[ADXA] LA5CI/P problem solved

[Steven Rutledge]

Good new Dennis.  Kind of like getting a V/U card without the grid.  
ARRL just says write the grid on the card in pencil.  I have done that 
numerous times and all have been accepted.

Kind regards and 73,

Steve, N4JQQ

On 3/5/2025 2:21 PM, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> I couldn’t get the online DXCC system to accept a card listed for 
> LA5CI/P on Jan Mayen (1965).   It defaulted to Norway on the list and 
> wouldn’t let me put anything else in.
>
> I got thru to the DXCC desk and was told that Chrome was required to 
> use the online application.  That’s not what the site says, but I 
> didn’t argue too much.  I switched over to Chrome and had the same 
> issue.  I called back and spoke to Marge (?) who looked the callsign 
> up and said the computer system would not accept it, just write in Jan 
> Mayen on the printed list.  A couple of smart ADXA’ers had advised the 
> same thing, and that turned out to be the solution!
>
> I had credit for Jan Mayen, but nothing at all showed up in the 
> matrix.  I probably submitted that card in my very first DXCC almost 
> 60 years ago!   There were a couple of others that I had credit for 
> but the matrix was blank.  Maybe these will add just a few to my 
> Challenge totals.
>
> 5N9DTG came thru so now I have 99 on 80M.
>
> I found some good CW cards, which would have taken me over 300 on CW, 
> but they were before the 1975 cutoff.
>
> My goals for 2025 - DXCC on 80, 300 on CW, and 1700 Challenge.  Should 
> make all 3.
>
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
>
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