[RTTY] A little LoTW gotcha

[Larry L Lindblom]

I must be one of the lucky ones, because I received an email from LOTW
several weeks before mine was scheduled to expire.  The email remind be
of when the cert would expire and told me how to renew it.

73 Larry L

W0ETC
 
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:20:44 -0800 "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
writes:
> 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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