Certificate year: 2026 2025 RESET FORM PRINT REQUEST 2026 CACTUS Special Event Certificate Request Form and Achievement Status Check Instructions for requesting a CACTUS Certificate Fill out this form with stations worked or heard, achievements, endorsements, and mailing address. Enter a call sign and click SEARCH CALLSIGN to populate the form from the event log. Use this form for manual requests, including Shortwave Listener requests where contacts may not appear in the club contact log. Print the completed form and mail it with the suggested donation. We suggest a donation of $5.00, cash/check/money order, made payable to: Radio Society of Tucson. Mail completed request to Radio Society of Tucson, Inc. Attention: CACTUS Certificate Request Manager PO Box 13603 Tucson AZ 85732-3603 Requester CALL SIGN: SEARCH CALLSIGN NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: ST/PROVINCE: ZIP/POSTAL CODE: Stations worked / heard Station Date UTC Band Mode RST / Notes C-K7C A-W7A C-N7C T-K7T U-K7U S-K7S B1-K7RST B2-AK7AZ Station C-K7CV A-W7AV C-N7CV T-K7TV U-K7UV S-K7SV B1-K7RSTV B2-AK7AZV Clean SweepV Achievements All CWV All FT8V Endorsements All MobileV Shortwave ListenerV Log contacts for this callsign Minimum display Maximum display Comments Instructions for making a CACTUS Certificate Enter the callsign and press [SEARCH CALLSIGN] The form should be populated with the earned achievements The endorsements of "All Mobile" cannot be determined from the log. Check it as indicated by the requester Press [MAKE CERTIFICATE] to download the PowerPoint file and apply any checked Cert Sent / Donation Add, Updt, or Del boxes. Press [UPDATE DATA] to apply those same Add / Updt / Del boxes without making a certificate. Cert Sent can have more than one rst_certlog row (lost / replacement certificates). Newest date is listed first. If there is no Cert Sent row for today, a Today row is shown first with Add checked and Updt / Del disabled. Donations can have more than one rst_donation row (Cert or QSL). A blank Add row is always shown first with no boxes checked and amount 5.00 / Cert. Editing an existing Cert Sent or Donation row disables Del and checks Updt. Check Add on an existing row to insert another row instead of changing that row. In the QSO list, click (or right-click) the Q-SR cell to set or clear QSL Sent / Received. Set Y uses the date field, defaulting to today. Q-SR is Sent/Received. Blank and N display as "-". Standard ADIF values: Y — Yes (sent or received) N — No / not set (HRD often stores this instead of blank) R — Requested Q — Queued I — Invalid V — Verified All Station, Achievements, Endorsements, and Admin fields can be manually changed if necessary. SWL Processing: Don't enter a Callsign and don't press [SEARCH CALLSIGN] Manually select the required Station, Achievements, Endorsements, and Admin fields In the Admin Callsign field enter the name of the short wave listener Press [MAKE CERTIFICATE] and the powerpoint file will be downloaded to your browser "downloads" folder. In unusual situations, the downloaded PowerPoint file can be modified manually before printing. Notify cactus@k7rst.net with the details of the situation.