Hi All,
I asked Bill, NC1L, this morning. Here's our exchange:
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I wrote:
The WAC application indicates that you can use DXCC account credits. Does that apply to all credits, even those that came from LotW DXCC applications?
Art:
Once the credits are in your DXCC account they are OK to use.
73
Bill Moore NC1L
Awards Branch Manager
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So, there's your definitive answer. I can see why no public announcement. It's sort of back door. No ability to apply for WAC directly through LotW but you can use previously accepted DXCC credits. This makes sense to me as why do all that programming for 6 QSLs for the award. Even the 5 Band WAC only requires 30 QSLs and there are no 12, 17, 30m endorsements for WAC.
73 Art W2NRA
"Keep to the Code!"
w2nra.com
I'm dubious. There's been a ton of pressure on the ARRL to support more
awards with LotW. If WAC were now supported by LotW, we'd have seen a press
release.
--- In dxlab@..., "Dave AA6YQ" <aa6yq@...> wrote:
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From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of Phil
Cooper
Hi all,
Larry W6NWS quoted the ARRL site................
"... At the present time credits in the ARRL LogBook of The World (LoTW)
system cannot be claimed for WAC credit. Applicants who have a current DXCC
award in the DXCC computer system can apply for WAC by completing the WAC
application form and sending it to the address noted above, listing credits
to be claimed on the application form. In this case QSL cards are not
required. ...."
I did find the above statement a little confusing at first, but it implies
that LoTW credits that are now part of your DXCC claim CAN indeed be used.
I'm dubious. There's been a ton of pressure on the ARRL to support more
awards with LotW. If WAC were now supported by LotW, we'd have seen a press
release. You can configure DXKeeper to "count" LotW confirmations when
generating a WAC progress report; I'm not going to "hardwire" this untill I
see a press release.
So, I thought I would do a search and see what I came up with. It took a
while to get the proper SQL function, but I got there in the end.
The confusing bit was having to remember to use both the LoTW QSL Received
and also the QSL Received functions for all of S and V.
But, after a few goes, I got it right, and found that I do indeed have
enough DXCC credits to claim 5BWAC - all on RTTY.
You can do this by checking the "include LotW confirmations in VUCC, WAC,
& Maidenhead progress" box at the top of the Config window's Awards tab
before initiating the WAC progress report.
Another point for those wishing to check whether they have 5BWAC, you must
also filter the log for each band as well as filtering for QSL's verified.
I just entered the SQL expression in the ADV boxes, and then changed the
band after each click of the WAC progress button. Save the resulting file as
something like WAC-80m and you are away!
You could create a script to generate a WAC progress report for each
band. The MultiWAS.txt file in DXKeeper's Scripts folder illustrates the
technique.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
