QRZ Logbook Hits One Billion QSOs with 46.5% Confirmation Rate

Congratulations on 1 Billion QSOs.

I have a total of 12,134 confirmed out of 16,434 etered, or a confirmation rate of 73.77%. LOTW only has a confirmation rate of 60.64%.

 

Congratulations "QRZ" on the Billion QSO mark.
My initial logging is done with my HRD program, which I then upload to LOTW, and then download from there to QRZ.
This gives me Three places in which my data is stored, so I don't worry much about losing it, Hi hi.
I got into ham late in life, being licensed in October 2014, and have really enjoyed the hobby. As of this posting I have 15,829 QSOs.
Being a banker for 43 years, (now retired), I had to deal with numbers and spreadsheets quite a bit.
One of the really great things about the QRZ logbook, is the ease of filtering your QSOs to come up with your spreadsheets and statistics.

Several of you have mentioned your rate or percent of confirmations. Have you ever wondered 'where' your confirmation numbers come from 'specifically'?
Do SSB users confirm more, especially due to contests and the now popular POTA program? Do the CW folks confirm more since they are certainly dedicated to traditional modes?
Do Digital mode users confirm more because they are computer savvy or perhaps they use programs that automatically log digital modes.
Well, let's take a look at that by the numbers. Of course the QSOs with the larger numbers are probably more accurate than the ones with only double digits.
Here is a break-down of my 15,829 contacts, as determined by the QRZ log filtering system. They are sorted from high to low by the confirmation percentage:




Give your own numbers a run and see what you come up with. The QRZ filtering is easy to use and will not affect or destroy your log (just don't hit 'Delete' on anything)
I would be greatly surprised if your findings are significantly different.
Hope you find this interesting .
AK5CT

 

Congratulations, I love using QRZ. Keep up the great work! 73

 

Thanks for such a great site.
I log to QRZ and LOTW along with eQSL & Club Log.
I have a 77.5% confirmation rate on QRZ.

 

Congrats on 1B! I always send confirmation requests, only to realize that most hams around the world aren’t QRZ members. For me, it’s impossible to get a confirmation rate above 34%. I wonder if adding LOTW will increase the confirmation rate?

 

I think we may have to give Hams in other locations around the world a REASON to join up with QRZ and confirm. Dave W7DGJ

 

I create a new logbook for each calendar year, and so far my confirmations between QRZ and LOTW are ~80% something like that. I didn't do the math on it but it's a rough estimate.

EDIT: At the time of this writing, I have 582 QSO's, with 461 confirmations so far in 2025. Not bad at all!

 

Now if we can get the few hams in Delaware to confirm contacts a lot more of us would have completed WAS on 160-6m. I guess I'm fortunate to have 28,205/44770 confirmations for about 63% confirm rate.

 

Ive tried them all and thats why Im here at QRZ.com. In my opinion, it's the best and by far.

 

[QUOTE="We've also recently reached a 46.5% confirmation rate, meaning that nearly half of all logged QSOs are verified by both parties. This is enabled by a precise matching algorithm that confirms contacts based on call signs, date/time, band, and mode.[/QUOTE]

Very nice! I love QRZ. I've been using it just over a month now, since getting back on air. Focused on FT8 contacts for the time being, and I am at 79% confirmation.

 

Thank you QRZ.com! We Indian Amateurs love QRZ.com

 

Felicitations on the milestone! QRZ is my primary logging tool. Nice clean interface! I also use the hamswap application.

 

No I do not use LOTW.
I feel more accomplishment by using one log book only The QRZ Log Book
It is a personal choice, acquiring all awards using one mode SSB and one log book The QRZ Log Book.
Like you I have many endorsements and continue to strive for me.
I feel it adds to the enjoyment of the hobby.
For new or existing hams just starting to Log on QRZ do not get discouraged.
Many US hams do not confirm domestic contacts unfortunately.
They don't strive for grids, counties or states.
There are enough of us who will confirm ,be patient and enjoy the hobby.

 

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I have posted this on my page for a long period of time
and on multiple QRZ Forums as well.
Each and every QSOthat I have I mention that I will Log The Contact on QRZ
I promote The QRZ Log Book continuously for many reasons.
I know on a very small scale it helps

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