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Re: [VHFcontesting] Request for Stop-Gap Relief on VUCC/LoTW

To: Les Rayburn <les@highnoonfilm.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Request for Stop-Gap Relief on VUCC/LoTW
From: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:07:49 -0500
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This is a fine idea and makes sense ... which means the brass pounders
at HQ will never go for it.  :-)

I'm forwarding this to my Div Dir.

Peter

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 18:30, Les Rayburn <les@highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
> I'd like other VHF Men to formally join me in calling for the ARRL to 
> implement a "stop-gap" measure in regards to accepting LoTW verifications for 
> VUCC credit.
>
> Namely, I'd like for the league to authorize card checkers to accept print 
> outs from the LoTW web site (verified online directly by the card checker as 
> a "second check") to count as verification for contacts. This would allow 
> someone seeking VUCC to print out their credits from the LoTW web site, and 
> bring them along with their forms, fees, and "hard copy" QSL cards to a 
> hamfest and get all their credits counted.
>
> My understanding is that some card checkers are already doing this, though I 
> don't see how they're getting around the rules on that one. This would 
> formalize the exception that is already being granted in some cases, and take 
> some of the heat off the ARRL programmers while they work on getting the web 
> site completed.
>
> Card checkers could request to verify the results online, and this could be 
> accomplished easily at most hamfests with a laptop or mobile phone. The 
> person seeking the award can type in their own password, so the system isn't 
> compromised, and an independent second check is available.
>
> I may be missing a huge "down  side" to this idea, and if so, please feel 
> free to point it out. But the benefit to the league is that it could be 
> implemented with an e-mail to card checkers, or a mailing at worse. The 
> change would be swift, immediate, and satisfy all parties. Where I come from, 
> we call that a pretty good compromise.
>
> Who will join me in requesting this?
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> EM63
>
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