Topband: ARRL LOTW and More

[herbs]

After several frustrating weeks of trying to figure out why
my ARRL LOTW uploads were not registering I decided to
contact the company.  It seems they are back logged beyond
comprehension.  Not even the most recent DX-Peditions who
have uploaded all there logs are showing up.  As a result
confirmations will not show either.  I certainly hope that
some DX-ers don't get bumped from the Honor Roll because of
this slow down in accreditation.  LOTW used to be very fast
and now it is so slow to almost not be worth the money
charged for the service.

I complained in past posts about the lack of fairness in the
ARRL 160 Meter Contest for not treating the U.S. Territories
as DX, no not even KP1 or KP5, none.  But with the ARRL 10
Meter contest that followed, stations located in the U.S.
Territories are indeed DX as it should be.  Why in the world
won't anyone on the CAC or at HQ realize that there is no
acceptable reason for not correcting this problem. or if
there is they aren't saying.

I struggle to find out who is responsible for prohibiting
this correction. HQ tells me to write the CAC members and
the CAC members tell me they have no power to do anything
unless they are "tasked" by those in command at HQ.  I see
how easy it was to give Ontario more sections and even in
the ARRL 10 Meter Contest you get multipliers by working
"Mexican" states that nobody knows about, that some how
found relevance...I don't know how this is logically done
but someone must have the way to make things happen at HQ. 
I presume that there are some fundemental democratic
principles that would allow for debate fo this topic so I
can make my case on behalf of the much malighed U.S.
Territories in the structure of this contest's rules.

If you know what to do.  Please let me know.

73,

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ