Re: [CQ-Contest] QSLing.

[W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>]

Online qsl requests are another option.  Pay the fee get the card.  I 
much prefer LOTW over cards and I will work a LOTW needed band/mode fill 
over a non LOTW everytime.
W0MU


On 1/1/2017 8:59 AM, brian coyne via CQ-Contest wrote:
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>   From: brian coyne <g4odv@yahoo.co.uk>
>   To: DXer <hfdxmonitor@gmail.com>
>   Sent: Saturday, 31 December 2016, 22:12
>   Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QSLing.
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>   >> I would think that the majority of 'serious' QSLers
> > > check QRZ.COM.
> The problem is that they don't, and other guys who use QSL Managers  will tell 
> you the same, so despite my instructions on QRZ.Com I still get direct cards. I 
> will respond only to cards where the contacts were for calls I used  long ago, 
> prior to using a Manager when my logs were all handwritten and I never had the 
> time nor energy to input to a PC. In addition our 5B buro receive many via buro 
>  cards for me which end up in the bin. We Contester's generate the greatest 
> number of qso's and card requests and I am convinced that many of the buro 
> senders have never heard of QRZ.Com and others, particularly DL's,  just feed 
> cards into the printer or label machines in sufficient numbers to cover the 
> entire contest. to cover the entire contest..
>
> Having said the above  if I can find a mail address  for the card sender in QRZ 
> then I will refer them to my Manager but it remains that they have wasted their 
> stationary and postage, IRC and $ costs sending to me. I initially felt guilty 
> about this but no longer, they will never learn the lesson unless they pause to 
> think just why they have not obtained a reply.
>
> 73 & HNY to all.Brian 5B4AIZ / C4Z.
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>        From: DXer <hfdxmonitor@gmail.com>
>   To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>   Sent: Saturday, 31 December 2016, 16:39
>   Subject: [CQ-Contest] QSLing.
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> Hi Randy,
>   >>I'm wondering if there is the possibility of setting up a "NO QSL"
> list, similar to the no-call list for phones.
>
> Not that I'm aware. The closest you could try is to say so on your
> QRZ.COM profile. I would think that the majority of 'serious' QSLers
> check QRZ.COM. My profile now says no direct QSLing, and it stopped.
>
> 73 de Vince, VA3VF
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