| 1. | Delete the Callsign Certificate Request file C:\MyLoTWCertificates\YourCallsign.tq5 if it's present; this original certificate request is no longer needed. |
| 2. | Navigate to C:\MyLoTWCertificates and create a subfolder there named Obsolete, if this subfolder has not previously been created. |
| 3. | Move the Callsign Certificate file YourCallsign.tq6 from the folder C:\MyLoTWCertificates to its subfolder C:\MyLoTWCertificates\Obsolete, replacing any existing file in that subfolder with the same name. |
| 4. | Move the Certificate Container file YourCallsign.p12 from the folder C:\MyLoTWCertificates to its subfolder C:\MyLoTWCertificates\Obsolete, replacing any existing file in that subfolder with the same name. |
| 5. | Start TQSL and select the Callsign Certificates tab, which lists your Callsign Certificates. |
| 6. | In the Callsign Certificates tab, click on the certificate to be renewed: |
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| | and then click the Renew the Callsign Certificate button. |
| 7. | The Request a New Callsign Certificate window will appear, showing that you are creating a new Callsign Certificate Request file; click the Next button. |
| 8. | The Request a New Callsign Certificate window will now show your Callsign and DXCC entity (both grayed out because they can't be changed): |
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| 9. | The Request a New Callsign Certificate window will now show your name and address; make any necessary corrections, and click the Next button. |
| 10. | The Request a New Callsign Certificate window will now show your email address; make any necessary corrections, and click the Next button. |
| 11. | The Request a New Callsign Certificate window will now prompt you to specify a password; leave both password boxes empty, and click the Finish button. |
| 12. | A Save request window will appear, with the File name set to YourCallsign.tq5; navigate to C:\MyLoTWCertificates, and then click the Save button to save your new
Callsign Certificate Request file. |
| 13. | A window will appear displaying text that explains how to convey your new Callsign Certificate Request file to the ARRL; click this window's OK button. |
| 14. | TQSL's Callsign Certificates tab will display an entry for your new certificate request with a pending icon: |
| 15. | Upload your certificate request to the ARRL via https://p1k.arrl.org/lotw/upload ; use the web page's Choose File button to navigate to the folder
C:\MyLoTWCertificates and select the YourCallsign.tq5 file you find there; then click the Upload file button. |
| 16. | Retain the YourCallsign.tq5 file; its presence in C:\MyLoTWCertificates will be required when you accept the certificate that the ARRL will send you, so don't delete it! |
| 17. | You can terminate TQSL by opening its File menu and selecting the Exit command (on OS X, by selecting the Application menu's Quit tqsl command). |