I too am waiting for CWOP registration. I'm an Amateur Radio Operator though, and emailed cwop-support requesting to have my callsign (KD7BMX) registered weeks and weeks ago. I have no idea if the request has been received. There's conflicting information on how to go about this, and the information is ancient. So....
Are there any hams who can tell me if I've gone about things correctly, or what the modern proper way to go about this is?
As I stated in a previous post in this thread, the partial government shutdown affected CWOP-support. I was advised by CWOP-support on February 7, 2019, that “35 days of requests” were ahead of my February 3 request (to correct an incorrect elevation of one of my pws—FW4350). My issue is still not fixed so I guess I have several more days to await correction based on NOAAs 35 day backlog. In the interim, I am flunking the Madis QC checks. CWOP has my elevation as 791 meters whereas the correct elevation is 791 feet, so my temperatures fail the QC checks—appropriate in view of significant incorrect elevation.
As you also appropriately noted, the guidance and instructions on how to work with and setup a pws on CWOP as outlined on its website is severely dated, has numerous dead links, and in some cases the guidance is just less than clear. I, and a few other folks, volunteered to help NOAA identify issues with CWOP and its website including the registration process and offered our time to help but our offer to donate our time and effort fell on deaf ears. Since Russ Chadwick retired from NOAA, the attention NOAA pays to CWOP is slight, at best. Whether that results from funding or lack of another “Russ-type” within NOAA I don’t know, but it is frustrating and has been for a couple of years since Russ left.