Topband: ARRL LOTW and More

[Dave Clouser]

The queue is currently almost 10 days behind.  You can track it here 
http://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-status
Everyone keeps uploading over and over and over because they don't see 
their QSO's, which likely is compounding the problem to massive levels.
They have a new server on order but 6 weeks out I believe.

Dave
NZ3M

On 12/18/2012 3:41 PM, herbs wrote:
> 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
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