[KCDXC] Fw: LoTW and ARRL Membership

[Alex, KU1CW]

Frank (KK0K) has provided usefull info on LoTW and ARRL membership.
Please see below.

Please give LoTW a try. Detailed instructions on how to do it may be found at www.arrl.org/lotw
73. Alex KU1CW


--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Frank Riley <friley68 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Frank Riley <friley68 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LoTH and ARRL Membership
> To: ku1cw at yahoo.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 8:57 AM
> Good Morning Alex:
> 
> Last evening I attended the KCDX Club meeting at the
> Johnson County Library.  Towards the end of the meeting, one
> member gave a presentation on the “eQSL” system.  During
> his presentation he commented that in order to use the rival
> ARRL LoTW system a person had to be a member of the ARRL.  A
> brief discussion followed about whether or not that comment
> was true.  Several persons gave their opinions on the issue,
> but it seemed to me that the question of whether or not a
> person had to be a member of the ARRL in order to
> participate in the LoTW program was not definitively
> answered.  This morning I checked the ARRL web site and
> found this FAQ:
> 
> “Do I need to be a member of ARRL to submit data? 
> 
> Anyone may submit log data to LoTW regardless of membership
> in ARRL. Membership in ARRL carries its own advantages, but
> does give reduced prices on some ARRL products and awards.
> U.S. Amateurs must be ARRL members to obtain DXCC, WAS, and
> VUCC awards.”
> 
> Based on this, and a review of other information available
> on the ARRL LoTW web page, a person definitely does NOT need
> to be a member of the ARRL to use LoTW.  ARRL membership is
> only required if a U.S. amateur wants to use LoTW to obtain
> the DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards – but that is the case even
> if a U.S. ham was submitting paper QSL cards to obtain those
> awards.
> 
> I suggest that at the next meeting of the KCDX Club you
> clarify the issue of ARRL membership and LoTW participation.
>  Again, ARRL membership is not required in order to use
> LoTW.  ARRL membership is required of U.S. amateurs to
> obtain the DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards regardless of how
> qualifying QSL’s are submitted – LoTW of mail.
> 
> Cheers & 73, 
> 
> Frank (KK0K)