[disclaimer]
I'm a QSL junkie. I still order paper QSL cards in 1,000 quantity packages,
and my cards are based on my own photography and artwork. Sixty-some years ago
I agonized for days over my first card design from the "Little Print Shop"
sample envelope.
I upload 100% of my Qs to LoTW, Clublog, and QRZ. It's all automated via my
station logger, of course, so it's not an effort to me.
I answer all incoming cards, whether direct or via the bureau.
I "originate" perhaps 10 or 15 direct QSL exchanges each month for
acknowledgement of particular QSOs which were "more than run of the mill"
contacts.
[/disclaimer]
Recently another "QSL method" has come on the scene, namely the "email QSL".
If you only value a QSL which fills a slot for an award, read no further — this
new method will not check any award boxes. Its' value lies only in the notion
that another ham thought enough of the experience of the contact to acknowledge
it.
I haven't yet joined one of the services which provide that method, so I can't
"respond" in that manner, but I do always take the trouble to reply to the
email with an email thank you note. Costs me nothing, and gives a small moment
of enjoyment to the fellow ham who took the trouble to acknowledge our contact.
73, de Hans, K0HB
Just a Boy and his Radio
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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com@contesting.com> on
behalf of Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2025 5:53 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] E mail QSLs
I am starting to get a lot email QSLs after contests (probably 20 in the last
few days after the ARRL DX SSB contest).
Does anyone know what the point is other than a digital equivalent of the
traditional mailed QSL card? They are not useful for any awards that I am
aware of.
I stopped using the bureau last year and upload contest logs for N1UR to LOTW.
I have not been "responding" to these emails.
What do people know and what are you doing?
Ed N1UR
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