[amsat-bb] Re: VUCC QSO costs

[Bruce]

as i am an arrl awards manager, i have sent an email to my contact at the league to clarify all this. 

no... we do not have access to anyones lotw account. if you present cards to me, i will check those cards. all lotw qso's must be checked by the arrl. 

73...bruce

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On Jan 22, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Sebastian <w4as at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Although I already have VUCC satellite (#200 wow!), for those that don't yet what happens when you have enough confirmed grids via both paper cards and LoTW?
> 
> Will card checkers go to the trouble of looking at your LoTW account and compare them to the paper cards, or should the paper cards go to ARRL for credit towards VUCC?
> 
> 73 de Sebastian, W4AS
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 22, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Jeff Yanko wrote:
> 
>> Hi John and all,
>> 
>>> From what I recall with the old VUCC application it was discouraged to send 
>> cards to HQ and to use local card checkers for VUCC.  With the new 
>> application it seems like they will accept cards at HQ for VUCC but there is 
>> a cost.  However, it doesn't state what to do if you take them to a card 
>> checker?  On Thursday, I had sent an e-mail to Bill Moore, head of the 
>> awards division at ARRL HQ, and haven't receive a reply back as of Saturday 
>> morning.  In any case, we'll find out sooner or later.
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Jeff  WB3JFS
> 
> 
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