I'll mention it again -- the end-of-the-year shenanigans in which so many upload their entire year to LoTW don't help, nor do the other shenanigans in which so many applications for awards are sent at

KI5QJU WAS mixed award never received

What is your callsign? Bernie McClenny, W3UR Editor of: The Daily DX (1997-2022) The Weekly DX (2001-2022) How's DX? (1999-2022) Two week trial - http://www.dailydx.com/free-trial-request/

I submitted an award request for WAS a month ago and paid the fee. I've never received a certificate. I've emailed ARRL about it multiple times and never got a response! How/when can I get a

I would imagine that the basic WAS is fairly common for clubs active in Field Day or other contests. 5BWAS is a bit more of a challenge. We need 9 more states between 10 and 80. Hoping that with 10

Our club earned the Basic WAS award about a year ago. Now we're working on the 5BWAS award and are making good progress. Can anyone tell us how many CLUBS have earned the BASIC and/or 5BWAS

Rules are rules and follow them we must. If you do not like them get a campaign through proper route to get them changed, or do not participate. Not much different than the guy that has $75,000

Why not? The DXCC program says you can work dx from anywhere your specific country. People used to fly around the country to do this, now they can stay home. Remote has been around a very

I understand some of the complaints…..a recent QST article was talking about remote operation, from a station in Maine that requires a subscription. The article mentions the economic benefits of

Pretty amazing stuff that allows people to get on the air. It is the now and the future. I am amazed at all the griping. I think it is great that people in hospitals, nursing homes,

Yes, I do…..sitting beach side in the sun in Florida, operating my home station from snowy NW PA, where its 6 degrees….

At least he was honest about where the RF came from … 73, Andreas, N6NU

Don't you just love this remote operation 'thing'? Al N6TA

You always log a contact from where the RF comes from. 73, Marlo KA2IRQ

Hello Earl, Yes, that QSO counts for Connecticut. ---- 73, Mike Cizek W0VTT

Working towards 5BWAS, I worked a station that was supposed to be in Wisconsin, but the LoTW confirmation said Connecticut. I emailed the ham, and he told me he was physically in Wisconsin, operating

Can I ask a question about WAC here? I have the WAC application in front of me, and at the top it shows the following awards available: Basic, CW, Phone, Image, Digital, and Satellite. It also shows

I downloaded the .pdf, the did a Google search and found a web site that can convert a .pdf to a Word document. I edited the Word doc and then saved it as a .pdf and emailed it. Worked, quickly. Vy

Hello Micky, This works well for me: https://www.pdfescape.com/ ---- 73, Mike Cizek W0VTT

After all of the chat about 'extra' items such as certificates, I have a question about the Order Form. On the Help page it says to Mail, Email, or Fax the form to ARRL. I know how to Fax, and (snail)