Guyz:

I was at the W9DXCC in Chicago the last couple of days and one of the speakers was Sean, KX9X, ARRL Contest Branch Manager. He mentioned that around the first of the coming year the ARRL will begin accepting LOTW for the VUCC award. He said "now is the time to start uploading your QSOs." Just a "heads up."

Personally, I like LOTW -- I have a couple of DXCC entities confirmed via LOTW where I have been unable to get a card. I expect this will happen with satellites also as there are several grids I've worked via satellite where no cards have been forthcoming. (FWIW, about 23% of my QSOs have been confirmed via LOTW and that percentage has been increasing over time.)

73!

Rick 'GI