Ryan,
before you make that a foregone conclusion, consider this:
there are hams that are also SWL's..... there are SWL's that are hams......
so before making this conclusion... please take this into consideration....
May you have great success in the contests....
73
de John
VE7JZ
also an SWL.
For those of you who cannot figure out SWL.... NO IT DOES NOT MEAN LID, it
means "Short Wave Listener".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Jairam" <rjairam@gmail.com>
To: "Ahokas Kari" <kari.ahokas@turku.fi>
Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SWL QSL cards
"Tons" of SWL cards is all relative. :)
IOW, I don't expect that there are lots of SWLs anymore, so 5-10 cards
per month is plenty!
Ryan, N2RJ
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Ahokas Kari <kari.ahokas@turku.fi> wrote:
> Ryan,
>
> What do you do to get TONS of swl cards? Tons is not the same as 5-10 a
> month :-D
>
> I get dozens, and every single of them will be answered in due course.
>
> No problems with what to write on the card, fortunately. Let DX4WIN do the
> job for me...
>
> Kari OH3RB, qsl mgr of 6Y1V
>
>
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> Lähetetty: 12. maaliskuuta 2010 15:26
> Vastaanottaja: wa5zup; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Aihe: Re: [CQ-Contest] SWL QSL cards
>
> I get tons of SWL cards via the bureau, sometimes 5-10 a month.
> Sometimes I get them via email too.
>
> My qsl card has two check boxes, one that says "our qso" and another
> that says "your report." I check off "your report" and put all the
> details of the qso in the card and put "qso with" and the callsign of
> the station I was working in the "via" field.
>
> I always try to answer swl cards because swls are often future hams! I
> was a swl once and enjoyed getting qsl cards. Besides, you don't want
> bad karma. It's always good to qsl!
>
> 73
> Ryan, N2RJ
>
> On 3/11/10, wa5zup <wa5zup@msn.com> wrote:
>> I have a stupid question
>>
>> I have gotten SWL QSL cards before, but honestly, just tossed them.
>>
>> I got one in today from Austria with a nice letter and so on.
>>
>> I want to send him a card.
>>
>> What do you put for contact information? Or do you just leave it blank?
>>
>> Anther words how do you fill out a QSL card to a SWL?
>>
>> I told you it was a dumb question.
>>
>> John wa5zup
>>
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