[CQ-Contest] A little LoTW gotcha

[David Pruett]

Bill,

I did get a note from the ARRL that my certificate was going to expire.  I 
submitted the renewal according to instructions, and yet I never got a new 
certificate back.  So I'm screwed just like you and I followed all the 
procedures...

Dave/K8CC

At 10:20 PM 2/8/2005, Bill Turner wrote:
>Did any of you know that your LoTW certificates have to be renewed every
>year? I found out the hard way last night after trying to upload my XE
>RTTY log. The program continually crashed for no apparent reason, just
>before I tried to sign the .adif file. After much head scratching, I
>found my certificate, which I originally got on Jan 20, 2004 had
>expired.
>
>Normally, one can renew the certificate easily by selecting a menu
>option, but once it has expired, that option no longer exists. You have
>to apply for a new one. Too bad one does not get a warning of any kind -
>at least I didn't.
>
>So check your certs, guys, and don't get caught short like me.
>
>--
>Bill, W6WRT
>
>
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