I was very excited when the ARRL decided to add support for CQ WPX Awards to the Logbook of the World. I had previously applied for a mixed award through eQSL when I had reached 400+ different prefix confirmations using that service. Once the ARRL activated theirs, I was at 500+. It seemed silly to apply again so I decided to wait until I reached the Honor Roll level of 600+.
When checking on my progress today, I noticed a new tab called “Link Account” was now showing up under the Awards/WPX category.
After Clicking the horizontal “Awards” tab, and clicking on the “Select CQ WPX Award Account” button on the bottom-left, you will see this screen.
If you click that, you will be taken to the screen shown below, which allows you to enter information for the CQ Awards Manager (A wonderfully helpful fellow named Steve). He will then upload any electronic information he has in your WPX file. Within moments of filling out that form, I had an email back from Steve telling me he had just uploaded my information. A quick check of the LotW CQ WPX award indicated that I now had 634 Mixed entries. A few minutes later I submitted a new application for the 600 level (Honor Roll) WPX Mixed award. Too easy!
Now if only the calligrapher could catch up. I still haven’t received my first WPX Award certificate from my eQSL submission in early June, prior to the LotW system turning on. But they do warn you that it can takes several months to receive the certificate.
The LotW “Link Account” screen shot
