As we approach the holiday season I want to remind anyone who would like to present an award plaque as a gift to a friend, relative or Elmer that your order should be in by Friday, October 30, 2009 to allow DXCC sufficient time to order and ship it in time for the holidays.

If you place a special order please be sure to note "Holiday Gift" on the order form or message so that we can keep it with other holiday orders..

You can find the order form, along with current prices and shipping at:

www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc

You can place your order by:

FAX: (860)594-0346
Voice: (860)594-0234
e-mail: dxcc@arrl.org
Regular mail: ARRL Awards Branch, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT USA 06111

73 es DX!

Bill Moore NC1L
ARRL Awards Branch Manager

Please note the following update regarding the ARRL US Virgin Islands Incoming QSL Bureau:

For all USVI call signs:

V.I. QSL Bureau Virgin Islands QSL Bureau
P.O. Box 25782
Christiansted, St. Croix
U.S. Virgin Islands 00824

Comments or questions on this bureau's operation may be directed to: Ann Keegan, KP2YL at kp2yl@arrl.net

73 es DX!

Bill Moore NC1L
ARRL Awards Branch Manager

There has been a change in one of the awards branch e-mail addresses.

This address is no longer accepting e-mail: awards@arrl.org

The address has been changed to award@arrl.org

Anyone sending an e-mail to awards@arrl.org will get a return message noting this and advising you of the new address. This address mostly affects the Worked All States awards program.

E-mail to dxcc@arrl.org and any of the other e-mail addresses that come to me are not affected by this.

73 es DX!

Bill Moore NC1L
ARRL Awards Branch Manager

I receive many questions asking how to do applications for both the DXCC and WAS awards programs in LoTW. While LoTW covers this we have now posted detailed, step-by-step instructions that will help everyone through this process in easy-to-read detail. These instructions not only contain text, there are also screen shots on each step of the process making this an invaluable resource.

On the main LoTW site (www.arrl.org\lotw) you can now find links (power point presentations) explaining the application process, for each award, in good detail. We spend alot of time on the telephone and by e-mail explaining the application process so these posted presentations will now serve to help everyone through the process and, get information to applicants much quicker.

Before contacting DXCC or WAS please take some time to review these instructions. If, after this, you have questions regarding the application procedure, you can contact the awards branch.

Also, please feel free to save and use this information at club meetings etc...as presentations to clubs and other groups as long as these presentations are used as designed by ARRL.

73 es DX!

Bill Moore NC1L
ARRL Awards Branch Manager

The 7O1YGF-ONLY submission is free. LoTW notes a submission fee (automatically) and I have no control over this. When I process the submission the fee is waived. The 'payment by mail' notation is to avoid having the fee being charged, accidentally.

If you click 'payment by mail' you do not need to enter your credit card information

Note: This free submission offer will end on December 31, 2009. After this, applicants can include 7O1YGF with their regular 2010 submission.

Requests for Credit Slip and Matrix are $3 if the submission is not accompanied by a SASE with sufficient postage.

73 es DX!

Bill Moore NC1L
Awards Branch Manager

ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
Telephone: (860) 594 0234
Fax: (860) 594-0346
email: dxcc@arrl.org
DXCC Web Site: www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc
Blog: http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog