[RTTY] A little LoTW gotcha

[John Desmond]

As someone else said, they sent out a reminder about a month before they 
expire.  I got a couple at about the same time.  They send one out for 
each certificate you have.

Best to keep you email address current in LOTW.  Or use your 
callsign at arrl.net address, then when you change addresses you only need 
to change where your arrl.net address points.

73 es CU this weekend! 

John  K0TG


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.
>