While the misinformation being tossed around in cyberspace regarding LOTW is almost too wild to answer, let me try and respond to some of the more relevant issues. Currently, LOTW is up and running as of 7:30 am EST with a processing queue of approximately 48 hours. What happened, despite what others may think, involved human error in not recognizing that the space allocated to the LOTW database was filling up. There were monitors on LOTW admin screens within the system but no one recognized the impending condition. This has been rectified and automated alarms have been added to the database. If we had recognized it earlier, expanding the storage to currently available space, it would have been done with no need to take the system down. And as has already been noted, there was no data lost. The system does, given the size of the database, take time to march through the recovery process and that's what was happening over the past 3 days. In the 2012 Plan (Capital Expenditure section) we recognized the need for more storage and got approval to add an additional 2.8 terabytes at a cost of $25,000 to allocate to various HQ functions including LOTW. This was in place. And to respond to a couple of other questions, the system is built on a commercial database product from SAP. Of course there is a lot of custom programming for the actual LOTW functions as there is no product waiting to be pulled off the shelf for this application. In addition, there is unique, custom programming to connect the LOTW software to the SAP database. The Chairman has assured me that this issue will be discussed further with the Administration and Finance Committee at their meeting Saturday, November 17th. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc. The National Association for Amateur Radio (860) 594-0212 www.arrl.org