"Simple" has multiple definitions.
It's a "simple" process in that the steps involved are fairly straightforward.
It's not a "simple" process in that there are multiple steps required, and some
of those steps involve dead trees and international post, as part of an effort
to give support that the applicant is more-or-less where he says he is.
Perhaps someone in Newington monitoring this reflector might consider whether
it's time to ask a volunteer to write iOS and Android apps that would let an
international LOTW applicant take pictures of the required information, attach
a geocode, and submit it electronically.
There would still be people who grumped about the hurdles set out in the name
of security/award program integrity, but the era of dead trees is coming to an
end, as seen by the increasing demand for electronic QSLing.
(Just let me get paper cards from another 100 or so entities before paper
QSLing dies completely away!)
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Michael Adams | N1EN | mda@n1en.org
-----Original Message de AB1J-----
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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