To those of you who have already received a direct copy, I apologize. I believe that Walt is correct in what he says. I also know that changes to LOTW are not easily implemented. I guess the question is whether the cost of such a change will benefit the membership enough to make it worthwhile.

Bob -- W6RGG

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Walter Miller, AJ6T <aj6t@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Subject: VUCC credit via LoTW
To: w6rgg@arrl.org, n6ajo@arrl.org, dxcc@arrl.org, ke3z@arrl.org
Cc: w5zn@arrl.org, w6tkv@arrl.net, w6omf@cwnet.com, "Fusaro, Norm W3IZ" <w3iz@arrl.org>, John Farber <kg6i@hughes.net>

Gentlemen,

I am writing to you to request that ARRL update its VUCC award policies to allow credits to be given for QSL confirmations via Logbook of the World (LoTW). Currently only your DXCC and WAS awards are connected to LoTW, and it would seem to be a fairly easy extension of existing software to allow for inclusion of VUCC via LoTW.
I encourage you to do this as soon as possible. It would relieve amateurs of the burden of collecting mostly stateside QSL cards, saving both time and expense. This kind of expansion of LoTW has been hinted at by ARRL for quite some time. Frankly, it is a long-overdue idea.

73,

Walt

Walter E. Miller, AJ6T
ARRL Life Member