[RTTY] A little LoTW gotcha

[gdadx2 at earthlink.net]

Yup,

I got my reminder about a week ago and my cert. expires on Feb 23.  It was 
very easy to renew the cert.

73, Buddy,
WB4M


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Desmond" <k0tg at comcast.net>
Cc: "RTTY reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] A little LoTW gotcha


> 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.
>>
>
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