[RTTY] Re: [CQ-Contest] A little LoTW gotcha

[Russell Hill]

I guess I was lucky-- the ARRL sent me heads up messages for all 3 of my 
calls.  I wonder if that is a member service?

Rusty
na5tr


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
To: "RTTY reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>; "Contest reflector" 
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:20 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] A little LoTW gotcha


> 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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