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+ AA6YQ comments below

I'm getting back into the hobby and am interested in DXing.? I currently have little interest in QRZ awards.? I'm guessing that QRZ will help with information useful when seeking QSL cards from ops who don't use LotW.? LotW is my primary QSL route.? More than 10 years ago I sought paper QSL cards and expect to do so now for needed QSLs.? I just received a WAZ award due to my old QSL card collection and LotW.

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Is QRZ relevant today and is there an advantage to buying a Premium subscription to avoid ads?? I'm considering getting a subscription and API to use in DXKeeper/DXLab.

+ QRZ provides two separate services: "callbook lookup", and "QRZ confirmations" which are valid for "QRZ awards".

+ "Callbook lookup" is useful because it provides your QSO partner's name - which can be helpful during interactive QSOs - and location - which can confirm that your directional antenna is pointing to the correct azimuth. With a free QRZ subscription, you can configure DXKeeper to use "QRZ via Pathfinder" at no charge; yo In 'll be limited to 4 QRZ lookups per minute, which is only relevant if you import an ADIF or tab-delimited file with DXKeeper configured to perform callbook lookups of each imported QSO. Interactive usage is somewhat slowed by the fact that Pathfinder must download and display QRZ's advertising - which is why this form of access is free. the HamQTH callbook is also free, but has significantly less coverage than QRZ. QRZ's "XML Data" callbook access eliminates the rate-limiting and advertising delays, but requires an annual paid subscription. BuckMaster HamCall is an alternative paid callbook service.

+ I have been pursuing ARRL DXing awards since I first began DXing back in 1990. I thus have no personal interest in obtaining QRZ confirmations. An increasing number of DXers do pursue QRZ awards, which is why I extended DXKeeper so support uploading QSOs to QRZ. Even if you're not pursuing QRZ awards, it is polite to upload your logged QSOs to QRZ for those ops who do pursue QRZ awards; unlike Club Log, eQSL, and LoTW, however, you must purchase an annual QRZ Logbook" subscription? in order to do so. If you're competing in the annual DX Marathon, a QRZ confirmation indicates that a logged QSO is likely "low risk", and can be included in your end-of-year submission without concern that you'll lose points by having submitted a busted QSO; DXLab's Realtime Award Tracking for DX Marathon can be configured to take QRZ confirmations into account when determining whether a QSO with an active station would increase your DX Marathon score.

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? ? ? ? ? ?Dave, AA6YQ