[SCCC] LOTW

[Michael S. Mitchell W6RW]

Thank you Prasad. That was it. My password started with an uppercase letter (as most passwords nowadays need to have at least one capital letter). I tried with all lower case letters and it came right up. Once again........thank you!!!!!!!! 73 es dx de Mike W6RW

-----Original Message-----
>From: Prasad VU2PTT <vu2ptt at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 20, 2016 7:55 AM
>To: Dean Jones <k6ddj599 at gmail.com>, SCCC <sccc at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [SCCC] LOTW
>
>I believe the below email from Dave has the answer. This was sent to me on
>WhatsApp by one of the VU DXers this morning - maybe it will help.
>
>---QUOTE---
>
>Before today, LoTW Web Account passwords were generated by the ARRL and
>conveyed to users. At 16z today on 2016-09-19, LoTW was upgraded to allow
>users to specify new passwords of their own choosing, subject to rules that
>ensure sufficient security. The new procedure is documented here
>
>All LoTW Web Account passwords created before 16z today were "lower case"
>only. However, the Web Account's password checking mechanism ignored case,
>so if your password was mypassword you (or your logging application) could
>specify MyPassword or MYPASSWORD and successfully log in to your LoTW Web
>Account. As of 16z today, the LoTW Web Account password checking mechanism
>was upgraded to require an exact match with respect to "upper case" and
>"lower case" characters. Thus if your password is mypassword, you can no
>longer log in with MyPasswordor MYPASSWORD; you (and your logging
>application) must specify your password in "lower case" only.
>
>If you are unable to log in to your LoTW Web Account using your password
>specified in "lower case", please contact the LoTW help desk via
>LoTW-help at arrl.org
>
>If you would prefer a "mixed case" password, you can now specify one using
>the new procedure.
>
>73,
>
>Dave, AA6YQ
>
>---UNQUOTE---
>
>
>
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>
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>On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Dean Jones <k6ddj599 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dennis,
>>     Thats good info.  Maybe it has to do with provider issues.  I can't get
>> it through my home systems and also can't get in through work systems.  The
>> common thread here is that both systems are Verizon, (now frontier).  I
>> have sent an email to ARRL just now. Lets see what they say.  I will post
>> their response if it is informative.
>>
>> Dean K6DDJ
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