digisign that encrypt a signature and the are even accepted by sellers and government. This could be used to email a card and should be more than enough, even harder to forge than a real QSL postcard. This could be used but wonder with LoTW available to all why it is needed is another question. It still would be a neat way to sed a valid QSL like we used to get in the kai;.

 

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From: ARRL-Awards@... <ARRL-Awards@...> On Behalf Of Gerry Hull
Sent: 18 January 2023 09:11
To: ARRL-Awards@...
Subject: [ARRL-Awards] Self Printed QSLs for DXCC: an idea

 

Currently, self-printed QSLs (stations send you an image that you print yourself) are a not acceptable for DXCC credit.

There is a technical, and easy, solution to solve this:  place a QR code on the QSL, which contains a LoTW-key-encrypted QSO.  An example graphic is shown (ignore the code itself, just an example.)
If such a self-printed card was sent to the DXCC desk, it could be verified easily.

Thoughts?

73,

Gerry W1VE
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