simple? Did someone say "simple"?
If there is a time deadline in this huge process, some DX will not get the
mail nor have his mailed-in reply fast enuf to satisfy. Maybe there are no
more time/date deadlines but when they were.... I missed three tries.
Now I remember why my non-English DX friends skip LoTW.
73 HS0ZCW
On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 2015-08-08 2:50:02 A.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
> k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com writes:
>
>
> A German ham wrote privately to me that an argument against LotW is its
> requirement to send hardcopies of realworld personal documents for foreign
> stations
>
> That is NOT true. Here's a quote from the ARRL FAQ:
>
> "Authentication for U.S. calls relies on a combination of the FCC
> license database and postal mail addresses. "
>
> "Authentication for non-U.S. calls relies on photocopies of a radio
> license and an official identification document. The applicant initiates
> registration through a computer log program, which creates the digital
> signature keys that will be used for signing QSL records. Next, the
> operator (or logging program) sends a registration request to the
> Logbook Registration Server via the Internet, and the server generates a
> certificate. The applicant then sends a photocopy of his or her radio
> license, an official identification document, and a printout of certain
> digital signature key information to ARRL HQ via postal mail. When the
> documentation is received, an operator at ARRL HQ examines it and
> activates the certificate. The certificate is then sent to the applicant
> via the Internet."
>
> That sounds pretty simple to me -- the DX station applies online, then
> mails photocopies of his license and some official identification
> document. Why don't US hams have to do that? Because the FCC database
> is online, so ARRL can verify a US license by mailing a password to the
> license address.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
> So here you go for non-U.S. stations (this is a restatement of what is said
> above):
>
> 1. The applicant initiates registration through a computer log program,
> which creates the digital signature keys that will be used for signing QSL
> records.
>
> 2. Next, the operator (or logging program) sends a registration request to
> the
> Logbook Registration Server via the Internet, and the server generates a
> certificate.
>
> 3. The applicant then sends a photocopy of his or her radio license to
> ARRL HQ,
>
> 4. and an official identification document (a photocopy?) to ARRL HQ,
>
> 5. and a printout of certain digital signature key information to ARRL HQ
> all via postal mail.
>
> 6. When the documentation is received, an operator at ARRL HQ examines it
> and
> activates the certificate.
>
> 7. The certificate is then sent to the applicant via the Internet.
>
> Guess simple is a relative term.
>
> 73,
> Ken, AB1J
>
>
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