Aw, heck, Dick. Now you're just being a spoil-sport. Next, you'll be trying to stop some of our more devious members from distorting the truth on serious matters, such as which of us has the least intelligence. Even if the allegation about you had been correct (and assuming it is for others) this is somewhat like my 8th Area Bureau Manager. He has been a long-time DXer with many DXpeditions under his belt. He probably had enough QSLs in a shoe box or two to receive DXCC many times over, but he'd not applied for the award. Didn't make him any less of a DXer or less qualified to be the Manager. (He finally, applied, though.) Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je@arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL Great Lakes Division ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: dick@pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:58 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Wayne Mills Subject: [arrl-odv:13598] Re: LoTW Usage 25 JAN 2006 - 1355 CST I don't know how I ended up on the list of ARRL officials who are not using LoTW. I was a beta tester and every HF contact I have made since 2003 is in LoTW. I have not been as active since I started wearing the ARRL red badge, but I still do get on the air. Below, is my LoTW activity record on the LoTW server. Date/TimeViaFile Processed 2005-12-02 22:03:37 Email 2005 W9GIG ARRLSS-PH.tq8 2005-12-02 21:59:59 Email 2005 W9GIG CQWW-PH.tq8 2005-03-01 23:09:36 Email 2003-2004 W9GIG Misc DX.tq8 2005-02-13 20:51:55 Email 2003-2004 W9GIG Misc DX.tq8 2005-02-11 21:50:59 Email W9GIG 2004-1120 SSPH.tq8 2005-02-11 21:44:14 Email W9GIG 2004-0308 ARRLDXPH.tq8 2005-02-11 21:43:24 Email W9GIG 2004-1030 CQWWPH.tq8 2004-04-26 23:10:56 Email W9GIG 2001-10 CQWW.tq8 2004-04-26 23:10:43 Email W9GIG 2001-03 ARRLDX.tq8 2003-09-27 01:56:47 Email W9GIG 2002-10 CQWW.tq8 2003-09-27 00:19:05 Web W9GIG 2002-11 SSPH.tq8 2003-09-27 00:10:05 Web W9GIG 2002-03 ARRL DX.tq8 2003-09-26 22:00:21 Web W9GIG 2003-03 ARRL DX.tq8 Every HF contact I have made since I was first licensed in 1977 now reside in two computers at my home. Time permitting (lots of file conversion required for the early logs), I plan to put all of them into LoTW. FYI, last night, I completed the renewal of my two TQSL certificates. Whoever is tracking our usage, needs to get his facts straight before he starts publishing his analysis! How many other ARRL officials are being erroneously maligned? 73 - Dick, W9GIG