When I submitted my 160 WAS award, one state was missing: Hawaii I submitted the QSL card to my card checker and it was approved and I now have Hawaii and my 160 meter WAS award certificate. I now not

I am receiving emails with a picture of a QSL for a QSO. This practice seems to be one used by ops on FT8. As far as I know, such QSLs, while nice, are worthless for any award. I am reluctant to send

Good news. I have heard from Director Lippert that a paper certificate is now authorized for the DXCC Challenge Award, and is in Graphics for design. Thanks, Bill! 73, de Hans, KØHB “Just a Boy and hi

Hey ARRL award meisters, Any chance of reinstating the grid chase next year? Despite being popular when first run, it was dropped like a hot coal at the end of the year, for some reason. Personally, I

LoTW Status, 2021-11-28 LoTW currently supports the DXCC, VUCC, WAS, WAZ, and WPX awards. Award sponsors like RAC, RDA, and WIA accept LoTW confirmations for their awards, but either employ the user’s

I will be living in SW Florida during the winter months (Nov to June). I plan to operate from my QTH in Idaho during the summer months (July thru Oct) and both stations via remote. My question is do I

Can someone point me to a picture of a sample of the current 5BWAS plaque? I can't seem to find one. 73 Rick N0VT

This statement was made on the FTDMC Facebook group: "Now days if the ARRL finds you are using automation they will strip you of any awards they believe you used it for." Is this true? I know you aren

After my first ever Es season on 6m I am going to apply for VUCC, LoTW shows 257 QSLs. My question is: If I go ahead and purchase all 257 credits, am I going to get a certificate and a single sticker

When multiple station locations are used by same radio operator, obtaining the 50 award credits for WAS at each station, how can the WAS certificates be made to reflect each location separately ? I ha

The DXCC rules contain this line concerning robotic operation: 6a) Each contact claimed for DXCC credit must include contemporaneous direct initiation by the operator on both sides of the contact. The

I’m getting ready to put together a hybrid DXCC application, some cards and some LoTW. I don’t have 100 of either cards or LoTW matches (30 meters, the hardest DXCC I ever did) to allow me to make a “

I submitted my VUCC (6M) award application July 15, July 21 my credit card was charged. There is no change in the status, i.e. no asterisk showing. I applied for 100 (and paid for 100), however, the a

Barefoot to a home-made j-pole on a six-foot fence post. 4 73, de Hans, KØHB “Just a Boy and his Radio”™

I probably have the reputation of a critic around here, so when praise is in order I need to step up to the plate also. As an old retired Sailor on a fixed income, plaques are too expensive to justify

Is it possible that the staff and management of ARRL are monitoring a different set of forums rather than these which where created by the Communications Committee. The forums that I refer to are loca

I haven’t figured out how to obtain my VUCC certificate. I did the application on LoTW and paid for it. LoTW now shows me with 100 credits, but not the asterisk for “Award issued”. How do I make “Awar

I know that ARRL folks read this forum so I wanted to express my extreme disappointment in the "plaque" I purchased for my recent Triple Play award. It is advertised on ARRL.org as "laminated", but it

Dave, I've seen and received email responses from NA2AA, N2RJ, W1RFI and W5OV on lists and in directed emails. I think that everyday interaction here can be good, but frankly it becomes a "bitch and m

+ AA6YQ comments below This type of group is very common place in online gaming to allow people to vent with very little real interaction from the gaming company or people that can actually do anythin