This is correct with one stipulation - only entities on the CURRENT list count toward challenge. If you are claiming credit for QSOs with deleted entities, that doesn't count toward

On 12/6/2020 8:05 AM, Neil Foster wrote: Neil, Any contacts credited for DXCC will count for the Challenge. It doesn't matter whether they are LOTW, cards checked by a

I have searched the ARRL site and not found the answer. If you make an online application for a DXCC award via a card checker for an endorsement do you get credit towards the Challenge, or is it

I use both FT8 and FT4. I don't see the point of seeking awards for both. But, after one achieves WAS on FT8, I guess FT4 is another way to do the same thing over. It is not a technical achievement

It is unacceptable that the awards department is not a profit center. I hope our new CEO can bring some change in that area. We pay for the awards and they are not cheap. I doubt

+ AA6YQ comments below The ARRL should be providing services and things that the members want. If the members desire FTX tracking and FTX awards and there is a high demand, then the ARRL should be

Yes, you're correct. LOTW was an in-house development using ARRL IT personnel, and Dave Bernstein has pointed out that the project was constantly strapped for personnel, development

The ARRL should be providing services and things that the members want. If the members desire FTX tracking and FTX awards and there is a high demand, then the ARRL should be looking at

OK. Maybe expecting ARRL/LoTW to keep track at that fine a resolution for everyone is asking a bit much, but as I said, I don't use any digital mode except RTTY ... well, and CW.

I suppose that it matters as much as being able to see your Cloer or Olivia contacts on a specific band. I suspect a high percentage of a particular digital mode users track WAS, or even DXCC, in

The Dr. Joe Taylor modes came along rather fast and in copious amounts. I suspect that the ARRL/LotW folks haven't been able to keep up. Real question: Does it really matter if it

Likely since it is not needed to fulfill the job of the system and they do not have the money to implement something that is not needed, that is just a WIBN. I think there is Software available

Well, maybe, but I didn't mentioned the word "awards" in my post. I can go to my WAS account, click on some band, and from the drop down menu I can select 30m Clover, click on "Select WAS Award to

“Mode by band” for WAS has three awards for each band. Phone, CW, and Digital. The “Digital” award (by band) covers EVERY digital mote. No digital mode gets an “individual” by-band

Forgive me if this has been asked and answered herein but does anyone know why LotW WAS Account Credit page does not include FT8 and FT4 by band, like it does for almost every other digital mode?

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I think Ria's assessment is absolutely accurate. CQ pretty much hit the "easy" button for themselves because a small number of self-selected volunteers decided life is too short to

CQ seems to have gone bonkers. Another very strange rules change is that so called 'Classic' participants (low power, no assistance) are limited to 24 hours, and if they go more than 24 hours only the

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