Hello: We will be happy to mail you the 17 meter endorsement sticker this week. Thank you for letting us know of the issue. Take care. Sharon Sharon Taratula Awards Manager ARRL

Uh...I think they just changed the style of the certificates. There was an offer I saw somewhere to transfer totals to the new certs. But there are new style certificates and endorsement stickers

Nope. Not missing anything. Except your WAS Band Endorsements. Do they offer to replace them? (since you never got yours...) Micky K1XH

Over the years I’ve earned WAS certificates for individual bands, 160, 80, 40, 30, etc., and of course 5BWAS. I recently snagged my last state for 17-meter WAS. Going online to apply it appears that

My name is Steve and I have a QSL sending problem. Well said Gordon. Thanks and 73. :Steve KA2YRA

Agreed, If I logged you (Why bother with Nets UNOLESS ASKED BY SOMEONE THAT NEEDS YOU . I go to log local nets unless the rare time that someone asks that they need my state or grid or such. I am then

Gary; No problem, no worries from here. The world is changing, and I am one of the stranglers. Currently I am fighting with my cell phone. I need to download drivers on a new radio. Both issues I am

There are other ways to satisfy the apparent desire for postcard confirmations - for example, sending card images that recipients can print out themselves if they feel the need. As I write this, I'm

Steve, Thanks for your support. Remember it's "One QSO and one QSL at a time". :-) 73, J. Gordon "Gordie" Beattie, Jr., W2TTT 201.314.6964 W2TTT@... Gordon.BeattieJr@... Get On The Air!

OK Folks, We may need a new 12 Step program for recovering non-QSLers and I may need to be its "Bill". Well, I love QSL cards and SADLY I AM THE WORST about sending QSL cards. I am ashamed! Besides

I heartly agree with Hans. I’m an old fuddy duddy who gets immense pleasure posting new cards on the wall and also in albums on the coffee table. So many of them have histiorial note to them and

(Disclaimer: I have a collection of several thousand paper QSL’s, and I am a daily participant in LoTW where I have over 70,000 confirmations.) Gary, with all due respect, your jeremiad

QSL cards are costly to print, complete, transport, sort/redistribute and check/verify. They are environmentally unfriendly and liable to fakery and manipulation, as well as various kinds of physical

Bob and Dave, I just don't see the value of beating up on people who are working hard to improve things that they inherited in a less than optimal state while demanding instant gratification. Sure

Gordon, You've been a staunch supporter, and definitely not a bomb or "rock" thrower! I hope my appreciative comment wasn't thought to be negative in any way - it wasn't. Plus, you do ask great

OMG! The last reasonable person is on this mail list! Good on you for being a decent person sir!! Your type is rare of late!! 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer

Bob, Well, I try hard not to be a "bomb thrower". While I'm more "pushy" than most, it's important to be thoughtful and respectful. Sometimes my tireless inquisitiveness can be misinterpreted as

Gordon, Good to see you in here asking some thoughtful questions! Regarding the impact of Field Checking of QSL cards; Yes, the process at HQ is streamlined a bit, but it only removes the task of

Gordie; One of the most opportune times that I have found to submit is about one month before Dayton (“Z”). At that time many are holding their cards to have them checked at Hamvention, and the

LoTW applications are usually done in a few days. Paper cards for DXCC have been taking two to three weeks. VUCC has been taking two months lately because of all the submissions from the summer E