| 1. | Delete the Callsign Certificate Request file C:\MyLoTWCertificates\YourCallsign.tq5if it's present; this original certificate request is no longer needed. | 
	| 2. | Navigate to C:\MyLoTWCertificatesand create a subfolder there namedObsolete, if this subfolder has not previously been created. | 
	| 3. | Move the Callsign Certificate file YourCallsign.tq6from the folderC:\MyLoTWCertificatesto its subfolderC:\MyLoTWCertificates\Obsolete, replacing any existing file in that subfolder with the same name. | 
	| 4. | Move the Certificate Container file YourCallsign.p12from the folderC:\MyLoTWCertificatesto its subfolderC:\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 toC:\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 folderC:\MyLoTWCertificatesand select theYourCallsign.tq5file you find there; then click the Upload file button. | 
	| 16. | Retain the YourCallsign.tq5file; its presence inC:\MyLoTWCertificateswill 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). |