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Hi All:
Over the past several years I have been
mentioning that DXCC is working on a system where applicants would enter
QSO data from their QSLs into a digital DXCC application, and pay less
for doing this for us. With DXCC staff’s data entry time reduced, we
could charge less than a traditional application, process more
applications in the same time, and provide better customer service.
Well, I am pleased to tell you that for the past several months we have
been working with our programmers, and completion is near. We are
currently beta-testing the system which we are calling Online DXCC.
Following is a brief description of this system and the Card Checker’s role.
For the most part, the Card Checker’s job hasn’t changed much. After
the applicant has typed-in the QSO data from the QSLs (or loaded-in an
ADIF file that comes from a logging program), he/she will print the
application and either bring it to a Card Checker or mail it and the
cards to HQ, like normal. We will still heavily rely on a Card
Checker’s expertise and knowledge to inspect the QSL cards and nsure
that the data that has been entered and printed by the applicant is
correct. The Card Checker will still need to carefully mark changes on
the printout. When all is done, the Card Checker will sign-off on the
application and mail it to HQ, as before.
What is different is that
the applicant will not have to organize cards by band and mode, but
instead can simply enter the data from each card in any order they are
found. The applicant must leave the cards in the same order as which
they are entered, as obviously that makes it easy for the Card Checker
to work through the cards and compare against the record sheet. If a
QSL has two or more QSOs listed, and the applicant needs them all,
he/she no longer must put these cards at the back of the application.
Also new, is that there is an option for the applicant to pay for the
application with a credit card inside Online DXCC. Unfortunately there
is no easy way to have the applicant pay electronically for the Card
Checker’s mailing expense, so you will still have to collect cash for
mailing in the same manner as you do now.
The Online DXCC forms
themselves are representations of the paper forms to which we are all
accustomed. We tried to add value to the Online DXCC also by adding the
ability for the form to suggest (in some cases _force_) an entity name
for each call sign that is entered onto the form. But, we still need
the Card Checker to verify the entity name from the QSL as best
possible. If there is any doubt or question, please mark the printout
as needed to convey the message to HQ staff.As soon as we can, we will
send a link to the Online DXCC application.Please send me any questions.
Below is the text from the Home page of Online DXCC:
Welcome to ARRL's Online DXCC Application System
* Find out more about the DXCC Award Program
* Find out more about this Online DXCC Application System
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Submitting Your DXCC Application Online — Step by Step
* Now that you have logged in, you may go to the QSLs tab and begin
entering information from your QSL cards. If you logged in with a
username and password then all your entries are saved and you may leave
the QSLs tab at any time while entering QSLs, and return to it later.
* You must enter all of the required data for each card. If you want to
submit more than one QSO from a single card, then enter the information
about those QSOs together — one right after another — on the QSLs tab.
* If the initial pulldown list of DXCC entities does not show the DXCC
entity that you believe to be correct, select the Show All option. The
selection list will then change to a list of all valid DXCC entities.
* You may enter your QSLs in any order, but keep your cards in the same
order as you have entered them. When you bring your cards to a DXCC
Card Checker (or send them to ARRL HQ), you will need to place your
cards in the same sequence as you entered them (this will be the
sequence that is shown on the record sheet(s) the system will provide).
* If you use a logging program, you will find it faster and more
accurate to prepare an ADIF file containing the QSO information for the
QSLs that you want to submit with your application rather than manually
entering the information from each card. Use the Import ADIF tab to
import your ADIF file.
* When you have finshed entering data for the
QSLs you want to submit, you generate your application by clicking on
the Award Application tab and proceed sequentially through the
Application, Records, Payment, Preview Application and Preview Records
screens. Finally, you click the Submit Application button on the Preview
Records screen to complete the application process.
* If you logged
in using a username and password, then your application is saved. You
may leave and return to the MyDXCC tab at any time to view and print
your completed application(s).
* If you did not log in using a
username and password (you chose the anonymous login option), then you
must print a copy of your application and record sheets before you leave
the Online DXCC site. Click on the View Application button on the
Application Submitted screen to view your application and records sheets
as a PDF document. Print out a copy of this document, now.
* Verify that your QSL cards are in the same order as shown on your record sheet(s). Then:
* Take a printed copy of your completed application and record sheets
along with your QSL cards to a DXCC Card Checker. You will need to
provide the DXCC Card Checker with an SASE or sufficient postage to
cover mailing your paperwork to ARRL HQ.
* If there is not a DXCC
Card Checker in your area, you may send your QSL cards directly to ARRL
HQ and include a copy of the first page of the application, (the page
that says DXCC Award Application).
* Once you have submitted an
application by clicking the Submit Application button, you cannot make
further changes or add QSLs to this application. You cannot start a new
application in the Online DXCC system until any pending application has
been processed by ARRL HQ.
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:bmoore@arrl.org
DXCC Web Site: www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc
Blog: http://www.arrl.org/awards-blog
Twitter: arrl_dxcc
73!
Valery Tyulyupin
R5AJ
DXCC Card Checker