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ARRL wanting popularize getting DXCC  awards developed method ON-LINE applications for DXCC award. Fees are listed below. This method is based on a website ARRL ,  in where you must upload  ADI file that can be produce for a  given awards by program AWARD_SECRETARY. Therefore, the ARRL has eliminated the need for manual input of each reported QSO laboriously by  Ladies - the women operator in the ARRL,  and therefore this method is cheaper. Loaded .adi file type cannot be produced in a  Logger, but must contain only one QSO for the entity or for a single line of application. In contrast, in the method of LOTW - where you can load the entire log by the program on the website LOTW what choose the appropriate QSO itself  consistent with the correspondent QSOs .

To use the method ON-LINE you  firstly we need to create an account on the ARRL website. This is not equivalent to the account that we become a member of the ARRL and assume the costs as a member of the organization. Establishment of this account is free. Call the page from the link

http://www.arrl.org/Users/login

Appear to us webside in this form

Registering - on the ARLL account or logging in to an existing account

After choice Register we obtain

Registering account in a ARRL

Next 

The transition to a function for a member ARRL membership

Choice On The Air

Next appear to us Chose Awards

Choice AWARDS

Choice DXCC

Now open the right window Online DXCC Application

Open window OnLine DXCC Application

Now we find ourselves on the relevant page describing the method ONL-LINE

https://p1k.arrl.org/onlinedxcc/

Basic window describing the method ON-LINE applications for DXCC award

Basic window describing the method declarations ON-LINE on award DXCC

How enter data file produced by the program .adif AWARD_SECRETARY - see there - is achieved when you select in above  window function import  ADIF . Get the screen from  the bellow link

https://p1k.arrl.org/onlinedxcc/adif.php

Window for import data in a ADIF format for the method On-Line

The further course of the real read the data from adif adif are shown there . Here we are showing the cost structure and their comparison and indicates where to find answers to FAQ.

Let's look at another interesting us windows - More about ONLINE method

https://p1k.arrl.org/onlinedxcc/about.php

Window to read more about the methods ON - LINE

Now we try to learn about the fees for obtain awards DXCC. To do this, press the  AWARDS FEE or  Application Fee. and open in a new bookmark

http://www.arrl.org/dxcc-awards-fees

Fees and their structure for diplomas ARRL - u and comments on the breaking joining QSL and LOTW Description of payment methods

In this window is contained important information that there are no possibilities of combining confirmations QSL paper and LOTW (the so-called application hybrid) ( since April 2012 - postscript by the author)

Below are fees that existed in 2012 - now the site is no longer available

Table fees for DXCC awards obtained by three different methods, ie - Only paper QSL - Only LOTW - ON-LINE only method

Fees for obtaining awards  ARRL in 2012

    

 

 

Fees for obtaining award  ARRL now in 2016

    

 

Z tego widać że najtańsze jest uzyskanie dyplomów DXCC  metodą ON-LINE

 

Let's calculate how much more are the costs when we report 4 diplomas at the same time the method ON-LINEE

 

These costs have been given on the assumption that the use of national DXCC Checker and QSL cards for you check in a  SPDX Club meetings and do not accept post-mail for shipping costs QSL to and from the  national DXCC Checker

The above fees include fees for the first edition of such  award  usually DXCC_MIXED.

Fees for other awards tend to be much smaller because, as previously reported QSO we report only once and the potential to serve it to many awards as described above. Therefore, for the issue of other awards we do not need a large part of the fees for checking QSOs - that is in step 1 and 5 accept a much lower cost.

Also in obtaining  labels on the  award called in the ARRL  DESK accept much lower costs. I find it difficult at this time to provide exactly what are the costs - because the pages ARRL lack at this  moment explicit information. It seems to me that some of the information derived from the previous period where the annual fee in force award DXCC (yes - if you were a member of ARRL). At the moment, I think I can see that this rule was abandoned. If I am wrong then please people with on this issue have better and more actually  information ,  inform me  to my email   sp9auv@wp.pl    .

In order to obtain more complete information, we can induce web page on FAQs (in the picture Learn More). or from the link

https://p1k.arrl.org/onlinedxcc/help.php

We obtain  FAQ - Frequently asked quesion for method ON_LINE

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about the method award application ON-LINE

Notification of the final application

 

Notification at the end of the application process - Submit

 

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Bellow shows process for real input data from the adif file for a  filing  the one application for four awards  by methods  ON-LINE.

After selecting the file  appear to  us Import file ADIF

Import ADIF file and upload to page ARRL

Screen after successful upload file to the site ARRL

You must now Choice View All MYQSLs

Now we see our QSO in a psedo pdf

By selecting ENTER QSO you can edit or add new QSO

Edit QSO

Now on page  address https://p1k.arrl.org/onlinedxcc you choose to approve introduced file  of adif

Confirm entered QSOs - SUBMIT

Select Application to choose what award  you want

We choose what award we wish ourselves and give Personal parameters of our station

Once again we see our QSO, which we check off (Include) to not  include in the award

Final approval of the application to calculate the cost

Presentation of the end cost which we must incur for 4 awards ie $ 124.56

Selecting the type of card and payment card number

Displaying the application again before final approval by pressing CONTINUE

Here you get information that when you press OK, then we will not have to change anything and you go to the print application (it will be a pdf file)

Note that the application has been accepted

 

Now you need to save the QSO accepted in the form of a pdf file, so that you can print it and send it to the DXCC Checker. Only this printed file is accepted by Checker. It is not acceptable printout of my program

To produce this file, proceed as follows. Being logged in to the  ARRL page call this link

https://p1k.arrl.org/onlinedxcc/about.php

Application History

Calling Application History to produce the adif file

the next step for Application History to produce the adif  file

The default browser appears to us pdf file Here is the first page

The default browser appears to us pdf file Page No 2

Selecting save application file in pdf format

Save file pdf on disc

In the printed collection of pdf lack QSL card number.  This file  is, however, is exactly in the same order as uploaded ie imported to the page ARRL file SP9AUV_MergeSeveralARRLAwards_2016-05-15.adi .In this you can find this number. This will facilitate search QSL cards. Rules numbering QSL described here