-- My 4X4MF WAS account status shows total of 47 for 17m missing MT, SD and WY. I have LoTW confirmed QSO with W7KKon 06/09/2021, KT0W on 24/03/2022 and KI6QDH on 24/03/2022. What is missing to make m

“I would love to know what the person who designed the Triple Play Award certificate was thinking. I keep my Triple Play certificate hidden away because it's hideously amateurish and looks out of plac

Awards group are listening. They have added an optional 5BDXCC plaque to the order form. It looks wooden but is man made. It is still much much nicer than the other plastic plaques I have received. Ma

Hi, Is there an update on the availability of the Challenge certificate? I roll my own certificates when needed. I put a Digital sticker on my 5BDXCC (combination of RTTY and FT8) and presto! I had a

Good Day all: If it is true, that the government of the state of Florida, gave self-government to the Walt Disney World theme park 55 years ago. . . Did we have a DXCC entity under our nose like the U

Wondering what the current timeframe is for issued new VUCC awards? Applied for a new 432mhz VUCC award on January 26th and the credit card was charged $17 for the new award. Should I start to worry o

I’m sure this topic has been covered in the past so let me apologize in advance for anyone that has to read it again. Rule 6 states: For VUCC awards on 50 through 1296 MHz and Satellite, all contacts

Can anyone direct me to step-by-step directions for obtaining a list of "worked" states (digital mode)? I have 111 QSOs listed in my account, all but about 20 are US states. Is there a way to get a li

Dave, Take a list of states and match them up with the QSOs or use a logging program like N3FJP's AC Log, Log4OM, HRD, etc. and use their reporting functions. 73, Gordon Beattie, W2TTT 201.314.6964 W2

I know that this award isn't an ARRL award, but was hoping to get questions answered as the application process goes through ARRL. There is an option on the application form to indicates that "cards c

Last year I’d heard that a paper certificate had been authorized for the “Challenge” award. (Previously a rather expensive plaque was the only item available to commemorate this tough award.) I was to

Getting back to the original question, the DXCC award scheme arose from a piece in QST by Clinton V DeSoto in the ‘30’s. … See http://www.arrl.org/desoto for the rest of that excellent piece, and to a

Is Vladimir Putin a ham? He has recognized 2 new ones, Peoples Republic of Donetsk, and Peoples Republic of Luhansk. 73, de Hans, KØHB “Just a Boy and his Radio”™

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." — Frank Zappa 194

I looked at the Rules and see you get extra points based on distance between Grid Squares. But, I don't see who does the calculation. Is it done by the ARRL off the data in the Cabrillo file ? Or does

I may have posed this question before, but I’ll ask again. I have received several QSLs via email with a request for a reply. The sender also says they are putting the QSO on LoTW and sending a QSL vi

Hello, I am hoping you can assist me or forward this to the correct person. I have earned 5 WAS awards on FT8. I have received only one of them in the mail. It has been many weeks and I think it is ti

Many may/may not remember the email I sent out (listed below). As an update; I have talked to Sharon Taratula at HQ (thanks Wayne Mills for referring her to me). I made a conclusion that was in error,

Greetings; Many may/may not remember the email I sent out (listed below). As an update; I have talked to Sharon Taratula at HQ (thanks Wayne Mills for referring her to me). I made a conclusion that wa

My guess is that if you call or email them, they will apply it. Probably someone forgot something... Have you contacted the ARRL yet? 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Ex