I had a concern raised about paper cards and LOTW from one of the members in my division, and wonder if I can request some info on his concern.

Here is an excerpt from his e-mail to me:

Our ARRL DXCC processing of applications for credit on confirmed LOTW and paper cards submitted is now an issue. Last year we could submit an LOTW application and it was processed in a matter of days.  Paper card applications took about a month.  Now it takes over 6 weeks for an electronic application.  We can no longer submit a combined application of LOTW confirmations and paper cards.  We can only submit one application at a time and must wait for a pending application to be processed before sending in another”

Since I have used LOTW exclusively over the last several years, I do not have any experience with this issue.  Any information/resolution I can give to this member?

Thanks,

’73 de JIM N2ZZ

ARRL Vice Director

Roanoke Division